U.S.-China Research Group on Global Health
This research group brings together a team of leading U.S. and Chinese scholars for dialogue and research around key academic and policy issues relating to pandemic preparedness, the cross-national movement of peoples, and challenges they poise for national health systems. The group, convened by Dr. Jennifer Huang Bouey of Georgetown University in collaboration with Dr. Cheng Feng of Tsinghua University, will meet over several semesters, alternating between Washington, D.C. and Beijing.
The goal of the dialogue is to identify issues of common concern and develop and pursue a shared research agenda that can inform better policy and advance practical cooperation in bilateral and multilateral contexts. Each of the meetings will include closed working meetings of the research group and a policy consultation with government officials and other stakeholders in Washington and Beijing. The working papers and peer-reviewed research produced by the group will be featured on this site.
The research group on global health was constituted in May 2016 at an initial dialogue held at Georgetown University from May 2 to 3, 2016. On December 8 and 9, the research group hosted two days of expert discussions on global health and migration issues at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The meeting summary is available here.
RESEARCH GROUP
Jennifer Huang Bouey,
Georgetown University (Convener)
Jennifer Huang Bouey is an associate professor of epidemiology in the Department of International Health at the School of Nursing and Health Studies, Georgetown University. Her research interests include behavioral and social determinants of health among migrants, immigrants, and marginalized populations.
- Author of more than 60 scholarly articles on topics including the HIV risks of vulnerable women at the China-Myanmar border, behavioral risk patterns among rural-to-urban migrants in Shanghai, and the health risks of Asian immigrants in the United States.
- Received support funding from Susan Mayer Professorship Endowment, National Institute of Health, DC Center for AIDS Research, and Maternal and Child Health Bureau of Health Resources and Services Administration.
Her full bio is available here.
Feng Cheng,
Tsinghua University (Co-Convener)
Feng Cheng is professor and director of the Global Health Program and Research Center for Public Health at Tsinghua University. His current research focuses on Chinese health development aid and its role in improving global public health.
- Serves as a council member of International Planned Parenthood Federation and as president of the China Alliance for South-to-South Health Cooperation Research.
- Author or co-author of 70 academic papers and 24 books, with years of experience working in 14 countries.
His full bio is available here.
Yuantao Hao,
Sun Yat-sen University
Yuantao Hao is a professor of biostatistics and the dean of the School of Public Health at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China. Dr. Hao’s primary research interests include health-related quality of life assessments, statistics and epidemiology, and public health education and reform.
- Serves as the director of the Sun Yat-sen Global Health Institute.
- Recipient of multiple research grants, including two from the National Natural Science Foundation of China for an epidemiological survey of quality of life and risk factors affecting Hand Foot and Mouth Disease.
- Worked on National Key Science and Technology Project, “Study on the Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS and HBV based on Communities in Guangdong Province.”
His full bio is available here.
Rebecca Katz,
Georgetown University
Rebecca Katz is an associate professor and specialist in global health science and security in the Department of International Health at Georgetown’s School of Nursing and Health Studies. An expert in epidemiology, demography, global health, and public policy, Dr. Katz serves as a consultant to the U.S. Department of State.
- Received a major award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2007 to perform a comparative study of international law and public health preparedness.
- Author or co-author of more than 13 publications with work appearing in Global Health Governance, American Journal of Disaster Medicine, and the World Health Organization.
Her full bio is available here.
Michael Stoto,
Georgetown University
Michael Stoto is a professor of health systems administration and population health at Georgetown University. His research addresses methodological topics in epidemiology and statistics and analytical methods for comparative effectiveness research, community health assessments, evaluation methods, and performance measurement.
- Worked as a senior statistician at the RAND Corporation and the associate director for public health in the Center for Domestic and International Health Security.
- Currently chairs a Technical Experts Panel on population health for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
- Authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles, books, and reports.
His full bio is available here.
Linqi Zhang,
Tsinghua University
Linqi Zhang is a professor and vice dean of the School of Medicine and the executive director of the Comprehensive AIDS Research Center at Tsinghua University. His primary research interest is in the origin and spread of HIV pathogens with a focus on the course of disease and treatment.
- Recipient of the National Outstanding Young Scientist Award and the principal investigator of National Basic Research Project on HIV pathogenesis supported by the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology.
- Recipient of government funding for a major project on the development of vaccines against HIV, H5N1, and H1N1 infection.
His full bio is available here.
Elanah Uretsky,
George Washington University
Elanah Uretsky is an assistant professor of global health and international affairs and director of the dual Master of Arts/Master of Public Health Program at George Washington University. She is a medical anthropologist whose interests lie at the nexus of gender, sexuality, governance, and disease in China.
- Conducted extensive ethnographic research on China’s HIV epidemic, including her most recent publication Occupational Hazards: Sex, Business, and HIV in Post-Mao China (2016).
- Serves as a Public Intellectual Fellow with the National Committee on United States-China Relations.
- Serves as board member for the Beijing Gender Health Education Institute.