Introduction
Dr. Zhuo (Adam) Chen is Associate Professor and DrPH Program Coordinator, Department of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA, and Visiting Professor of Health Economics (0.2FTE) and Co-Director, Centre for Health Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham Ningbo China. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics and M.S. in Statistics from the Iowa State University. Before Dr. Chen joined the University of Georgia, he was a senior health economist with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). His current research interests include health economics, economics of obesity, mental health, genomics, and economic evaluation. His works have been published in Health Economics, Journal of Health Economics, Genetics in Medicine, Social Science & Medicine, and Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report. He is a recipient of the CDC Excellence in Social and Behavioral Science Research Award in 2013. He served as the President (2017-2018) of the Chinese Economists Society (CES). He led the efforts to establish the China Health Policy and Management Society (CHPAMS) and served as the President of CHPAMS during 2016-2018. He served as the President of the Asian Pacific Islander Employees of CDC/ATSDR during 2014-2016 and was awarded the Civilian Award of Excellence in Diversity by the Federal Asian Pacific American Council in 2016. Dr. Chen serves on the Editorial Board of Journal of Family and Economic Issues, The Chinese Economy, China CDC Weekly, and Anhui Medical and Pharmaceutical Journal.
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Dr. Chen's current research interests include health economics, economics of obesity, mental health, genomics, and economic evaluation. His works have been published in Health Economics, Journal of Health Economics, Genetics in Medicine, Social Science & Medicine, and Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report. He is a recipient of the CDC Excellence in Social and Behavioral Science Research Award in 2013. He served as the President (2017-2018) of the Chinese Economists Society (CES). He led the efforts to establish the China Health Policy and Management Society (CHPAMS) and served as the President of CHPAMS during 2016-2018. He served as the President of the Asian Pacific Islander Employees of CDC/ATSDR during 2014-2016 and was awarded the Civilian Award of Excellence in Diversity by the Federal Asian Pacific American Council in 2016. Dr. Chen serves on the Editorial Board of Journal of Family and Economic Issues, The Chinese Economy, China CDC Weekly, and Anhui Medical and Pharmaceutical Journal.
Fields of expertise: Economic policy / inclusive economic development, Health and wellbeing, Social policy