Shumenghui Zhai, PhD, MPH

Education

• PhD, Nursing Science , University of Washington, School of Nursing
• MPH, Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, School of Public Health
• BSN, Nursing Science , Nanjing Medical University

Areas of Emphasis or Expertise

• Sleep health
• Health equity
• AI
• AAPI
• CBPR

Selected Publications

• Analysis, evaluation, and reformulation of social cognitive theory: Toward parent-child shared management in sleep health
• A Comparative Trial of Improving Care for Underserved Asian Americans Infected with Hepatitis B Virus. Digestive diseases and sciences, 10.1007/s10620-023-07840-5
• Perceptions and Beliefs of Memory Loss and Dementia Among Korean, Samoan, Cambodian, and Chinese Older Adults: A Cross-Cultural Qualitative Study.
• Empowering Low-Income Asian American Women to Conduct Human Papillomavirus Self-Sampling Test: A Community-Engaged and Culturally Tailored Intervention.
• A Multilevel Intervention to Increase HPV Vaccination among Asian American Adolescents. Journal of community health, 47(1), 9–16.

Selected Presentations

• GSA 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting, Evaluating the Cultural Relevance of AI Therapist Responses for Chinese American Caregivers of Older Adults. GSA 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, MA., Boston, MA. (Nov 12, 2025)
• ASCO Quality Care Symposium, Patient-reported symptom assessments and premature chemotherapy discontinuation in patients with gastrointestinal cancers, Chicago, IL & Online (Oct 10, 2025)
• Society of Behavioral Medicine, A Shared-Management Web-Based Intervention for Sleep Deficiency in School-Age Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and their Parents: Feasibility and Acceptability Study., San Francisco, CA. (Mar 28, 2025)
• Western Institute of Nursing Annual Comminicating Nursing Research Conference, Analysis, Evaluation, and Reformulation of Social Cognitive Theory: Towards Parent-Child Shared Management in Sleep Health, Tucson, AZ (April 2023)
• 2022 CANS State of the Science Congress, A sleep-self-management intervention (SLEEPSMART) for Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Parents: Feasibility and Acceptability., Washington DC (September 2022)
• 2022 CANS State of the Science Congress, Digital Health Tools Assisted Interventions to Support Family Caregivers: An Updated Systematic Review, Washington DC (September 2022)
• 4th Annual Ignite Aging Symposium, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Older Adults Perceptions and Beliefs about Brain Health., Washington DC (October 2021)
• 47th Annual Transcultural Nursing Society Conference, A synthesis and analysis for critiques of cultural frameworks to understanding health and healthcare including Leininger’s Culture Care Theory., Albuquerque, NM (October 2021)

Selected Articles

• Zhai, S., Yuwen, W., Zyniewicz, T. L., Sonney, J., Hash, J., Chen, M., & Ward, T. M.. "Evaluating behavioral intervention technologies: Integrating human-centered design and implementation science outcomes.." Digital Health Vol. 11, Jul 15, 2025:
• Zhai, S., Palermo, T. M., Shenoi, S., Demiris, G., Howard, W., Kientz, J., ... & Ward, T. M.. "A shared-management web-based intervention for sleep deficiency in school-age children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and their parents: feasibility and acceptability study.." Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine Vol. 21(6), Jun 03, 2025: 1007-1021.