Zhuo (adam) Chen
Professor
School of Economics
University of Nottingham Ningbo China
China
Biography
Dr. Zhuo (Adam) Chen is Li Dak Sum Chair Professor in Health Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham, Ningbo China, and Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, USA. He was a senior health economist with The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Before he joined CDC in 2006, he was a Postdoctoral Scholar with The University of Chicago during 2005-2006 and a Postdoctoral Research Associate with The University of Tennessee, Knoxville from 2004 to 2005. He held part-time teaching appointment at Georgia Institute of Technology School of Economics in 2007-2008. He holds a PhD in Economics (2004) and an MS in Statistics (2002) from Iowa State University, and MMgt (1999) and BS (1996) in Management Science from University of Science and Technology of China.
Research Interest
His major areas of interest include health economics, applied econometrics, social determinants of health, methods in measuring health disparities, and statistical methods.
Publications
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Chen Z, Roy K., Gotway Crawford CA. Statistical inference of the concentration and the health achievement indices, Health Economics, 2012, 21(11):1375-1381.
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Chen Z, Crawford Gotway CA. The Role of Geographic Scale in Testing the Income Inequality Hypothesis as an Explanation of Health Disparities. Social Science & Medicine 2012;75:1022-1031
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Chen Z, Roy K., Gotway Crawford CA. Obesity Prevention: The Impact of Local Health Departments. Health Services Research. 2013, 48(2):603-627.
