Present | Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2012 - 2017 | Accelerate sustain and the progresses of vaccine-preventable disease control and Prevention in poor regions |
Government of Guangxi Autonomous Region | |
Role: Co-PI | |
Colleague(s): Jiatong Zhuo (PI) | |
$130,000 | |
2015 | Assessment of patient centered outcomes for diabetes self-management |
Institute of Public & Preventive Health, Georgia Regents University | |
Role: Georgia Southern University onsite advisor | |
Colleague(s): Frances Yang (PI) | |
$7,200 | |
2010 - 2015 | Accelerating and sustaining measles elimination in impoverished areas of China |
UNICEF / CDC /Guangxi Provincial Government | |
Role: PI | |
2013 | Health care seeking behavior and its influencing factors among Chinese elderly |
Ministry of Health, China | |
Role: Consultant | |
Colleague(s): Fei Yan (PI) | |
$20,000 | |
2013 | Reducing the disparity between permanent residents and temporary migrants, Stop TB Shanghai |
World Health Organization, and Shanghai City Commission of Health and Population Planning | |
Role: Consultant | |
Colleague(s): Fei Yan (PI) | |
$30,000 | |
2012 - 2013 | The impact of free distributing antipsychotics to the poor schizophrenics in Jiangsu Province, China |
China Medical Board [New York, USA] young faculty seed grant in Health Policy and Systems | |
Role: Consultant | |
Colleague(s): Hui Lu (PI) and Fei Yan(Co-PI) | |
$10,000 | |
2009 - 2010 | Peri-natal risk factors of pediatric obesity |
Georgia Southern University Faculty Research Award | |
Role: PI | |
$6,500 | |
1998 - 2004 | Evaluation, technical assistance and consultation on the medically fragile children’s program and medically complex population |
South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services | |
Role: Research Associate (2002-2004), Graduate Research Assistant (1998-2002) | |
Colleague(s): Ana Lopez De Fede (PI) | |
$2,500,000 | |
1994 - 1996 | Alternative strategies for controlling and eliminating measles in China |
Ministry of Health, China | |
Role: Co-PI | |
Colleague(s): Wang Kean (PI) | |
$12,000 | |
1994 - 1996 | Cost-benefit & cost-effectiveness study of the Polio Eradication Program |
Ministry of Health, China | |
Role: PI | |
$20,000 | |
1994 - 1996 | Trend analysis of health investment in poor provinces of China |
China Ministry of Health and World Bank | |
Role: PI | |
$15,000 | |
1992 - 1995 | Referral pattern of acute flaccid paralysis diseases in China |
Ministry of Health, China | |
Role: Co-PI | |
Colleague(s): Zhang Rong-zhen (PI) | |
$40,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2018 | Member, Promotion and Tenure Review Committee, GSU | 2012 - 2015 | Committee member, Faculty Development Committee, GSU | 2012 - 2013 | Member, Epidemiology faculty search committee, GSU | 2011 - 2013 | Member, General Education Council, GSU | 2011 - 2013 | Alternate, Institutional Review Board, GSU | 2011 | Chair, Epidemiology faculty search committee, GSU | 2011 | Member, Working group for the governmental language of governmental committee, GSU | 2010 - 2011 | Committee member, Graduate Committee, GSU | 2009 - 2010 | Committee member, Committee on advising and counseling, GSU | 2009 - 2010 | Committee member, Committee on doctoral program requirement, GSU | 2009 - 2010 | Committee member, Committee on faculty diversity, GSU | 2009 - 2010 | Committee member, Committee on program length, GSU | 2009 | Member, Epidemiology faculty search committee, GSU |
Honors and Awards
- Recipient, National Award in Recognition of Extraordinary Contributions to the Science and Technology of Health, The Ministry of Health of China (1995)
- Recipient, Unit Commendation, Chinese Centers for Disease Control (1996)
- Recipient, Faculty Awards of Research Excellence, Georgia Southern University (2015)
Courses
- Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases (EPID 9281)
- Chronic Diseases, A Modern Epidemic (PUBH 3131)
- Introduction to Public Health (PUBH 5520)
- Public Health Capstone Research Projects (PUBH 7991)
- Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases (EPID 9281)
- Epidemiological Research Method I (EPID 7133)
- Public Health Surveillance (EPID 7233)
- Epidemiological Research Method II (EPID 7134)
- Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases (EPID 7131)
2002 | DrPH. in Epidemiology, University of South Carolina | |
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1992 | M.Sc. in Health Service Research, Fudan University | |
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1989 | M.D. in Preventive Medicine, Shanxi Medical University | |
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Contact Information
PO Box 8015
Statesboro, GA 30460
Office: Hendricks Hall
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