Board of Directors (2022 - 2024)
President: Liang wang
Liang Wang, MD, DrPH, FACE, FTOS, is Director and tenured Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Baylor University, Texas, USA. He is an elected Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology and Fellow of The Obesity Society. He has been a Visiting Scientist in the department of nutrition at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and a Visiting Scholar at UNC Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health. His research focuses on obesity, nutrition epidemiology, health education and promotion, etc. Dr. Wang has published more than 130 peer-reviewed papers (e.g., International Journal of Epidemiology, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, European Heart Journal, Diabetologia, Obesity Reviews, Advances in Nutrition, Nutrients), book chapters (e.g., International Encyclopedia of Public Health, China Blue Book on Obesity Prevention and Control). He has been a PI and Co-I on multiple grants (e.g., NIH R01, R03, U54, PCORI). Dr. Wang is Associate Editor of Nutrition Journal and BMC CERA, and Guest Editor and Topic Editor of Nutrients; as well as the editorial board member and reviewer for over 30 international journals (e.g., JAMA Pediatrics, International Journal of Epidemiology, Advances in Nutrition). Dr. Wang has been serving as President-Elect and Board Director of China Health Policy and Management Society (CHPAMS; www.chpams.org), Associate Director of China-Tennessee Health Education Training Institute, Chair of Public Relations of North America Chinese Society for Nutrition (NACSN), Founding President of the International Chinese Nutrition Young Scholar Network (ICNYSN; www.icnysn.org), Founding President of Institute of Health Education and Lifecourse Promotion (iHELP), Chair of Baylor U.S. and China Health Dean’s Forum, etc. He has been awarded NACSN Outstanding Leadership and Service Award in 2016, ETSU College of Public Health (COPH) Dean’s Special Recognition Award for University Leadership Faculty Senate in 2017, ETSU COPH Dean’s Special Recognition Award for Service on the Faculty Council in 2017, and ETSU COPH College Foundation Service Award in 2018.
President-elect: hUIWEN xu
Huiwen Xu, PhD, is a Tenure-track Assistant Professor in the School of Public and Population Health at University of Texas Medical Branch. Dr. Xu’s research focuses on aging, long-term care, cancer survivorship, and machine learning using large administrative data. He was recently selected as a RL5 Pepper Scholar by the UTMB Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC) and have participated in multiple NIH funded projects in cancer survivorship (R01, U01, UG1, R21, etc.). Dr. Xu has published over 60 peer-reviewed articles in leading medical journals including Lancet, JAMA Oncology, Health Affairs, Health Services Research, Medical Care, and JAMDA; he coauthored two book chapter and over 80 scientific abstracts. His work has been cited for 2,000+ times. Dr. Xu currently serves on the Executive Committee of AcademyHealth Methods and Data Council and Analytics Core of Cancer and Aging Group. Dr. Xu was an Associate Editor of BMC Health Services Research and serves as an ad hoc reviewer for over 20 scientific journals such as Lancet Oncology, JCO, AJPH, and JAMA Network Open. Dr. Xu received several national or international awards, including the Best Abstract Award from CHPAMS 2021 Annual Symposium, Best Poster Award from Denver Post-Acute Care Conference, Student Volunteer Award from AcademyHealth LTSS Interest Group, etc. He received his PhD in Health Services Research and Policy with Data Science training from the University of Rochester Medical Center.
Secretary: Lei Si
Lei Si, PhD, is a Senior Research Fellow at The George Institute for Global Health in Sydney and a Conjoint Senior Lecturer at UNSW Medicine. He is Secretary of the China Health Policy and Management Society (2020-2022).
Dr. Lei Si undertakes research in health economic evaluations and economic modelling in chronic diseases. His work also covers equity in health, quality of life research and patient preferences. He has over 80 peer-reviewed publications in leading journals such as Circulation, BMJ Global Health, Value in Health, Cell Stem Cell, Health Policy & Planning, Osteoporosis International, with an H-index of 21 as of April 2022. His work attracted competitive funding from the NHMRC and MRFF (Australia), CIHR (Canada), NSFC (China), CMB (U.S.), etc. Dr Lei Si was an External Evaluator of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee of the Australian Government Department of Health. He is Associate Editor of BMJ Global Health, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, and Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation.
Treasurer: Donglan Zhang
Donglan Zhang, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Health Services Research at the New York University (NYU) Long Island School of Medicine. Before joining the faculty of NYU Long Island School of Medicine, she was a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the University of Georgia (UGA) College of Public Health.
Dr. Zhang’s expertise is in population health management, health policy and economics, health systems research, and comparative effectiveness research in the United States and China. Her research produces evidence to reduce health disparities by addressing geographic barriers for accessing medical care and healthy food, evaluating healthcare delivery models, understanding multilevel social determinants of health, and advancing knowledge in rural patient care and minority health. Dr. Zhang has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles with some on top health policy and medical journals (e.g., Health Affairs, Academic Medicine, Circulation, JAMA Pediatrics, JAMA Network Open, AJPH, AJPM, Journal of General Internal Medicine, etc.). She is currently leading an NIH R01 grant to study rural-urban disparities in cardiovascular disease outcomes and use policy simulation to compare clinical interventions and community-based interventions that could reduce these disparities across counties in the United States. Her research is also supported by USDA, HRSA, CMB and several research foundations.
Her study Expansion of Telestroke Services Improves Quality of Care Provided in Super Rural Areas was awarded the 2018 CHPAMS Rising Scholar Best Paper Award. She received the UGA College of Public Health Excellence in Research Award in 2021.
Director of Academics: hui shao
Hui Shao, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Health Economics at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy. Professor Shao previously worked as a prevention effectiveness fellow at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. His research focuses on the development and application of novel microsimulation models and machine learning techniques, economic evaluation, comparative effectiveness research, and causal inference. He leverages these advanced methodological approaches to resolve issues in the field of diabetes prevention and treatment. Professor Shao serves as the PI/ Consortium PI of four federal-funded projects from NIDDK and CDC. He also receives funding from other entities, including UF and Pharmaceutical companies. He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed articles, with 21 in topmost journals, including The Lancet, JAMA, and Diabetes Care. Professor Shao is the recipient of the 2020 KaaFee Billah Early Career Award from the CDC.
Director of Membership: LI ZHAO
Li Zhao, PhD, is a full professor at Department of Health Policy and Management, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. She is a Fellow at West China Research Center for Rural Health Development (WCRC•RHD), and Institute for Healthy Cities, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University. She has been a visiting associate professor in the College of Public Health, University of Kentucky. Her research focuses on health policy, obesity prevention and control, and health promotion, with respect to health policy’s evidence production, planning, implementation, and effect evaluation. Dr. Zhao has authored and co-authored over 60 articles on main journals including (e.g., The Lancet, International Journal of Epidemiology) with cumulative impact factor of SCI ≥ 120. She has been a PI and Co-PI leading over 30 research projects (e.g., UNICEF, NIH-CCDC) and presented her work at national and international conferences (e.g., Lancet-CAMS Conference). Dr. Zhao has served as Deputy director of Institute for Healthy Cities, Sichuan University, founding director of the Obesity Prevention and Control of Preventive Medicine Association of Sichuan Province, deputy director of the Child Injury Prevention and Control of Preventive Medicine Association of Sichuan Province, deputy director of the Global Health Branch of Youth, the Chinese Preventive Medical Association, Distinguished Professor of Global Health Research Institute of Xi 'an Jiaotong University, and Distinguished Professor of Global Health Research Institute of Xi 'an Jiaotong University.
Dr. Zhao’s book “Handbook of Rural Residents' Prevention and Control of COVID-19” has been awarded with the fourth World Chinese Popular Science Award and by The World Chinese Popular Science Writers Association in 2021. Her book "Childhood Obesity Prevention and Control" has been well received by peer experts and loved by readers. She has obtained China Nutrition Academic Award (SRT201907301) for the establishment and verification of dietary quality evaluation system for school-age children in 2019. She was nominated by Chinese Ministry of Education for The National Award for Outstanding Contribution for Education in 2009.
Director of Fund Raising: shiyong liu
Dr. Shiyong Liu is a full professor of Center for Governance Studies at Beijing Normal University. Dr. Liu got his PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech University. He is interested in applying system simulation models to evaluate health-related policies and interventions including both chronic diseases and communicable diseases. He has published more than 40 peer-reviewed journal papers and three books in Springer Nature. His research has been supported by grants from China’s Ministry of Education and Social Science Foundation. He also has worked on research funded by the National Science Foundations and National Institute of Health in the U.S.
Director of Public Relations: DI FANG
Di Fang is an Associate Professor in the Food and Resource Economics Department at the University of Florida. She was Associate Professor and Assistant professor at the University of Arkansas and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Dr. Fang currently serves as a Co-Editor for The Agricultural and Resource Economics Review (ARER). She is the Chair of AAEA'S Health Economics Section and a member of the Communications Committee of the American Society of Health Economists. Dr. Fang has a BS in Economics from Nankai University in China and a Ph.D. in Agribusiness from W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.
Dr. Fang's research focuses on food security and health outcomes for underrepresented populations. She is published, among others, in the AJAE, Southern Economic Journal, American Journal of Public Health, and JAMA Network Open. She led a project funded by the NBER on the quality of food purchases for low-income families. Another USDA-funded project focuses on science education in historically Black schools. She is a Co-PI on an AFRI SAS project (totals $10 million) investigating the increased provisioning of ecosystem services to mitigate soil, water, climate, and biodiversity and subsequent impacts on human health.
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