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.
Announcement
Call for Nominations for the CHPAMS Inspiration Award
CHPAMS Inspiration Award recognizes member’s determination to overcome significant barriers and achieve beyond-expectation accomplishments in scientific research, community services, or innovative activities. Nominations for 2019 individual and/or group award are currently open. Qualified members should send an application letter with no more than 1,000 words to contact@chpams.org by January 15, 2020, using a subject line “2019 CHPAMS Inspiration Award nomination”. For more details, please visit our website at www.chpams.org.
Call for Nominations for the Rising Scholar Best Paper Award
CHPAMS's 2019 Rising Scholar Best Paper Award is to recognize outstanding peer review publications what are published in 2019 and authored by CHPAMS members who are in their early career stage. Candidates for this award must be registered CHPAMS members who are either current students or within five years since receiving their last academic degrees. Starting from 2019, CHPAMS recognizes two awardees each year, one from scholars in China, and the other from scholars outside China. To nominate or self-nominate a candidate for this award, the nominator must email the following required application documents to award@chpams.org by January 15, 2020, using a subject line “2019 CHPAMS Best Paper Award nomination”. For more information, please visit at our website at www.chpams.org.
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Jobs
United States
Professor or Associate Professor
The University of Georgia, Public Health Global Health Institute
[Location: Athens, GA]
Assistant, Associate or Full Professor – Epidemiology and Biostatistics
The City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy
Application Deadline: Open until filled.
[Location: New York, NY]
Assistant or Associate Professors
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,
The Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Application Deadline: February 7, 2020
[Location: Baltimore, MD]
Open Rank Faculty Position in Health Policy and Health Economics
University of Utah
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Salt Lake City, Utah]
Open Rank Faculty Positions in Public Health Sciences
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Application Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: St. Louis, MO]
Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Health Promotion and Behavioral Science
The School of Public Health, San Diego State University
Application Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: San Diego, CA]
Faculty Positions for Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health
Wayne State
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Detroit, MI]
Assistant or Associate Professor
The Brown University School of Public Health
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Providence, Rhode Island]
China
Postdoctoral Scholar
Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center
Contact: Wu Tong (407314898@qq.com; (+86 137 6068 5769))
[Location: Guangzhou, Guangdong]
Faculty and Postdoctoral Scholar PositionsXi’an Jiaotong University, Global Health Institute
Contact: xjtu_ghi@xjtu.edu.cn; +86 029 82657395 (Ms. Yan)
[Location: Xian, Shanxi]
Conferences
United States
2020 National Health Policy Conference
Conference time: February 10 – 11, 2020
[Location: Washington, DC]
Society for Public Health Education Annual Conference
Conference time: March 17-20, 2019
[Location: Atlanta, GA]
Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health Annual Conference
Conference time: March 18-20, 2020
[Location: Arlington, VA]
Research Updates
Anderson, Michael L., Fangwen Lu, and Jun Yang. "Physical activity and weight following car ownership in Beijing, China: quasi-experimental cross sectional study." bmj 367 (2019).
Lai, Jian-bo, and Shao-hua Hu. "China sets up the Specialised Committee of Mental Health Rehabilitation." The Lancet Psychiatry 7.1 (2020): 20.
Xiao, Hong, et al. "Impact of smoke-free legislation on acute myocardial infarction and stroke mortality: Tianjin, China, 2007–2015." Tobacco control 29.1 (2020): 61-67.
Li, Y., et al. "Prediction of cause-specific disability-adjusted life years in China from 2018 through 2021: a systematic analysis." Public health 180 (2020): 90-99.
Cui, Yan, et al. "Evolution of HIV/AIDS Epidemics in China." HIV/AIDS in China. Springer, Singapore, 2020. 3-23.
Zhao, Shuang, et al. "Evidence of provincial variability in air pollutants-asthma relations in China." Journal of Cleaner Production 242 (2020): 118553.
Xi Chen, Lipeng Hu, and Jody Sindelar. 2019. "Leaving Money on the Table? Suboptimal Enrollment in the New Social Pension Program in China." In press. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing.