1986
BA
International Relations
Fudan University, Shanghai, China
1989
MA
Political Science
Fudan University
1997
MA
Sociology
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
1998
MS
Applied Statistics
Syracuse University
2000
PhD
Economics (Douglas Holtz-Eakin)
Syracuse University
Education
Postdoctoral Training
Year(s) |
Title |
Specialty/Discipline (Lab PI for postdoctoral research) |
Institution and Location |
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07/2002-06/2004 |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
Health Care Policy (Richard G. Frank, Thomas G. McGuire) |
Harvard Medical School (HMS), Boston, MA |
Faculty Academic Appointments
Year(s) |
Academic Title |
Department |
Academic Institution and Location |
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09/1997-05/1998 |
Instructor |
School of Management |
Syracuse University |
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12/2003-01/2008 |
Affiliated Research Associate |
Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies |
Harvard University |
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07/2004-12/2007 |
Senior Research Associate |
Harvard Initiative for Global Health (HIGH) |
Harvard University |
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01/2008-03/2010 |
Instructor |
Global Health and Social Medicine |
HMS |
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04/2010-2019 |
Assistant Professor |
Medicine (primary HMS department) |
HMS |
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04/2010-2019 |
Assistant Professor |
Global Health and Social Medicine |
HMS |
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12/2011-present |
Affiliated Faculty |
Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies |
HMS |
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12/2012-present |
Affiliated Faculty |
Institute for Quantitative Social Science |
Harvard University |
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9/2012-3/2016 |
Visiting scholar (non-voting, non-paid) |
Population Studies Center |
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
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12/2015-2018 |
Honorary Senior Lecturer (non-voting, non-paid) |
Department of Science and Technology-National Research Foundation (DST-NRF) Center of Excellence in Human Development |
University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa |
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01/2020-present |
Associate Professor |
Medicine (primary HMS department) |
HMS/Brigham & Women’s Hospital
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01/2010-present |
Associate Professor |
Global Health and Social Medicine |
HMS/Brigham & Women’s Hospital |
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03/2021-present |
Affiliated Faculty |
Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis |
Harvard University |
Year(s) |
Position Title |
Institution |
Other Professional Positions
2009 |
Member, Expert Group of the Investment Climate Department
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World Bank |
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2014-2016 |
Member, Writing Group on Early Childhood Development Series
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The Lancet
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2015 |
International expert, Workshop on Monitoring Health Service Utilization and Financial protection |
Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Word Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for Health information, World Health Organization |
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2015-2018 |
Member, High-Level Panel on Financing Community Health Workers |
United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Health in Agenda 2030 and for Malaria
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2016-2017 |
Lead, Consultation on Sustainable Financing Public Health Programs in Mongolia |
Regional Office for the Western Pacific, WHO Collaborating Center for Health information, World Health Organization |
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2018 |
Member, Early Childhood Development Investment Benchmark Technical Consultation Working Group for the 2018 G20 Summit
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UNICEF and WHO |
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2018-present |
Member, Joint Technical Working Group for Early Childhood Development Metrics
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Countdown to 2030 for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescent Health |
5 days per year |
2019-2020 |
Member and Lead, Writing Group on “Leaving No Women, No Child, No Adolescent Behind” Series |
The BMJ
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5 days per year |
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2020-present |
Member, Global Health Faculty of Experts
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UK Medical Research Council, United Kingdom |
4 days per year |
2021-present |
Advisor on Innovative Financing for Early Childhood Development
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UNICEF |
2 days per year |
Major Administrative Leadership Positions
2013-present |
Director, Program of Global Health Economics and Social Change (PGHESC) |
Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, HMS
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2010-2013 |
Chair, Financial Data Tracking/Costing Working Group |
African Health Initiative, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF)
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2018 |
Chair, Out-of-Pocket Expenditure Session |
Global Health Accounting Meeting, WHO |
Grant Review Activities
2014-2015 |
Division of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Swiss National Science Foundation Ad hoc external reviewer
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2014-2019 |
Early Career Reviewer Program, Center for Scientific Review |
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Member
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2015 |
R21 and R01, Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health Study Section (DIRH)
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NIH, Ad hoc member |
2018 |
Social Behavior and Economics Directorate |
National Science Foundation (NSF), Ad hoc member |
2020-present |
Applied Global Health Research Board
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UK Medical Research Council, United Kingdom |
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Editorial Activities
2015-pres |
Member of the Editorial Board |
Social Science & Medicine – Population Health
|
2015 |
Academic Editor
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PLoS Medicine |
2021-pres |
Senior Associate Editor
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Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation
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Honors and Prizes Since 2015
Year |
Name of Honor/Prize |
Awarding Organization |
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2015 |
HMS Leadership Development for Physicians and Scientists Program
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HMS |
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2017 |
Top 10% Most Cited Paper in PLoS One |
Public Library of Science |
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2018 |
Best paper on environmental and health equity |
International Journal of Public Health, Springer Publishing Company http://blogs.springer.com/ijph/academic-life/we-have-a-winner-2/ |
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2020 |
Top downloaded Paper in Biometrics |
Wiley Publishing Company |
Presentations Since 2015