Dr. Nguyen is an social epidemiologist focusing on contextual factors and health disparities. Her research team is creating and validating neighborhood indicators constructed from nontraditional Big Data sources such as social media data and Google Street View images. She was principal investigator of a K01 career development grant through the Big Data to Knowledge Initiative (BD2K) and a R01 from the National Library of Medicine to pursue this research program (K01ES025433; 1R01LM012849). Dr. Nguyen is also currently principal investigator of another data-science driven R01 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities R01MD016037 to construct an AI powered chatbot to deliver personalized health information to racial/ethnic minority mothers.