Chair, Department of Health and Social Behaviour,
Director, Institute of Global Health,
West China School of Public Health,
Sichuan University
Qualifications
March 2006 PhD in International Health, The University of Tokyo
March 2003 MSc in International Health, The University of Tokyo
June 1996 MSc in Health Management, Shandong University
Academic Appointments
May 2011 – Present Professor in Department of Health and Social Behaviour, West China
School of Public
May 2006 – April 2011 Associate professor in Department of Health and Social Behaviour,
West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University
July1996 – Feb 2001 Lecturer of Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University
Past & Current Research Project [only PI or Co-PI]
Jan1996 – Jan1998: Studies on a rapid questionnaire approach to identify the high-risk schools of schistosomiasis japonica in P. R. of China, UNDP/ World Bank/WHO Special Program for TDR (ID: 950182), PI, $50,000.
Jan 2001– Jan 2003: Impacts of parasite infection and dietary intake on school-age children in the schistosomiasis endemic Dongting Lake region, China. Asian Development Bank funding, , PI, $100,000.
Jan 2005– Jan 2006: Longitudinal study of growth pattern and related ecology factors in rural schoolchildren in the Dongting Lake region, China. Japan-China Medical Association Funding, PI, 200,000 Japanese Yen.
Jan 2007– Jan 2009: Study on reproductive health related behaviors in the rural-to-urban mobile women based on social network, Outstanding Youth Funding in Sichuan University (No.07022), PI, 20,000 RMB.
Jan 2007– Jan 2013: Capacity building to response HIV/AIDS in China, Canadian International Development Agency, , Chinese coordinator, 560,000 RMB.
Dec 2008– Dec 2009: Improving risk behaviors related with HIV/AIDS in injection drug users using social mobilization strategy. National HIV/AIDS Office Funding (08-II-10), PI, 780,000 RMB.
Jan 2009– Dec 2010: Toward a Healthy and Lively Existence for Left-behind Children in Rural Chinese Communities, Toyota research foundation (D09-R-650), PI, 250,000RMB.
Jan 2011– Jan 2012: Role of village mobilization on increasing utilization of hospitals for maternal delivery in western minority regions of China, CMB09-991-HPSS, PI, $35,000.
Jan 2011– Dec 2013: Can policy on equalization of basic public health service be implemented effectively in western poor rural areas of China? A case of maternal health care service. CMB Young Faculty Seed Grant in Health Policy and Systems (HPSS), PI, $36,000.
Jan 2013– Dec 2015: Improving access to and uptake of maternal health services in western poor rural areas of China, China Medical Board Open Competition (CMB-12-118), PI, $150,000.
Jan 2013– Dec 2015: Infant nutrition in rural China, Swiss Bank UBS foundation (UBS-12-6140), PI, 920,000RMB.
Jan 2014– Dec 2016: Using Standardized Patients to Measure and Improve the Quality of Health Care in Rural China, World Bank, Co-PI, 900,000RMB.
Jan 2015-Dec 2018: Improving profits and safety of pig farmers in China: Foundational Exploratory Studies, the Global Development and Poverty Initiative (GDP) at Stanford University, PI in Chinese site, 380,000RMB
Jan 2017-Dec. 2018, Study on NCC disease burden and transmission route based on social networks for school children in Tibetan rural areas of China, Stanford university research funding
Jan 2019 – Dec. 2022, Study on the diffusion mechanism and strategy optimization of the children‘s nutrition improvement project in poor areas in the western China under health poverty alleviation situation, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 478000RMB
Jan 2019- Dec. 2021, Evaluating the Quality of Primary Care for the Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-Communicable Diseases in China’s Rural Health System, China Medical Board Open Competition (CMB-18-297), PI, $80,000
