Issue 30, June 2015

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 and Announcement

·         CHPAMS successfully hosted the 1st Jump-start Your Career Webinar on May 11. Dean MENG Qingyue, Dean SUN Qiang and other senior administrators from Peking University and Shandong University presented about job opportunities in these institutions. They interacted with CHPAMS members during the webinar. CHPAMS welcomes other institutions to conduct recruitment talks at the future Jump-start Your Career webinar series.

·         CHPAMS will host the 2nd Jump-Start Your Career Webinar on June 30 (Tuesday) at 9-11AM (Beijing Time), with special guests from Fudan University and Zhejiang University. The job position announcements are attached.  

Speakers:                                                                                           

School of Public Health, Fudan University –                                    

Wen CHEN, Dean, Professor of Health Economics

Zhuohui ZHAO, Associate Professor of Environmental Health

Yubin ZHANG, Associate Research Fellow of Occupational Health

Min HU, Lecturer of Health Economics

School of Public Health & School of Medicine, Zhejiang University –

Zhi CHEN, Dean and Professor, School of Public Health

Hongping WU, Secretary of Party Committee & Associate Dean, School of Public Health

Shankuan ZHU, Associate Dean, School of Public Health; Founding Director, Chronic Disease Research Institute

Hai YU, Professor, Center for Health Policy Studies, School of Medicine 

Hengjin DONG, Professor, Associate Director of Department of Social Medicine , School of Public Health; Director of Center for Health Policy Studies, School of Medicine

Date & Time: June 30, 2015, 9-11am (Beijing Time)

Access Information:
Where:                        WebEx Online (www.webex.com)
Meeting number:         224 167 342
Password:                   This meeting does not require a password.

Telephone Call-in (Optional): +1-415-655-0001 (US TOLL): Access Code: 224 167 342

Note: For registered members who are interested in applying for jobs, please send CVs to member@chpams.org.

·         CHPAMS Conference Reception for Members

A CHPAMS reception, organized by Dr. Lizheng Shi, was held at the 2015 ISPOR Annual International Meeting in Philadelphia, PA on May 19th. The reception achieved big success to host approximately 40 Chinese scholars in academia, government and industry from China, Singapore and the US. A Wechat group was created with over 150 members joined after the reception. The ISPOR reception provided an excellent opportunity to network with current members and welcome new members.

·         AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (June 14-16, 2015, Minneapolis, MN). CHPAMS members are invited to AcademyHealth reception. If interested, please email Dr. Jing Hao (ajing08@gmail.com) with your contact information and a subject line “CHPAMS 2015 AcademyHealth ARM Reception”.

Reception date and time: June 15th (Monday), 2015 at 6 PM;
Venue: To be announced.

·         International Health Economics Association 11th World Congress (July 12-15, 2015, Milan, Italy). CHPAMS members are invited to iHEA reception. If interested, please email Dr. Harry Zhang (qz215@email.vccs.edu) with your contact information and a subject line “iHEA Reception”

Reception date and time:  July 13, 2015 (Monday) at 7 PM
Venue: To be announced.

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Members' Corner

Dr. Liang Wang, in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, East Tennessee State University (ETSU) College of Public Health received funding for the project titled, “Influence of child care setting on obesity risk among U.S. children”.  Dr. Deborah Slawson, Associate Professor and chair in the Department of Community Health at ETSU, is the Co-Investigator, and Dr. Youfa Wang, Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health at the University of Buffalo, is the consultant for the study. [Link]

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Jobs

Senior Research Fellow
Wellness Living Laboratory (WELL-China)
Zhejiang University and Stanford Prevention Research Center
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Hangzhou, China]
For more information, contact or send CV to Dr. Duan duanment87@126.com
Tel: 0571- 88208591

Research Biostatistician
Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology 
Center for Healthcare Informatics and Policy
Weill Cornell Medical College
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: New York, NY]

Assistant/Associate Professor  
Pharmacometrics/Predictive Analytics/Outcomes Research 
Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics 
School of Pharmacy
University of Pittsburgh 
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Pittsburgh, PA]

Medicare Data Research Analyst
General Dynamics Information Technology
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Towson, MD]

Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Position
Office for Healthcare Workforce Analysis and Planning 
South Carolina AHEC
Medical University of South Carolina 
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Charleston, SC]

Senior Researchers/Researchers  
Health Care Cost Institute
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Washington, DC]

Statistical Analyst II
Northwestern University, Department of Preventive Medicine
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Evanston, IL]

Staff Scientist (Biostatistician)
Clinical Trials and Outcomes Branch
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Intramural Research Program
Deadline: Posted September 1, 2015
[Location: Bethesda, MD]

Health Care Delivery & Outcomes Physician Researchers
General Internal Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University
Deadline: Posted May 15 - June 15, 2015
[Location: Richmond, VA]

Health Research Associate
American Institutes for Research
Deadline: Posted May 14 - June 14, 2015
[Location: Washington, DC, Rockville, MD, Chapel Hill, NC, Waltham, MA, New York, NY]

Health Care Policy Researcher and Senior Health Care Policy Researcher
American Institutes for Research
Deadline: Posted May 14 - June 14, 2015
[Location: Washington, DC, Chapel Hill, NC, San Mateo, CA, Rockville, MD, Waltham, MA, New York, NY]

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Scholarships & Fellowships  

Post-Doctoral Position in Health Services Research
Stanford University
Deadline: May 12 - July 12, 2015
[Location: Stanford, CA]

Post-Doctoral Fellow in Emergency Outcomes
The University of Texas
Health Science Center at Houston
Deadline: May 3 - June 3, 2015
[Location: Houston, TX]

Research Assistant
Shanghai Mental Health Center & Emory Global Health Center
Director: Michael R. Phillips
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Shanghai, China]
Contact information: Fei Deng ziruofeier@hotmail.com
Tel: 13564656647

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Conferences

AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting 2015
Conference Dates: June 14-16, 2015
Location: Minneapolis, MN

International Health Economics Association 11th World Congress Conference
Conference Dates: July 12-15, 2015
Location: Milan, Italy

The Chinese Economists Society 2015 Annual Conference
Conference Dates: June 13-14, 2015
Location: Chongqing, China

American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2015
Abstract Submission Deadline: June 15, 2015
Conference Dates: November 7-11, 2015
Location: Orlando, FL

Medical Decision Making 37th Annual North American Meeting
Conference Dates: October 18 - 21, 2015
Location: St. Louis, MO

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Research Update

Miaomiao Tian, Heng Wang , Xuetao Tong, Kun Zhu, Xiaojuan Zhang, Xi Chen. Essential Public Health Services’ Accessibility and its Determinants among Adults with Chronic Diseases in China. Plos One. 2015, April

Jay Pan, Xuezheng Qin, Qian Li, Joseph P. Messina, Paul L. Delamater. Does hospital competition improve health care delivery in China?. China Economic Review. 2015, April                                                                                        

Stéphane Verguet, Cindy L Gauvreau, Sujata Mishra, Mary MacLennan, Shane M Murphy, Elizabeth D Brouwer, Rachel A Nugent, Kun Zhao, Prabhat Jha, T Jamison. The consequences of tobacco tax on household health and finances in rich and poor smokers in China: an extended cost-effectiveness analysis. The Lancet Global Health. 2015, April

Shulin Chen, Yeates Conwell, Jin He, Naiji Lu, Jiayan Wu. Depression care management for adults older than 60 years in primary care clinics in urban China: a cluster-randomised trial. Lancet Global Health. 2015, April

William B. Goggins, Chunyuh Yang, Tomiko Hokama, Lewis S. K. Law and Emily Y. Y. Chan. Using Annual Data to Estimate the Public Health Impact of Extreme Temperatures. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, May

Meimei Xu, Weiwei Yu , Shilu Tong, Lei Jia, Fengchao Liang, Xiaochuan Pan. Non-Linear Association between Exposure to Ambient Temperature and Children's Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Beijing, China. Plos One. 2015, May

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Issue 29, May 2015

From Editors

The CHPAMS Monthly is an e-newsletter of the China Health Policy and Management Society (CHPAMS). The newsletter provides updates and activities related to CHPAMS and information of potential interests for CHPAMS members.

CHPAMS Activities and Announcement

CHPAMS’ upcoming webinar series entitled “Jump-start Your Career”

About: To provide career opportunities and promote our members' career development, the first episode of the series invites two special guests from Peking University and Shandong University who will deliver recruitment talks and provide opportunity to interact live with members via video conferencing.

Speakers:

Prof. MENG Qingyue, Dean, School of Public Health, Executive Director, PKU China Center for Health Development Studies, Peking University

Prof. SUN Qiang, Deputy Dean, School of Medicine and Health Management, Executive Director, Center for Health Management and Policy, Shandong University

Date & Time: May 12, 2015, 9-11am (Beijing Time)

Free ticket reservation: Please click here to register. If you have problems to reserve the ticket, please email member@chpams.org.

Note: For members who are interested in applying for jobs at PKU and SDU and to be interviewed in Jumpstart Your Career, please send CVs to member@chpams.org.

CHPAMS Conference Reception for Members

International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Annual International Meeting (May 16-20, 2015, Philadelphia, PA). CHPAMS members are welcome to social and food will be provided. If interested, please email Dr. Lizheng Shi (lshi1@tulane.edu) with subject line “CHPAMS 2015 ISPOR Reception”.

Reception date and time: May 19th (Tuesday), 2015 at 6:00pm;

Venue: To be announced.

AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (June 14-16, 2015, Minneapolis, MN). CHPAMS members are welcome to social and food will be provided. If interested, please email Dr. Jing Hao (ajing08@gmail.com) with subject line “CHPAMS 2015 AcademyHealth ARM Reception”.

Reception date and time: June 15th (Monday), 2015 at 6:00pm;

Venue: To be announced.

Welcome our new registered members in April!

Congratulations to the following members who just won an Amazon gift card selected by random lottery:

Wang Xiangjie (Taishan Medical College, China)

LI Xian(University at Albany, State University of New York, USA)

SHANG Ce (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)

WAN Xia (Peking Union Medical College, China)

GONG Wenjie (Central South University, China)

LIU Dongdong (Pfizer Investment Co., China)

Reminder to the winners:

Please reply to member@chpams.org to validate your email in order to get the e-gift card.

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Jobs

United States

Assistant/ Associate Professor in the Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness
Department of Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Deadline: September 1, 2015
[Location: Baltimore, MD]

Director
Division of Comparative Effectiveness Research
University of Arizona
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Tucson, AZ]

Faculty Position in Dissemination and Implementation Science
Mayo Clinic
Deadline: Open until filled (Posted April 27, 2015)
[Location: Rochester, MN]

Health Scientist Administrator
Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
Deadline: Open until filled (Posted April 30, 2015)
[Location: Montgomery County, MD]

Research Associate in Health Care Delivery
Harvard Business School
Deadline: Open until filled (Appointment end date: June 30, 2016)
[Location: Boston, MA]  

Research Assistant
Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Lebanon, NH]  

Research Associate/ Research Manager
National Pharmaceutical Council
Deadline: Open until filled (posted April 29-June 29, 2015)
[Location: Washington, DC]

Principal Researcher in Economics of Aging
American Institutes for Research
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Rockville, MD]

China

Scientist/ Assistant Scientist (See attached job description in Chinese)
School of Medicine and Health Management
Shandong University
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Jinan, Shandong Province]

Assistant/ Associate/ Full Professor and Lecturer Positions Available for 2015-2017 (See attached job description in Chinese and English)
School of Public Health
Zhejiang University
Deadline: July 30, 2015
Contact person: Ms. Meng Fei (mengfei@zju.edu.cn; Phone: +86-571-8898-1319)
[Location: HangZhou, Zhejiang Province]

Lecturer/ Assistant Professor
China Center for Health Development Studies
Peking University
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Beijing]

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Scholarships & Fellowships

Postdoctoral Fellowships in Health Policy Simulation Modeling by NIH
James H. Clark Center
Stanford University
Deadline: Open until filled (posted April 27, 2015)
[Location: Palo Alto, CA]

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Conferences

Kunshan Forum 2015: Non-Communicable Disease and China’s Health System Reform
Early bird registration: May 10, 2015
[Location: Kunshan City, China]

ISPOR Annual International Meeting
Conference date: May 16-20, 2015
Registration modification deadline: May 13, 2015
[Location: Philadelphia, PA]

 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting
Conference date: June 14-16, 2015
Standard Registration deadline: June 12,2015
 [Location: Minneapolis, MN]

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Research Updates

Jay Pan, Xuezheng Qin, Qian Li, Joseph P. Messina, Paul L. Delamater. Does hospital competition improve health care delivery in China? China Economic Review. 2015 April.

Miaomiao Tian, Heng Wang , Xuetao Tong, Kun Zhu, Xiaojuan Zhang, Xi Chen. Essential Public Health Services’ Accessibility and its Determinants among Adults with Chronic Diseases in China. PloS One. 2015 April.

Verguet S, Gauvreau CL, Mishra S, MacLennan M, Murphy SM, Brouwer ED, Nugent RA, Zhao K, Jha P, Jamison DT. The consequences of tobacco tax on household health and finances in rich and poor smokers in China: an extended cost-effectiveness analysis. Lancet Glob Health. 2015 April.

Esquivel, Micaela M., George Molina, Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz, Stuart R. Lipsitz, John Rose, Stephen W. Bickler, Atul A. Gawande, Alex B. Haynes, and Thomas G. Weiser. Proposed minimum rates of surgery to support desirable health outcomes: an observational study based on four strategies. The Lancet. 2015 April.

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Issue 28, April 2015

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 and Announcements

Member Registration 

Welcome new voting members who registered in March 2015. The following members were randomly drawn to receive an Amazon Gift Card. Congratulations!

HU Min (Fudan University, China)
LI Wenkai (China Medical Board, USA)
SUN Jing (Inner Mongolia Medical University, China) 
HUANG Yixiang (Sun Yat-Sen University, China) 
MA Chao (Southeast University, China) 
TIAN Geyuan (Peking Union School of Public Health, China) 
ZHANG Hui (Sun Yat-Sen University, China)

Member registration is open at http://www.chpams.org/member-registration/ . 

 CHPAMS Conference Receptions for Members 

·    International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Annual International Meeting (May 16-20, 2015, Philadelphia, PA). CHPAMS members are welcome to social and food will be provided. If interested, please email Dr. Lizheng Shi (lshi1@tulane.edu) with subject line “CHPAMS 2015 ISPOR Reception”.  

Date & Time: Tuesday, May 19th, 2015 at 6:00pm; Venue: To be announced 

 ·      AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (June 14-16, 2015, Minneapolis, MN). CHPAMS members are welcome to social and food will be provided. If interested, please email Dr. Jing Hao (ajing08@gmail.com) with subject line “CHPAMS 2015 AcademyHealth ARM Reception”. 

Date & Time: Monday, June 15th, 2015 at 6:00pm; Venue: To be announced

CHPAMS Ongoing Conference Activities 

·        CHPAMS Forums will be held at Chinese Economist Society (CES) Annual Meeting in Chongqing, China, June 13-14th, 2015. For more details of the conference, please visit: http://www.china-ces.org/.  

·        CHPAMS is working with China Medical Board (CMB) and Zhejiang University School of Medicine to organize the Westlake Youth Forum 2015 on June 15-18th in Hangzhou, China. Westlake Youth Forum provides excellent educational and networking opportunities to junior public health and health policy scholars in China and oversea. Thanks to CMB’s generous support, selected CHPMAS voting/registered members will attend the forum. To review Westlake Youth Forum I and CHPAMS’ participation, please click here.  

CHPAMS’ 1st Webinar was successfully held on March 16th, 2015. 

Speaker: Dr. BAO Shuming, Director, China Data Center, University of Michigan. 
Title: Spatial Health: Integrating Multi-level Data in China and the US
The webinar presentation slides and recorded video are now available here.  

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Special Announcement 

Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford recently launched a new website featuring the re-alignment of health system incentives to improve affordable and effective healthcare project which was initiated in the context of China’s health reform since 2009. The project is led by Dr. Winnie Yep at University of Oxford and Dr. William Hsiao from Harvard School of Public Health, in collaboration with Fudan University, Peking University Health Science Center, and Ningxia Medical University. Please click here for detailed information on policy intervention, study design, papers, conferences and presentation and more. 

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Member’s Corner

·         CHPAMS member Dr. Liang Wang, an Assistant Professor at College of Public Health, East Tennessee University, was recently nominated for “Mentor of the Year Award”, which is “presented each year at the Compact for Faculty Diversity Institute on Teaching and Mentoring” to recognize “faculty members who have provided outstanding service as mentors to doctoral scholars in the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) State Doctoral Scholars Program”. For more details please visit: http://www.etsu.edu/news/2015/03_mar/wang_mentor_nomination.aspx. Big congratulations to Liang! 

·         CHPAMS member Dr. Donglan Zhang recently published a manuscript at journal PLOS ONE in collaboration with Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University:  “Association between Physical Activity and Teacher-Reported Academic Performance among Fifth-Graders in Shanghai: A Quantile Regression”. The study was funded by multiple institutes including Chinese National Natural Science Foundation, Ministry of Health and Shanghai Municipal Committee of Education. Big congratulations to Donglan! 

·         CHPAMS member Yanfang Su, PhD candidate at Harvard School of Public Health, recently published two manuscripts in collaboration with School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University:  “The impact of China’s Zero-Markup Drug Policy on county hospital revenue and government subsidy levels” at Journal of Asian Public Policy and “The financial impact of the 'Zero-markup Policy for Essential Drugs' on patients in county hospitals in western rural China” at journal PLOS ONE. The study was funded by National Natural Science Fund of China, Shaanxi Social Science Fund and China Medical Board (CMB). Big congratulations to Yanfang! 

 Newsletter initiated a new section "Members' Corner" to feature and promote the accomplishments from our members. If you have new publications or awards that would like to share with peer members, please let us know at newsletter@chpams.org.
 

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Jobs

China

Assistant Researcher/Associate Researcher
Center for Health Management and Policy
Shandong University
Application deadline: Currently Open 
[Contact: Professor SUN Xiaojie, email: xiaojiesun@sdu.edu.cn, phone:(86)0531-88382142-8098]
[Location: Ji Nan, Shandong]

United States  

Two Full-time Open-Rank Tenure Track Health Policy/Health Services Research
Faculty Positions
Health Policy & Management
Graduate School of Public Health
University of Pittsburgh
Application deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Pittsburgh, PA]

Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Health Management & Policy
School of Social & Behavioral Health Sciences 
College of Public Health and Human Sciences
Oregon State University
Closing date: June 30, 2015
[Location: Corvallis, OR]

Associate Professor
Adult and Child Center for Health Outcomes Research and Delivery Science 
Colorado School of Public Health 
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Application deadline: open until filled. 
[Location: Aurora, CO]

Assistant, Associate or Full Professor – tenure track (2 positions)
Department of Health Services Management and Policy
College of Public Health 
East Tennessee State University
Application deadline: open until filled
[Location: Johnson City, TN]

Assistant/Associate Professor of Health Systems and Policy
Department of Health Systems and Policy
Rutgers University School of Public Health
Application deadline: open until filled
[Location: Piscataway/New Brunswick, NJ]

Associate Director Center for Research to Advance Community Health
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Application deadline: open until filled
[Location: San Antonio, TX]

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Health Care Quality and Safety
Department of Health Services and Promotion
Sam Houston State University
Application deadline: open until filled
[Location: Huntsville, TX]

Health Research Positions (multiple)
Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Application deadline: open until filled
[Location: Lebanon, NH]

Research Fellow (Technical Advisor)
Division of Health Policy and Management
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Application deadline: open until filled
[Location: Minneapolis, MN]

Research Associate
KNG Health Consulting, LLC
Application deadline: currently open
[Rockville, MD]

Senior Research Analyst
Center for Policy and Research
America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
Application deadline: currently open
[Location: Washington, DC]

Other Countries 

A Deputy Director and an Economist
Office of Health Economics (OHE)
Application deadline: April 17, 2015
[Location: London, UK]

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Scholarships & Fellowships  

Post-doctoral Fellowship in Comparative Effectiveness Research and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (CER/PCOR) and Health Disparities
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Application deadline: May 15, 2015
[Location: Baltimore, MD]

Post-doctoral Fellowship
University of Pittsburgh Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing
Application deadline: currently open
[Location: Pittsburgh, PA]

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health Economics/Health Services Research
Department of Preventive Medicine 
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Application deadline: currently open 
[Location: Memphis, TN] 

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Conferences 

Chinese Economists Society (CES) Annual Conference 
Conference dates: June 13-14, 2015  
Early Bird Registration: May 1, 2015
[Location: Chongqing, China] 

Concordium 2015 (Data and Knowledge Transforming Health)
Abstract submission deadline:  May 18th, 2015
Conference dates: September 21-22, 2015
[Location: Washington DC]

AHRQ Annual Conferences
Abstract submission deadline: to be announced soon
Conference dates: October 4-6, 2015
[Location: Crystal City, VA]

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Research Updates

David Blumenthal, William Hsiao. Lessons from the East — China's Rapidly Evolving Health Care System. The New England Journal of Medicine. 2015 April. 

Renzhong Li, Yunzhou Ruan, Qiang Sun, Xiexiu Wang, et.al. Effect of a comprehensive programme to provide universal access to care for sputum-smear-positive multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in China: a before-and-after study. The Lancet Global Health. 2015 April. 

Heng Jiang, Robin Room, Wei Hao. Alcohol and related health issues in China: action needed. TheLancet Global Health. 2015 April. 

Sean Sylvia, Yaojiang Shi, Hao Xue, Xin Tian, et.al. Survey using incognito standardized patients shows poor quality care in China's rural clinics. Health Policy and Planning.  2015 April. 

Yanhong Gong, Chen Yang, Xiaoxv Yin, Minmin Zhu, et.al. The effect of essential medicines programme on rational use of medicines in China. Health Policy and Planning. 2015 March.

Yunting Zhang, Donglan Zhang, Yanrui Jiang, Wangqi Sun, et.al. Association between Physical Activity and Teacher-Reported Academic Performance among Fifth-Graders in Shanghai: A Quantile Regression. PLoS One. 2015 March. 

Zhongliang Zhou, Yanfang Su, Benjamin Campbell, Zhiying Zhou, et.al. The financial impact of the 'Zero-markup Policy for Essential Drugs' on patients in county hospitals in western rural China. PLoS One. 2015 March. 

Zhongliang Zhou, Yanfang Su, Benjamin Campbell, Zhiying Zhou, et.al. The impact of China’s Zero-Markup Drug Policy on county hospital revenue and government subsidy levels. Journal of Asian Public Policy. 2015 February. 

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Issue 27, March 2015

From CHPAMS

Happy Year of Goat for All CHPAMS Members! Best Wishes for You on Study, Research, and Professional Life in the New Year!

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.

Members' Corner

Apricot Forest, Inc (杏树林), the mobile health care company founded in China by senior CHPAMS member Dr. ZHANG Yusheng, was recently ranked the 25th most innovative company around the world by the top business magazine “Fast Company”. Apple, Google, and Alibaba are among the top five most innovative companies. “Fast Company” is a worldwide leading progressive business media and was founded by two editors from Harvard Business Review. For more details please visit http://www.fastcompany.com/section/most-innovative-companies-2015. Big congratulations to Yusheng and 杏树林!                                                                                                   

CHPAMS Activities and Announcements                      

1. MEMBER REGISTRATION

Welcome new voting members who registered in February 2015. The following members were randomly drawn to receive an Amazon Gift Card. Good luck in the new year!

GAI Yunwei      (Babson College, USA)
HAN Wei           (University of Oxford, UK)
TANG Xianyan  (Guangxi Medical University, China)
YAO Yu             (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China)
ZHU Weiming    (Peking University, China)

Member registration is still open at http://www.chpams.org/member-registration/ . More lucky registered members in March will be announced next month.

2. CHPAMS WEBINAR SERIES

Speaker: Dr. BAO Shuming (鲍曙明博士）Director, China Data Center, University of Michigan (美国密歇根大学中国数据中心主任）
Title: Spatial Health: Integrating Multi-level Data in China and the US

Date and Time:
USA Time:    Monday, March 16, 2015, 8PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
China Time:   Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 8AM (Beijing Time)

For more details and participations, please click the link or visit www.chpams.org.

3.  In order to feature and promote the accomplishments from our members, if you have new publications and awards, please let us know at newsletter@chpams.org.

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Special Announcements

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

To promote health economics research among junior researchers, we will organize multiple CHPAMS Forums at Chinese Economist Society (CES) Annual Meeting in Chongqing, China on June 13-14. For more details about the conference, please visit http://www.china-ces.org/.

To participate, please send the following information to member@chpams.org with the subject as "CHPAMS Forum" before March 22, 2015

1. Title

2. Authors, Affiliations, and Presenter's email (Please mark the registered CHPAMS members)

3. Paper abstract of no more than 400 words.

For accepted papers, CHPAMS will provide $300-$500 per session to cover presenters' conference-related expenses depending on number of registered CHPAMS members in each session and the relevance of the theme to CHPAMS' mission and vision.

The participants still need to submit the abstracts through CES regular channel separately. Please make a reference of "CHPAMS Forum" in the comments section of the CES submission. For CHPAMS members who have already submitted their abstracts to CES, please resend the abstracts to member@chpams.org to be eligible for CHPAMS forum. If you have any questions, feel free to contact member@chpams.org.

CALL FOR ABSTRACT

Mahidol University in Thailand is pleased to announce the Call for Abstracts for the Prince Mahidol Award Conference 2016 “Priority Setting for Universal Health Coverage”. Abstracts must be submitted electronically at the conference website www.pmaconference.mahidol.ac.th. The closing date for abstract submission is 31 March 2015 at 4 pm Thailand Local time (GMT+7). Should you have any inquiries regarding the Call for Abstracts, please contact the Secretariat at pmaconference@mahidol.ac.th.

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Jobs

China

Professors, Associate Professors, and Ph.D. graduates in Administration Management, Human Resource Management in Public Sector, Social Medicine and Health Management, Policy Science, Administrative law, Economics
School of Public Administration
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Deadline: Open until filled, for questions please contact mengll@swufe.edu.cn
[Location: Chengdu, China]

United States

Instructor in Health Management and Policy
Oregon State University
Deadline: April 10, 2015
[Location: Corvallis, OR]

Assistant or Associate Professor Department of Health Services Policy and Management
University of South CarolinaDeadline: Open until filled
[Location: Columbia, South Carolina]

Assistant or Associate Professor - Nutritional Sciences Department of Health Services
University of Washington
Deadline: Review of applications to begin on April 1, 2015. Open until filled
[Location: Seattle, Washington]

Assistant or Associate Professor Department of Health Services
UW Interdisciplinary Health Services Administration Program
University of Washington
Deadline: Review of applications to begin on March 15, 2015. Open until filled
[Location: Seattle, Washington]

Policy and Governance Faculty
College of Public Health
The Ohio State University
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Columbus, Ohio]

Data Management Faculty College of Public Health
The Ohio State University
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Columbus, Ohio]

Assistant Professor of Health Services Administration and Policy Department of Public Health
Temple University
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

Professor and Chair of Health Policy and Management
Department of Health Policy and Management
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina]

Chair and Professor
School of Public Health, Department of Health Services
University of Washington
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Seattle, Washington]

Other countries

Research Scientist
Laboratory of Population Health and Laboratory of Fertility and Well-being
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Rostock, Germany]

Health Specialist
Asian Development Bank
Deadline: March 20, 2015
[Location: Manila, Philippines]

Research Assistant Professor in Health Economics
University of Oxford Old Road Campus
Deadline: March 25, 2015
[Location: Oxford, UK]

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Scholarships & Fellowships  

Post-Doctoral or Research Fellow in Economics of Ageing (Health, Housing and Pensions)
Centre for Research on the Economics of Ageing
School of Economics
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Singapore]

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Health Economics/Health Services Research
Preventive Medicine
College of Medicine
Deadline: April 30, 2015
[Location: Memphis, TN]

Postdoctoral Associate
Health Policy and Management
Yale School of Public Health
Deadline: August 13, 2015
[Location: New Haven, Connecticut]

Post-doctoral Fellowship
CAMH (Center for Addiction and Mental Health)
Deadline: Review of applications to begin on March 15, 2015. Open until filled.
[Location: Toronto, Canada]

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Conferences

Global Health Leadership Forum (GHLF)
Conference Dates: April 18 - 22, 2015
Location: Berkeley, CA

Canada’s Applied Research in Cancer Control Conference 2015
Conference Dates: May 24 - 25, 2015
Location: Montreal, Quebec

BigData In Healthcare
Conference Dates: April 28 - 30, 2015
Location: Boston, MA

Singapore Health Economics Association Conference 2015
Conference Dates: May 11, 2015
Location: Singapore

14th Annual Canadian Health Economists’ Study Group Meeting
Conference Dates: May 27 - 28, 2015
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

DIA 2015 51st Annual Meeting
Conference Dates: June 14 - 18, 2015
Location: Washington, DC

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Research Updates

Yi-Ting Xie, De-Hua Lai, Guang-Yuan Liu, Jin-Lin Zhou, Zhao-Rong Lun. Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in China. The Lancet Infectious Disease. 2015, Volume 15, Issue 2.

Yong-bao Wei, Jin-rui Yang, Yun-liang Gao, Bin Yan, Zhao Wang. Pre-exposure prophylaxis for migration-associated HIV in China.  The Lancet Infectious Disease. 2015, Volume 15, Issue 2.

Robbert J Duvivier. Education of health professionals in China. The Lancet Infectious 2014, Volume 384, Issue 9960.

Zhenyu Yang, Yifan Duan, Guansheng Ma, Xiaoguang Yang, Shian Yin. Comparison of the China growth charts with the WHO growth standards in assessing malnutrition of children. BMJ Open 2015;5:2

Ruoling Chen, Zhi Hu, Ruoli Chen, Dongmei Zhang, Long Xu, Jingjing Wang, Li Wei. Socioeconomic deprivation and survival after stroke in China: a systematic literature review and a new population-based cohort study. BMJ Open 2015;5:1

Huamin Sun, Xiaoyan Li, Eric PF Chou, et al. Methadone maintenance treatment program reduces criminal activity and improves social well-being of drug users in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open 2015;5:1

Dan Wu, Yun Wang, Kwok Fai Lam, Therese Hesketh. Health system reforms, violence against doctors and job satisfaction in the medical profession: a cross-sectional survey in Zhejiang Province, Eastern China. BMJ Open 2014;4:12

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Issue 26, February 2015

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

·         The latest issue of the China Health Review pays special attention to the topic of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), with an editorial introduction by Dr. Lu Shi (Issue Editor), and two commentaries from researchers with background in TCM on the draft legislation for TCM proposed by the Chinese government. For this and all past issues, please visit our website: http://www.chpams.org/china-health-review/

·         CHPAMS is opening voting member registration at http://www.chpams.org/member-registration. All CHPAMS members are encouraged to register. Membership registration is FREE. As a voting member, you enjoy the following privileges: 

o   You can vote on our board election and other major decisions as described in the bylaws; 

o   You can review the annual financial report; 

o   You are eligible to serve on board and committees;

o   You are eligible for awards and preferred in activities.

Based on the bylaws, the ultimate power of CHPAMS essentially belongs to the general assembly of voting members. After the registration, you will be part of the force that sets the future of CHPAMS! Thank you so much for your support!

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Members' Corner

University at Buffalo Obesity Research Team, headed by epidemiologist and childhood obesity expert Dr. Youfa Wang, partners with NASA to Design, Implement, and Evaluate Global Obesity Prevention Programs. [Link]

Dr. Liang Wang, in the East Tennessee State University College of Public Health published a new study that identified the risk factors for adolescent obesity in southern Appalachia.   The article “Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Adolescent Obesity in Southern Appalachia, 2012” was published in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease. [Link]

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Special Announcements

Call for Papers, Special issue of Nutrition Discovery on Non-communicable Chronic Diseases (NCDs)

The Nutrition Discovery is planning a special issue for non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs). Manuscripts of original research articles (text <3000 words), review articles (<4000 words), and brief reports (<1500 words) are invited for review in all aspects of the NCDs including cardiovascular diseases, obesity, diabetes, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases (such as chronic obstructed pulmonary disease and asthma), and mental health disorders that are related to nutrition.

Submissions are due by February 28, 2015, using the online submission system at http://www.nutr-discovery.com/submitarticle.asp.  Please review the Nutrition Discovery website at http://www.nutr-discovery.com/ for submission guidelines. Manuscript submissions will go through a standard peer review process.  For additional information about this special issue, please contact editor@nutr-discovery.com.

Guest Editors: 
Youfa Wang, MD, PhD, MS, Professor, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA, 
Liang Wang, MD, DrPH, MPH, Assistant Professor, East Tennessee State University, USA

Call for Papers - Kunshan Forum

The Globle Health Research Center of Duke Kunshan University will hold the 1st Kunshan Forum on May 29-30, 2015. The main theme of the conference is on Non-communicable Diseases and Health System Reforms in China. The deadline to submit the abstract of a research article is March 31, 2015. The Forum will select 40 to 50 papers for an oral presentation at the concurrent sessions. The time length of each concurrent session is 90 minutes and each session will have three paper presentations by authors and comments by three discussants. The empirical studies using data obtained from China will be given priority, but other empirical studies using data from other countries with relevant policy implications for China are also encouraged to submit. Young researchers are especially encouraged to apply. No poster presentation will be accepted. The abstracts (in English) have to be sent to the following email address: chee.ruey.hsieh@duke.edu

NOTIFICATION of ACCEPTANCE: April 15, 2015.

REGISTRATION: April 30, 2015.

ACCOMMODATION and TRAVEL EXPENSES: The Forum will cover the speaker’s costs of hotel (at Fairmont), food and local transportation (up to 3-nights). However, speakers have to cover their own travel expenses.

Call for Papers - Health Care Governance Forum 2015 – integrated prevention and management of diabetes in primary care settings (2015 健康治理论坛-基层糖尿病的综合防治与管理)

The main theme of the conference is on the integrated prevention and management of diabetes, conducting research from perspectives of economics, management science, clinical medicine and sociology to address challenges of diabetes management. The deadline to submit a research article is February 15, 2015. Dr. Ning Yi will attend the conference as CHPAMS representative. CHPAMS also encourages our members in Beijing to attend the conference. 

Notification of Acceptance: March 1st, 2015.
Conference Dates: March 20–March 22, 2015
Location: Beijing
Contact information: judyxy09@hotmail.com

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Jobs

Associate Director for Health Policy
Baylor College of Medicine  
Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy 
Deadline: February 23, 2015
[Location: Houston, TA]

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Health Care Quality and Safety
Department of Health Services and Promotion
Sam Houston State University 
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Huntsville, TA]

Business Consult/Analyst Lead
Kaiser Permanente 
Deadline: Review will begin on October 1st, 2014
Contact Person Information:
Rachel Weber
Executive Director
Medicaid & Charitable Health Coverage
rachel.m.weber@kp.org
[Location: San Diego, CA OR Denver, CO]

Quality Improvement Specialist
LA Care Health Plan 
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Los Angeles, CA]

Health Economics Manager  
Medical Device - Heart Valve Technologies
Edwards Lifesciences
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Irvine, CA]

Assistant or Associate Professor of Health Services Management
Full-Time Tenure-Track
University of La Verne
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: La Verne, CA]

Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor
Department of Health Administration  
Virginia Commonwealth University  
Deadline: Posted January 23 - February 23, 2015
[Location: Richmond, VA]

Faculty Position in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
University of Texas Medical Branch 
School of Health Professions 
Deadline: Posted January 22 – February 22, 2015
[Location: Galveston, TA]

Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor
Center for Health Systems Improvement
University of Tennessee Health Science Center 
Deadline: Posted January 21 - March 21, 2015 
[Location: Memphis, TN]

Assistant or Associate Professor, Health Policy or Health Services Research
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research 
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey  
Deadline: Posted January 16 – March 16, 2015
[Location: New Brunswick, NJ]

Assistant/Associate Professor, Health Systems Management and Policy
Division of Public Administration
Mark O. Hatfield School of Government
Portland State University 
Deadline: Review of applicants will begin March 15, 2015, and continue until the position is filled.
[Location: Portland, OR]

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor
Health Systems Research
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health
Albert Einstein College of Medicine 
Deadline: Open until filled.
[Location: Bronx, NY]

Tenure-Track or Tenured Faculty Position in Healthcare Management
UCLA Department of Health Policy and Management 
Deadline: Open Nov 16, 2014 through Mar 10, 2015
[Location: Los Angeles, CA]

Assistant or Associate Professor - Health Administration and Policy Program Director
Creighton University 
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Omaha, NE]

Assistant or Associate Professor
Health Administration and Policy Department
College of Public Health
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center 
Deadline: Applications will be reviewed upon receipt.
[Location: Oklahoma City, OK]

Assistant or Associate Professor
Health Care Management
College of Public Health
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center 
Deadline: Applications will be reviewed upon receipt.
[Location: Oklahoma City, OK]

Tenure-Track Faculty Position at Assistant or Associate Rank
University of South Carolina
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Columbia, SC]

Assistant/Associate Professor, Health Policy & Management
Yale School of Public Health
Deadline: April 30, 2015
[Location: New Haven, CT]

Tenure-Track Faculty Positions at Assistant or Associate Rank
Department of Health Services Policy and Management
Arnold School of Public Health
University of South Carolina
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Columbia, SC]

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Position in Global Health
University of South Carolina
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Columbia, SC]

Assistant Researcher
Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health
Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health 
University of California, San Francisco
Deadline: Posted January 22 - February 22, 2015
[Location: San Francisco, CA]

Health Economist
California Department of Public Health
Deadline: Posted January 6 – March 6, 2015
[Location: Sacramento, CA]

PCORI Methods Fellow
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Deadline: Posted January 14 - February 14, 2015
[Location: Washington, DC]

Post-Doctoral Training in Implementation Science
Prevention and Control of Cancer
University of Massachusetts Worcester Campus
Deadline: February 15, 2015
[Location: Worcester, MA]

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Grants & Scholarships & Fellowships  

Newton International fellowship
Post-doctoral researchers
The Academy of Medical Sciences 
Deadline: 25 February 2015, 5pm (UK time)
[Location: UK]

Research Fellow
Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute
American College of Radiology
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Reston, VA; Washington, D.C.; Silver Spring, MD; and Philadelphia, PA]

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Shared Decision-Making in Contraceptive Care
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice 
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Hanover, NH]

Post-doctoral Position in Health Services Research and Policy
Department of Public Health Sciences
School of Medicine
University of California Davis
Deadline: Posted January 7 – February 7, 2015
[Location: Davis, CA]

Post-Doctoral Fellows
Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Deadline: Posted January 27 - February 27, 2015
[Location: Lebanon, NH]

Post-doctoral Fellowships in Comparative Effectiveness Research and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (CER/PCOR)
Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, and Health Disparities
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Deadline: March 15, 2015
[Location: Baltimore, MD]

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Conferences

Preventive Medicine Annual Meeting 2015
Conference Dates: February 25 - 28, 2015
Location: Atlanta, GA

American Society for Nutrition Scientific Sessions & Annual Meeting 2015
Conference Dates: March 28-April 1Location: Boston, MA

International Stroke Conference
Conference Dates: February 11–13, 2015
Location: Nashville, TN

American Heart Association EPI/Lifestyle 2015 Scientific Sessions
Conference Dates: March 3–6, 2015
Location: Baltimore, MD

American Heart Association Quality of Care and Outcomes Research
2015 Scientific Sessions
Conference Dates: April 29–May 1, 2015
Location: Baltimore, MD

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Research Update

Ren Minghui, Fabio Scano, , Catherine Sozi, Bernhard Schwartländer. The Global Fund in China: success beyond the numbers. The Lancet Global Health.2015, January

Xiao-Xin Yan, Chao Ma, Ai-Min Bao, Xiao-Min Wang, Wei-Ping Gai. Brain banking as a cornerstone of neuroscience in China. The Lancet Neurology. 2015, February                                                                                         

Xiaoyue Xu, Julie E. Byles, Zumin Shi and John J. Hall. Evaluation of older Chinese people's macronutrient intake status: results from the China Health and Nutrition Survey. British Journal of Nutrition. 2015, January

Xin-Chuan Chen, Yun-Fan Yang, Rui Wang, Hong-Feng Gou, Xin-Zu Chen. Epidemiology and microbiology of sepsis in mainland China in the first decade of the 21st century. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2015, February

Qing Li, Thomas F. Babor, Donald Zeigler, Ziming Xuan, Donald Morisky, Melbourne F. Hovell, Toben F. Nelson, Weixing Shen and Bing Li. Health promotion interventions and policies addressing excessive alcohol use: a systematic review of national and global evidence as a guide to health-care reform in China. Addiction. 2015, January

Wei He, Qingqing Li, Min Yang, Jingjing Jiao, Xiaoguang Ma, Yunjie Zhou, Aihua Song, Steven B. Heymsfield, Shanchun Zhang and Shankuan Zhu. Lower BMI cutoffs to define overweight and obesity in China. Obesity. 2015, January

Feng Huang, Li Gan. Impact of China's Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance on Health Care Expenditure and Health Outcomes. NBER Working Paper. 2015, January

Qian Li, Zhenqiu Lin, Frederick A Masoudi, Jing Li, Xi Li, et al. National trends in hospital length of stay for acute myocardial infarction in China. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 2015, January

Wei Zhou and Shuiyuan Xiao. Existing public health surveillance systems for mental health in China. International Journal of Mental Health Systems. 2015, January

Ping Xu, Zhenlin Fan, Ting Li, Lijie Wang, Qingwen Sun, Xia Du, et al. Preventing surgical disputes through early detection and intervention: a case control study in China. BMC Health Services Research. 2015, January

Thomas Harmon, Wei Guo, John Stover, Zunyou Wu, et al. The Potential Impact of Preventive HIV Vaccines in China: Results and Benefits of a Multi-Province Modeling Collaboration. Vaccines. 2015, January  

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Issue 25, January 2015

Happy New Year to all CHPAMS members! CHPAMS wishes you a happy, healthy, and productive 2015!

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 and Announcements

·         CHPAMS members’ participation in the 2015 American Economic Association Annual Meeting in Boston.

o   Member reunion: (left to right): Dr. Qi (Harry) Zhang (President of CHPAMS), Dr. Lizheng Shi (President of Chinese Economists Society), Ms. Yao Wang (Tulane University), Ms. Siyu Ma (Brandies University), Dr. Jing Xu (US CDC).

o   Potential Collaboration between CHPAMS and iHEA (left to right): Dr. Qi (Harry) Zhang, Dr. Michael Grossman (CHPAMS Advisor), Dr. Thomas Getzen (Executive Director of iHEA)

·         Recent Announcements by CHPAMS Board of Directors.

o    To keep the transparency in financial operations and maintain responsible spending with limited resources, the board has passed the new financial policy. For more details, please click this link.

o    To promote member communications at the local level, the board has passed the chapter policy. For more details, please click this link.

o    CHPAMS will launch formal voting member registration soon so every registered member can have formal voting rights and priority than non-voting members in all CHPAMS activities and awards.

·         Newsletter will start a new section "Members' Corner" to feature and promote the accomplishments from our members. If you have new publications and awards, please let us know at newsletter@chpams.org.

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Special Announcements

Fellowship

The World Bank Robert S. McNamara Fellowship

Introduction: the World Bank Robert S. McNamara Fellowship Program awards fellowships of up to $25,000 annually for developing country PhD candidates to conduct innovative, development-related, doctoral research under the supervision of a research advisor at a host institution abroad.

Core Eligibility Criteria:

·         Home country is a World Bank member developing country.
·         Not a dual citizen of a developed country.
·         Currently enrolled in a PhD program in a member country of the World Bank.
·         Completed all coursework and exam requirements for your PhD.
·         Have a master’s degree.
·         Be 35 years or younger.
·         You meet one of the following conditions:

1)      You are enrolled in a PhD program in your home country, and not currently employed.
2)      You are enrolled in a PhD program in your home country or another World Bank member country and are working in an academic or research institution in your home country. 

The link to the online application form will be available on the website during the application period, from January 7 to February 11, 2015. Potential applicants may also contact us at rsm_fellowships@worldbank.org. 

Call for Participation -- Paper Contest

Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) announces its 2015 Student Research Paper Contest. A peer-reviewed electronic journal, PCD is published weekly by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. The winning manuscript will be recognized on the PCD website and will be published in a 2015 PCD release.

Papers must be received electronically no later than 5:00 PM EST on January 22, 2015. For more information, click this link.

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Jobs

United States

Chair 
Department of Health Services, Administration, and Policy
Temple University College of Public Health
Deadline: Open until the position is filled
[Location: Philadelphia, PA]

Assistant Professor (tenure-track)
Department of Public Health, School of Public Health and Health Sciences
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Deadline: Open until the position is filled
[Location: Amherst, MA]

Malaria Associate
Global Markets Team,  Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)
Deadline: Open until the position is filled
[Location: Boston, MA]

Assistant/Associate Professor in Health Informatics (Tenure-track) 
Department of Health Policy & Management
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Deadline: Open until the position is filled
[Location: Chapel Hill, NC]

Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Health Care Organization and Management
Department of Health Policy and Management
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Deadline: Open until the position is filled
[Location: Chapel Hill, NC]

Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure-track) 
Health Services Research & Policy
Biostatistics/Epidemiology
Health Economics
Yale School of Public Health
Deadline: Open until the position is filled
[Location: New Heaven, CT]

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (Tenure-track) in Health Services Research
Department of Health Systems, Management & Policy
Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado
Deadline: Open until the position is filled
[Location:  Aurora, CO]

Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure-track) 
Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health
University of Texas Medical Branch
Deadline: 03/01/2015
[Location: Galveston, TX]

Assistant Professor in Health Sciences
College of Nursing and Health Professions (CONHP)
Valparaiso University
Deadline: Open until the position is filled
[Location: Valparaiso, IN]

Open Rank, Tenure-track Position
Department of Epidemiology and Community Health
Virginia Commonwealth University
Deadline: Open until the position is filled
[Location: Richmond, VA]

Other countries

Program Coordinator
Modern Aging - ACCESS Health International
Deadline: Open until the position is filled
[Location: Singapore]

Senior/Principal Research Fellow in Health Economics
Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine
Deadline: January 30, 2015
[Location: Cairns or Townsville, Australia]

Assistant / Associate Professor - Biostatistics
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
University of Toronto
Deadline: Open until the position is filled
[Location: Toronto, Canada]

Dean of the College of Health Sciences
College of Health Sciences
University of Sharjah
Deadline: Open until the position is filled
[Location: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates]

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Conferences

International Conference on Health Policy Statistics
Abstracts deadline: April 15, 2015
Dates: October 7-9, 2015
[Location: Providence, RI]

Health DataPalooza: a Health Data Consortium Event
Abstract deadline:  January 23, 2015
Dates: May 31- June 03, 2015
[Location: Washington D.C.]

6th CUGH Annual Conference: Mobilizing Research for Global Health
Dates: March 26–28, 2015
[Location: Boston, MA]

Beyond the Affordable Care Act: The Next Frontiers for US Health Reform
Harvard School of Public Health
Dates: April 27–29, 2015
[Location: Boston, MA]

2015 National Child Health Policy Conference
AcademyHealth
Dates: February 11
[Location: Washington D.C.]

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Research Updates

Commentary: Dementia warning for the Asia-Pacific region. The Lancet Neurology. 2015, Volume 14 , Issue 1. 

Lianping Yang, Chaojie Liu, Lijun Wang, Xi Yin, Xinping Zhang. Public reporting improves antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections in primary care: a matched-pair cluster-randomized trial in China. Health Research Policy and Systems. 2014, 12:61.

G Cohen, J Schroeder, R Newson, et al. Does health intervention research have real world policy and practice impacts: testing a new impact assessment tool. Health Research Policy and Systems. 2015, 13:3.

VY Fan, A Glassman, RL Silverman. How A New Funding Model Will Shift Allocations From The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, And Malaria. Health Affairs. 2014, Volume 33 no. 12 2238-2246.

AK Örtqvist, C Lundholm, H Kieler, et al. Antibiotics in fetal and early life and subsequent childhood asthma: nationwide population based study with sibling analysis. BMJ.2014;349:g6979.

JJ Gagne, L Thompson, K O’Keefe, AS Kesselheim. Innovative research methods for studying treatments for rare diseases: methodological review. BMJ.2014;349:g6802.

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Issue 24, December 2014

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 and Announcements

·         We are very pleased to announce that China Medical Board (CMB), http://chinamedicalboard.org has awarded a two-year grant to CHPAMS. We really appreciate the strong support from Dr. Lincoln Chen, CMB President, and our colleagues at the CMB Beijing Office! The CHPAMS board will discuss how to leverage the resources to create more opportunities for our members and affiliated organizations. 

·         With CHPAMS Board of Directors’ coordinated efforts, CHPAMS' 501(c)(3) status was approved by IRS on October 22, 2014. This is a critical moment and crucial recognition for CHPAMS. With the 501(c)(3) status, all donations from individuals and corporations are tax deductible from their income. 

·         Newsletter will start a new section "Members' Corner" to feature and promote the accomplishments from our members. If you have new publications or awards that would like to share with peer members, please let us know at newsletter_sc@chpams.org. 

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Jobs

United States


Director, Cecil G Sheps Center for Health Services Research
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Deadline: open until filled
[Location: Chapel Hill, NC]

Assistant or Associate Professor of Health Care Management
Harvard School of Public Health
Department of Health Policy and Management 
Deadline: open until filled
Contact: Cindi Melanson, Director of AdministrationCmelanso@hsph.harvard.edu
[Location: Boston, MA]

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor  in Health Care Finance, Financial Management
School of Public Health 
University of Michigan
Deadline: Review of applications will begin January 7, 2015, and continue until filled
[Location: Ann Arbor, MI]

Director, Iowa Center for Outcomes Research
Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine 
The University of IowaDeadline: open until filled
[Location: Iowa City, IA ]

Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Health Management & Policy
School of Social & Behavioral Health Sciences
Oregon State University
[Job # 0013201]
Deadline: Jan 1st, 2015
[Location: Corvallis, OR]

Open Rank Tenure Track Faculty Position in Health Policy and Management
Department of Health Policy & Management
Graduate School of Public Health
University of Pittsburgh
Deadline: open until filled
[Location: Pittsburgh, PA]

Assistant, Associate or Full Professor in Health Economics or Health Services Research
Department of Health Systems, Management and Policy
Colorado School of Public Health
Job Posting #: F01906
Deadline: open until filled
[Location: Aurora, CO]

Tenure-Track Faculty Positions at Assistant or Associate Rank
Department of Health Services Policy and Management
Arnold School of Public Health
University of South Carolina
Deadline: Review of the applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled
[Location: Columbia, SC]

Assistant or Associate Professor in Health Administration and Policy
College of Public Health
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Deadline: Preferred Jan 1, 2015, but open until filled
[Location: Oklahoma City, OK]

Assistant Scientist in Health Outcomes and Policy
Institute for Child Health Policy 
College of Medicine
University of Florida
Deadline: open until filled
[Location: Gainesville, FL]

Assistant Professor (Non-Tenure Track Position)
Department of Preventive Medicine 
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Deadline: open until filled
[Location: Memphis, TN]

Assistant Program Director
Health Economics and Evaluation Research Program 
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Search Requisition Number: 21244
Deadline: Jan 16th, 2015
[Location: Los Angeles, CA]

Outcomes Research Position
Division of General Medical Sciences
Washington University 
Deadline: open until filled. 
[Location: St. Louis, MO]

Consultant – Health Economics and Value Communication
BaseCase, Inc.
Deadline: NA
Contact: careers@basecase.com
[Location: New York City]

China

2015 China Environmental Stewardship Awards
Funding resource: ConocoPhillips
Application deadline: December 31, 2014 
[Location: Universities in China

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Scholarships & Fellowships 

2015 AcademyHealth Delivery System Science Fellowship
Deadline: Jan 11th, 2015 at 11:59p.m. EST 
[Location: multiple locations depending on the host site]

2015 CDC  Steven M. Teutsch Prevention Effectiveness Fellowship
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Deadline: Jan 16th, 2015
[Location: Atlanta, GA]

Sexual and Reproductive Health Capacity Fellowship
Operational Research & Program Effectiveness Team
Emergency Response and Recovery Branch
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Deadline: NA, currently open
[Location: Atlanta, GA]

Post-Doctoral Training in Implementation Science
Prevention and Control of Cancer
University of Massachusetts Worcester 
Deadline: Feb 15th, 2015
[Location: Worcester, MA]

Post-doctoral Position in Health Services Research and Policy
Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine
University of California Davis
Deadline:  For further details, please contact Byung-Kwang Yoo, MD, PhD. at byoo@ucdavis.edu.
[Location: Davis, CA]

Post Doctorate Associate Position
College of Medicine
Department of Health Outcomes and Policy
University of Florida
Deadline: NA, currently open
[Location: Gainesville, FL]

Penn Postdoctoral Fellowship in Advanced Biomedical Ethics
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine 
Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Deadline: Jan 2nd, 2015
[Location: Philadelphia, PA]

Postdoctoral Fellow on energy balance, diet and cancer
The Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research (DOR)
[Interested candidates should contact Bette Caan, Dr.PHbette.caan@kp.org]
[Location: Oakland, CA]

Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Health Care Policy
The National Pharmaceutical Council, and The George Washington University
School of Public Health and Health Services
Department of Health Policy
Deadline: Jan 15th, 2015
[Location: Washington, DC]

Post-doctoral Fellowship in Systems Science in Obesity and Public Health (2 positions)
The Global Obesity Prevention Center (GOPC) at Johns Hopkins
Deadline: December 31, 2014
[Location: Baltimore, MD]

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Conferences

iHEA (International Health Economics Association)  11th World Congress
Abstract deadline: Jan 10th, 2015 
Conference dates: July 12-15, 2015
[Location: Milan, Italy]

ISPOR 20th Annual International Meeting
Abstract deadline: Jan 15th, 2015
Conference dates: : May 16-20, 2015
[Location: Philadelphia, PA]

AcademyHealth Research Meeting
Abstract deadline: Jan 15th, 2015
Conference dates: June 14-16, 2015
[Location: Minneapolis, MN]

American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Exposition
Abstract deadline: Second week of February,2015 and vary by the group to which you submit
[Location: Chicago, IL]

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Research Updates

Juliana C N Chan, Yuying Zhang  and Guang Ning. “ Diabetes in China: a societal solution for a personal challenge” The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. 2014, December.

Jin Wang, Pan Wang, Xinghe Wang, Yingdong Zheng,  Yonghong Xiao. “Use and Prescription of Antibiotics in Primary Health Care Settings in China” JAMA International Medicine. 2014 December. 

Yinjun Zhao, Bowei Kang, Yawen Liu, Yichong Li, et.al. “ Health Insurance Coverage and Its Impact on Medical Cost: Observations from the Floating Population in China” PloS One.  2014 November. 

Xin-Chuan Chen, Yun-Fan Yang, Rui Wang, Hong-Feng Gou, Xin-Zu Chen. “Epidemiology and microbiology of sepsis in mainland China in the first decade of the 21st century” International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2014 November

Yajun Liang,  Dongqing Hou, Xiaoyi Shan, Xiaoyuan Zhao, Yuehua Hu, et.al. “Cardiovascular remodeling relates to elevated childhood blood pressure: Beijing Blood Pressure Cohort Study” International Journal of Cardiology. 2014, December. 

Chengbo Li, Iris Chi, Xu Zhang, Zhaowen Cheng, Lei Zhang  and Gong Chen. “ Urban and rural factors associated with life satisfaction among older Chinese adults” Aging &Mental Health. 2014 November.

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Issue 23, November 2014

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 and Announcements

We are very pleased to announce that China Medical Board (CMB, http://chinamedicalboard.org has awarded a two-year grant to CHPAMS. We really appreciate the strong support from Dr. Lincoln Chen, CMB President, and our colleagues at the CMB Beijing Office! The CHPAMS board will discuss how to leverage the resources to create more opportunities for our members and affiliated organizations.

With CHPAMS Board of Directors’ coordinated efforts, CHPAMS' 501(c)(3) status was approved by IRS on October 22, 2014. This is a critical moment and crucial recognition for CHPAMS. With the 501(c)(3) status, all donations from individuals and corporations are tax deductible from their income.

Newsletter will start a new section "Members' Corner" to feature and promote the accomplishments from our members. If you have new publications and awards, please let us know at newsletter_sc@chpams.org.

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Jobs

United States

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (Tenure-track)
School of Community and Environmental Health
Old Dominion University
Deadline: Review of applications will begin December 1st and continue until the position is filled
[Location: Norfolk, VA]

Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure-track)
Department of Health Care Administration and Policy
School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Deadline: Review of applications will begin Nov.15th and continue until the position is filled
[Location: Las Vegas, NV]

Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure-track) in Epidemiology
Department of Health Sciences
College of Health Professions & Social Work, Florida Gulf Coast University
Deadline: Review of applications will begin Nov.4th and continue until the position is filled
[Location: Fort Myers, FL]

Associate/Full Professor (Tenure-track) in Health Economics
Economics Department and Health Equity Institute
San Francisco State University
Deadline: 11/21/2014
[Location: San Francisco, CA]

Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure-track)
Health Services Research & Policy
Biostatistics/Epidemiology
Health Economics
Yale School of Public Health
Deadline: Open until the position is filled
[Location: New Heaven, CT]

Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure-track)
Department of Health Services Policy & Management
University of South Carolina
Deadline: Open until the position is filled
[Location: Columbia, SC]

Assistant Professor (Tenure-track)
Health Management & Policy
School of Social and Behavioral Health  Sciences
Oregon State University
Deadline: 06/30/2015
[Location: Corvallis, OR]

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (Tenure-track)
Department of Health Services, Policy & Practice
Brown University
Deadline: 02/15/2015
[Location: Providence, RI]

Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure-track)
Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health
University of Texas Medical Branch
Deadline: 03/01/2015
[Location: Galveston, TX]

Assistant Professor
Department of Public Health
College of Education, Health and Human Sciences
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Deadline: Open until the position is filled
[Location: Knoxville, TN]

Full Time Faculty
Department of Health Policy and Management
School of Public Health
Boston University
Deadline: Open until the position is filled
[Location: Boston, MA]

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (Tenure-track)
Department of Health and Social Services
New Mexico State University
Deadline: 12/1/2014
[Location: Las Cruces, NM]

Other countries

Principal Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow
Department of Health Economics
School of Medicine, Griffith University
Deadline: 11/26/2014
[Location: Logan, Queensland, Australia ]

Canada Research Chair in Nursing
Health Outcomes and Quality of Care Department
University of Alberta
Deadline: Open until the position is filled
[Location: Edmonton, Canada]

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Scholarships & Fellowships

Postdoctoral Position
Modeling of Infectious Disease Agent Study Project
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Deadline: Open until the position is filled
[Location: Ann Arbor, MI]

Postdoctoral Position
Forecasting emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases
Join a multi-institutional study (University of Georgia, University of Michigan, and Penn State University)
Deadline: email Dr. Drake jdrake@uga.edu
[Location: TBD]

Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Research, The Permanente Medical Group
Deadline: Open until the position is filled
[Location: Oakland, CA]

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Conferences

Big Data and Healthcare Analytics Forum
Westin Waterfront
Dates: November 20-21, 2014
[Location: Boston, MA]

13th Annual International Society for Disease Surveillance Conference
Dates: December 10-11, 2014
[Location: Philadelphia, PA]

National Health Policy Conference
Dates: February 9-10, 2015
[Location: Renaissance Washington, D.C. Downtown]

22nd Annual Spring Conference On Women’s Health
Dates: March 4-7, 2015
[Location: Big Island, Hawaii]

The 4rd International Conference on Health Information Science
Dates: March 28-30, 2015
[Location: Melbourne, Australia]

41st Annual Eastern Economics Association Conference
Dates: February 26-March 1, 2015
[Location: New York City]

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Research Updates

Ronald Ching Wan Ma, Xu Lin, Weiping Jia. “Causes of type 2 diabetes in China”.  The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. 2014, September.

Juliana C N Chan, Yuying Zhang, Guang Ning. “Diabetes in China: a societal solution for a personal challenge”.  The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. 2014, September.

Xinqi Dong, E-shien Chang. “Lost in translation: to our Chinese patient, Alzheimer’s meant ‘crazy and catatonic’’. Health Affairs. 2014, April.

Zhiyuan Hou, Ellen Van de Poel, Eddy Van Doorslaer, Baorong Yu, Qingyue Meng. “Effects of NCMS on access to care and financial protection in China”.  Health Economics. 2013, August.

Fujie Zhang, Hao Zhu, Yasong Wu, Zhihui Dou, et al. “HIV, hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus co-infection in patient in the China National Free Antiretroviral Treatment Program, 2010-12: a retrospective observational cohort study”. Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2014, November.

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Issue 22, October 2014

CHPAMS Activities

  • With CMB’s generous support, CHPAMS was officially registered and incorporated on October 1, 2014, which is a new milestone for the Society’s development. The bylaws were adopted and the initial Board of Directors was appointed as follows:

Qi (Harry) Zhang, PhD, President

Zhuo (Adam) Chen, PhD, MS, MMgt, Secretary

Dong (Roman) Xu, MPP, Treasurer

Youfa Wang, MD, PhD, MS, Director of Fund Raising

Lu Shi, PhD, Director of Academics

Zheng (Jane) Li, PhD, MPH, MS, Director of Public Relations

For more information, please visit our newly updated website: www.chpams.org.

  • CHPAMS is working on the next issue of China Health Review and calls for members’ update. Members who are interested to share their career and other updates,  please submit them to Kun Zhang at kzhang@chpams.org

Jobs

Assistant Professor in Public and Environmental Health
Department of Public Health
California State University, Los Angeles
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Los Angeles, CA]

Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Public Health
Health Science & Recreation
College of Applied Science & Arts
San Jose State University
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: San Jose, CA]

Tenure Track Assistant/ Associate/ Full Professor Position
Health Administration Program
College of Business
Florida Atlantic University
Deadline: Review will begin on October 1st, 2014
FAU’s online applicant tracking system http://jobs.fau.edu position #970696
[Location: Boca Raton, FL]

Tenure-Track or Tenured Faculty Position in Health Management
McGill University
Deadline: October 15th, 2014
[Location: Montreal, Canada]

Open Faculty Position
Department of Health Services Administration
School of Health Professions
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Deadline: Formal review of applications will begin on October 1, 2014
[Location: Birmingham, AL]

Tenure Track Assistant Professor Position
School of Public Administration
University of New Mexico
Deadline: October 31st, 2014
Candidates must apply through UNM Jobs (http://unmjobs.unm.edu), posting number 0827167
[Location: Albuquerque, NM]

Tenure-Track Assistant or Associate Professor of Public Health
College of Health Sciences and Human Services
California State University, Monterey Bay
Deadline: Review will begin on October 1st, 2014
[Location: Seaside, CA]

Research Scientist Position in Behavior Change
Division of Research of The Permanente Medical Group
Kaiser Permanente, Northern California
Deadline: Open until filled
Note: Please email a letter of interest and curriculum vitae to:
Tracy Lieu tracy.lieu@kp.org
[Location: Oakland, CA]

Statistical Programmer
Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation and Policy
VA Los Angeles
Deadline: Open until filled
Note: Send CV to Deborah.Mittman@va.gov and MLee@prolacta.com
[Location: Los Angeles, CA]

Research Specialists (7 positions), Project Scientists (3 positions), and Statisticians (2 positions)
Atkins Center for Weight and Health
University of California, Berkeley
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Berkeley CA]

Research Fellow in Mathematical Modelling (Vaccine/Nutrition Modelling)
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Deadline: October 21st, 2014
[Location: London, UK]

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor
Department of Health Sciences
DePaul University
Deadline: November 15th, 2014
[Location: Chicago, IL]

Full-Time Faculty Positions
Department of Health Policy and Management
Boston University School of Public Health
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Boston, MA]

Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor
Department of Preventive Medicine
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Memphis, TN]

Tenure Track Assistant or Associate Professor
Department of Health Policy and Management
Yale School of Public Health
Deadline: November 1st, 2014
[Location: New Haven, CT]

Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure Track) in Pharmacoeconomics
Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research (PHSR)
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Deadline: January 30th, 2015
[Location: Baltimore, MD]

Assistant Professor
Department of Health Policy and Management
University of Kansas
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Kansas City, KS]

Internship

WHO Internship Programme
Deadline: December 1
[Location: Geneva, Switzerland]

Grants & Scholarships & Fellowships  

ORISE fellowship for a PhD stats/EPI person
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Deadline: October 17th, 2014
[Location: Atlanta, GA]

Post-Doctoral Training Opportunity in Tobacco Regulatory Science
USC Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science
Deadline: October 15th, 2014
[Location: Los Angeles, CA]

Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Center for Health Policy
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Deadline: October 26th, 2014
[Location: Glasgow, UK]

Conferences

American Public Health Association Annual Meeting 2014
Conference Dates: November 15 - 19, 2014
Location: New Orleans, LA

Public Health Law Conference 2014
Conference Dates: October 16 & 17, 2014
Location: Atlanta, GA

AICR Annual Research Conference 2014
Conference Dates: October 29 – 31, 2014
Location: Washington, DC

American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2014
Conference Dates: November 15 – 19
Location: Chicago, IL

Preventive Medicine 2015
Conference Dates: February 25 - 28, 2015
Location: Atlanta, GA

Research Update

Xiaoyan Lei, Xiaoting Sun, John Strauss, Peng Zhang, Yaohui Zhao. Depressive symptoms and SES among the mid-aged and elderly in China: Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study national baseline. Social Science & Medicine. 2014, September

Xu Dong Zhou, Lu Li, Therese Hesketh. Health system reform in rural China: Voices of health workers and service-users. Social Science & Medicine. 2014,September

Ronald Lee, Andrew Mason, Eugenia Amporfu, Chong-Bum An, Luis Rosero Bixby, Jorge Bravo, Marisa Bucheli, Qiulin Chen et al. Is low fertility really a problem? Population aging, dependency, and consumption. Science. 2014, October

Jinqiu Yang & Wu Zeng. The Trade-offs between Efficiency and Quality in the Hospital Production: Some Evidence from Shenzhen, China. China Economic Review. 2014, September

Peilong Liu, Yan Guo, Xu Qian, Shenglan Tang, Zhihui Li, and Lincoln Chen.China's distinctive engagement in global health. The Lancet. 2014, September

Shu Wen Ng, Annie-Green Howard, Huijun Wang, Chang Su, and Bing Zhang.The physical activity transition among adults in China: 1991–2011. Obesity Reviews 2014, January

Shibin Wang, Changgui Kou, Yawen Liu, Bo Li, Yuchun Tao, et al. Rural–Urban Differences in the Prevalence of Chronic Disease in Northeast China.Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health. 2014, September 

Issue 21, September, 2014

Table of Contents

Jobs

United States

Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Health Policy and Management (open rank)
Department of Public Health
School of Public Health and Health Sciences
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Deadline: Open until filled (Review process begins 9/2/2014)
[Location: Amherst, MA]

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management
Department of Public Health
College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
University of Tennessee
Deadline: Open until filled (Posted on 8/20/2014. Review begins 10/1/2014)
[Location: Knoxville, TN]

Assistant Professor
Department of Health Policy and Management
School of Medicine
University of Kansas
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Kansas City, MO]

Assistant/Associate Professor 
Department of Health Policy and Management
College of Public Health
University of South Florida
Deadline: Open until filled (Review begins 8/15/2014)
[Location: Tempa, FL]

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society 
Center for Medicine, Health, and Society (MHS)
College of Arts & Science
Vanderbilt University
Deadline: Open until filled (Review begins 10/15/2014)
[Location: Nashville, TN]

Research Associate
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
Deadline: Open until filled (Posted on 08/06/2014)
[Location: Baltimore, MD]

Health Policy Analyst Advanced
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Deadline: 9/11/2014 (Posted on 08/21/2014)
[Location: Baltimore, MD]

Public Health Analyst
ICF International
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Atlanta, GA]

Scholarships & Fellowships

Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Care Policy
Department of Health Policy
School of Public Health
The George Washington University
Application window: 09/01/2014-01/15/2015
[Location: Washington, DC]

Science & Technology Policy Fellow
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Deadline: 11/01/2014
[Location: Washington, DC]

Pharmaceutical Environmental Assessment Research Fellowship
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Deadline: Open until filled
[Location: Silver Spring, MD]

Conferences

American Economic Association Annual Meeting 2015
Featuring: Chinese Economists Society (CES) Annual Business Meeting and Reception (01/03/2015, 6pm@Boston Marriott Copley, Grand Ballroom Salon E)
Conference time: Jan 3-5, 2015
Early registration deadline: Dec 3, 2014
[Location: Boston, MA]

 Emerging Health Risks and Insurance
11th Health and Ageing Conference
Conference time: Nov 6-7, 2014
[Location: Madrid, Spain]

A The “New” Complex Patient: The Shifting Locus of Care and Cost
21st Annual Conference on the Use of Evidence in Policy and Practice
ECRI Institute
Conference time: Nov 6-7, 2014
[Location: Washington, DC]

Research Update

Cheng Huang, Hai Yu, Jeffrey P Koplan. Can China diminish its burden of non-communicable diseases and injuries by promoting health in its policies, practices, and incentives? Lancet. 2014 Aug.

Winnie Yip, William Hsiao. Harnessing the privatisation of China's fragmented health-care delivery. Lancet. 2014 Aug.

Sun J, Zhang XT, Zhang Z, Hogerzeil HV. Achieving universal health coverage-the case of Zhuhai city. J Evid Based Med. 2014 Aug.

Roger Y. Chung, Jean H. Kim, Benjamin H. Yip, Samuel Y. S. Wong, Martin C. S. Wong, Vincent C. H. Chung, Sian M. Griffiths. Alcohol Tax Policy and Related Mortality. An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of a Rapidly Developed Chinese Population, 1981–2010. PLoS One. 2014 Aug.

Xiulan Zhang, Gerald Bloom, Xiaoxin Xu, Lin Chen, Xiaoyun Liang, Sara J Wolcott. Advancing the application of systems thinking in health: managing rural China health system development in complex and dynamic contexts. Health Research Policy and Systems 2014 Aug.