From Editors
CHPAMS Newsletter is a monthly e-newsletter from the China Health Policy and Management Society (CHPAMS). The Newsletter serves as a communication platform to provide updates and activities related to CHPAMS and information of potential interest for CHPAMS members.
CHPAMS Activities
CHPAMS Remembering Teh-wei Hu
CHPAMS is deeply saddened by our loss of Dr. Teh-Wei Hu, professor emeritus of health economics at UC Berkeley's School of Public Health, who passed away on February 3, 2020. He was a long-standing member of the CHPAMS Advisory Board and served in the Reviewing Committee of our highest honor – CHPAMS Inspiration Award from the beginning.
Born in Shanghai and raised in Taiwan, Dr. Hu moved to the United States in 1961, where he worked at the World Bank and earned a PhD in econometrics at the University of Wisconsin in 1967. His first application of econometrics to evaluate the state welfare system's child health spending launched his 50-year career as a health economist. For much of his career at UC Berkeley, Dr. Hu researched the economic and health benefits of tobacco taxes, advised policymakers to significantly increase tobacco tax and cut medical care costs in California.
Dr. Hu brought this research to China, where nearly a fourth of the country’s population smokes, and advised Chinese health officials and policymakers to introduce its first tobacco tax in 2015. Throughout this work, Dr. Hu published multiple books and articles on tobacco policy in China and began advising former students and colleagues around the world on tobacco-related health policy and interventions. His influence soon began impacting research in Indonesia, Tanzania, and elsewhere. In 2011, the CDC appointed him to its Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health, and in 2014, the World Health Organization awarded him with a World No Tobacco Day award.
Beyond his work in tobacco policy, Dr. Hu will be remembered as a kind mentor and a passionate advocate. After retiring from teaching in 2004, he continued to advise students on their research and considered it a part of his mission to elevate their work for the good of public health. You will find below indelible memories and beautiful moments documented by some of former students and collaborators.
In memory of Dr. Hu’s substantial legacy to all of us and in celebration of his extraordinary life, CHPAMS Board of Directors voted unanimously to name the highest honor awarded by our Society as Teh-Wei Hu Inspiration Award.
Please find the link to the Obituary on UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health Website
https://publichealth.berkeley.edu/news-media/school-news/in-memoriam-teh-wei-hu/
The following links direct you to the tributes by some of Dr. Hu’s former students and collaborators (Alphabetical order by last name).
CHPAMS Remembering Teh-wei Hu (Part I)
Larry P. Casalino, Cornell University
陈茁，University of Georgia
冯国泽，2005-2018就职于控烟办，现在药企
高颖，北京师范大学
郭超然，香港中文大学
侯晓辉，The World Bank
Anita Lee, Public Health Institute
李婧，Cornell University
CHPAMS Remembering Teh-wei Hu (Part II)
刘瑞玲，U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
毛正中，四川大学
Patricio V. Marquez
Richard M. Scheffler, University of California, Berkeley
Stephen M. Shortell, University of California, Berkeley
Sean D. Sullivan, University of Washington
Michael K. Ong, University of California, Los Angeles
应晓华，复旦大学
Harry Zhang, Old Dominion University
CHPAMS Remembering Teh-wei Hu (Part III)
姜垣，中国疾控中心控烟办
郑榕，对外经济贸易大学，世界卫生组织
Finally, we would like to especially thank our member Dr. Jing LI of Cornell for her wonderful efforts in co-leading this initiative.
Xi Chen
President of China Health Policy and Management Society
On behalf of CHPAMS Board of Directors (2018-2020)
Special Focus on COVID-19
为更好保障海外中国公民健康和安全，“微医互联网总医院”推出全球抗疫平台，为广大同胞提供24小时免费线上诊疗咨询、心理援助和防疫知识科普服务，欢迎有需要的同胞尝试使用。
WeDoctor Global Consultation and Prevention Center
中国政府为全球华人提供的新冠肺炎在线咨询网站。6000多名有实战经验的医生在线为全球华人提供咨询，中英文均可。
China Economic Review Virtual Special Issue on Pandemic Disease
The Editors of China Economic Review invite papers dealing with all aspects of pandemic disease including but not only those with special reference to the Coronavirus virus currently affecting China.
To submit an article please go to
https://www.elsevier.com/journals/china-economic-review/1043-951x/guide-for-authors
and choose Article Type VSI: Pandemic Disease
Submission Channel will open February 21 and close December 31, 2020.
Call for Papers: Social-Economic Impacts of Epidemic Diseases
VSI: Social-Economic Impacts
Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Publication of the special issue: 2021 August
First Submissions: May/2020
Final Submission: October/2020
《经此一疫 卫生建言》图书征稿函
投稿截止日期：2020年4月10日
COVID-19 Outbreak: Chinese and Global Decisions During Uncertainty
Link to recording of the Webinar: https://harvard.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=8914d28a-af23-4d09-be0e-ab68011e8c5f
Members in the News
Bei WU, New York University Improving Quality of Long-Term Care in China Columbia China Center for Social Policy, vimeo
Zhuo Chen, University of Georgia 南财快评：预防全球大流行病的可能，中国应该做好准备21财经
Zhuo Chen, University of Georgia US govt unlikely to take extreme measures during election year: US health economist Global Times
Zhuo Chen, University of Georgia对话陈茁：疾控系统失语，疫情结束后应向何处去? 丁香园
卢洪洲 应对新冠，上海是如何及时敲响警钟的？三联生活周刊
Xi Chen, Yale University全球抗疫：幕布刚刚拉开三联生活周刊
Xi Chen, Yale University Balance of Power Bloomberg TV
Xi Chen, Yale University China reports no new cases of local transmission for first timeFinancial Times
Xi Chen, Yale University #Coronavirus and now? GLO – Interview with Top #Health Economist Xi Chen of Yale University Global Labor Organization
Xi Chen, Yale University Asians in US torn between safety and stigma over face masksNIKKEI Asian Review
Xi Chen, Yale University Public Health, Law Experts Issue Guidelines for U.S. Response to ‘Inevitable’ Widespread Coronavirus Transmission
Xi Chen, Yale University COVID-19 death rates not what they seem, 'misleading and naive'Russia Today
Xi Chen, Yale University 全球流行病毒擴散 美國方案接受考驗 鳳凰全球連線
Xi Chen, Yale University COVID-19 woes in the U.S. Dialogue with Former U.S. CDC Director. CGTN
Xi Chen, Yale University Coronavirus Outbreak: Expert on the COVID-19 spread in the U.S.CGTN
Xi Chen, Yale University How to prepare for coronavirus in the U.S. The Washington Post
Xi Chen, Yale University Go ahead and open that package from China. Coronavirus doesn’t spread by mail. The Washington Post
Xi Chen, Yale University ‘No Way Out’: In China, Coronavirus Takes Toll on Other Patients The New York Times
Xi Chen, Yale University Clash of the titans: how the coronavirus became the new China-US battleground South China Morning Post
Xi Chen, Yale University减缓病毒传播，全球数十国发布旅行禁令 环球时报
Xi Chen, Yale University Sound On: Coronavirus and Economic Stimulus Bill Bloomberg Radio
Xi Chen, Yale University 遏制疫情蔓延 如何抓住第二次机会窗口？东方卫视
Xi Chen, Yale University疫情之下，要不要戴口罩？看看东西方纷争背后的故事 环球时报
Xi Chen, Yale University Tackling COVID-19: Tough Measures in Tough Times VOA
Jobs
China
博⼠后、研究员、数据分析员
博士后：分批次申请开放
研究员：简历截止日期为2020.12.31
数据分析员：简历截止日期为2020.06.30
北京大学中国社会科学调查中心
北京，中国
品牌市场专员
上海创奇健康发展研究院
上海，中国
公共卫生医师、公共卫生检验与检测、公共卫生业务管理
简历截止日期为2020年3月31日
上海市疾病预防控制中心
上海，中国
United States
Outcomes Research Scientist
Report to: US HEOR Leads
Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
[Location: Lexington, MA]
Others
Research Fellow in Vaccine Epidemiology
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Closing Date: Wednesday 01 April 2020
[Location: London, UK]
Conferences
Stress Biomarkers: Why, What, Where and How
Conference time: June 22-24, 2020
Location: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Research Updates
Tang, Xianping & Chen, Xuemei & Wu, Bei & Ma, Chenjuan & Ge, Song & Sun, Hong & Zhou, Lanshu. 2020. Where Are We and What Shall We Do Next? A Qualitative Study of the Quality of Home Care in Shanghai, China. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. 104365962091196. 10.1177/1043659620911965.
Lee, Kyung Hee & Xu, Hanzhang & Wu, Bei. 2020. Gender differences in quality of life among community-dwelling older adults in low- and middle-income countries: results from the Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE). BMC Public Health. 20. 10.1186/s12889-020-8212-0.
Adhikari, Sasmita Poudel, Sha Meng, Yu-Ju Wu, Yu-Ping Mao, Rui-Xue Ye, Qing-Zhi Wang, Chang Sun, et al. 2020. “Epidemiology, Causes, Clinical Manifestation and Diagnosis, Prevention and Control of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) during the Early Outbreak Period: A Scoping Review.” Infectious Diseases of Poverty 9 (1): 29. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-020-00646-x.
Shanquan Chen, Yingyao Chen, Zhanchun Feng, Xi Chen, Zheng Wang, Jianfeng Zhu, Jun Jin, Qiang Yao, Li Xiang, Lan Yao, Ju Sun, Lu Zhao, Hong Fung, Eliza Lai-yi Wong, dong dong. 2020. “Barriers of Effective Health Insurance Coverage for Rural-to-Urban Migrant Workers in China: A Systematic Review and Policy Gap Analysis.” 2020, March. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.2.13976/v3.
Chen, Xi, Chih Ming Tan, Xiaobo Zhang, and Xin Zhang. 2020. “The Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Temperature Extremes on Birth Outcomes: The Case of China.” Journal of Population Economics, 1–40.
Chen, Zhuo, Lei Zhou, Shan Jiang, and Anne Haddix. 2020. “Identifying Options of Best Value: Use of Economic Evaluation in Public Health.” China CDC Weekly 2 (5): 75–78.
Cobian, Jessica, Maynor G. González, Ying J. Cao, Huiwen Xu, Rui Li, Morgan Mendis, Katia Noyes, and Adan Z. Becerra. 2020. “Changes in Health Insurance Coverage Over Time by Immigration Status Among US Older Adults, 1992-2016.” JAMA Network Open 3 (3): e200731–e200731. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.0731.
Yun Qiu, Xi Chen, Wei Shi. 2020. “Impacts of Social and Economic Factors on the Transmission of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in China | MedRxiv.” n.d. Accessed March 23, 2020. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.13.20035238v1.
Levy, Muriel, Yiping Chen, Robert Clarke, Derrick Bennett, Yunlong Tan, Yu Guo, Zheng Bian, et al. 2020. “Socioeconomic Differences in Health-Care Use and Outcomes for Stroke and Ischaemic Heart Disease in China during 2009–16: A Prospective Cohort Study of 0·5 Million Adults.” The Lancet Global Health 8 (4): e591–602. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30078-4.
Park, Juyoung, Diane G. Sherman, George Agogo, Emiel O. Hoogendijk, and Zuyun Liu. 2020. “Frailty Modifies the Intervention Effect of Chair Yoga on Pain among Older Adults with Lower Extremity Osteoarthritis: Secondary Analysis of a Nonpharmacological Intervention Trial.” Experimental Gerontology, 110886.
Si, Lei, Lizheng Xu, Mingsheng Chen, and Stephen Jan. 2020. “Using Strategic Price Negotiations to Contain Costs and Expand Access to Medicines in China.” BMJ Global Health 5 (1).
Wu, Ziting, Xi Chen, Guoxing Li, Lin Tian, Zhan Wang, Xiuqin Xiong, Chuan Yang, Zijun Zhou, and Xiaochuan Pan. 2020. “Attributable Risk and Economic Cost of Hospital Admissions for Mental Disorders Due to PM2.5 in Beijing.” Science of The Total Environment 718 (May): 137274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137274.
Yang, Wei, Shuang Chang, Wenbo Zhang, Ruobing Wang, Elias Mossialos, Xun Wu, Dan Cui, Hao Li, and Hong Mi. 2020. “An Initial Analysis of the Effects of a Long-Term Care Insurance on Equity and Efficiency: A Case Study of Qingdao City in China.” Research on Aging, 0164027520907346.
Zhou, Zhongliang, Yanfang Su, Jesse Heitner, Yafei Si, Dan Wang, Zhiying Zhou, and Changzheng Yuan. 2020. “The Effects on Inappropriate Weight for Gestational Age of an SMS Based Educational Intervention for Pregnant Women in Xi’an China: A Quasi-Randomized Controlled Trial.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17 (5): 1482. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051482.