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Editorial Roles

Special issue on “Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Health,” Health Equity 2022
Special issue on “Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Precision Public Health in China,” China CDC Weekly 2022
Special issue on “Social-Economic Impacts of Epidemic Diseases,” Technological Forecasting and Social Change 2020
Special issue on health and healthcare in China, The Chinese Economy 2020
Symposium of China Economic Review for the Chinese Economists Society Annual Conference 2015, 2019
Special issue on “Family Economic Issues in Transition Economies,” Journal of Family & Economic Issues 2009

Convener, iHEA Econ-Omics Interest Group 2021–
Member, Committee of Health Economic Theory and Policy, China Health Economics Association 2019–
Member, Academic Advisory Committee, School of Public Administration, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics 2018–
Member, Workforce Subcommittee (Education Committee) and STAR Project Committee, Consortium of Universities for Global Health 2018–
Member, Scientific Review Committee, Consortium of Universities for Global Health Annual Meeting 2022
Mentor, Georgia CTSA Translational Education and Mentoring in Science Program 2019–2020
Regents Committee Chair (2019) and Member (2020–2021), The Chinese Economists Society 2019–2021
President (2017–2018), President-Elect (2016–2017), and Board Director (2007–2008, 2012–2013), The Chinese Economists Society 2007–2018
Founding Board Member (2008–2014), Secretary (2014–2016), and President (2016–2018), China Health Policy and Management Society 2008–2018
Steering Committee Member, Health Economics Research Group, CDC 2008–2009, 2015–2017
Member, Scientific Committee, American Society of Health Economists 2011–2012
Member, Scientific Committee, International Health Economics Association 2009–2011
Member, Education Committee, CDC Statistical Advisory Group 2010
Associate, China Research Center, Atlanta 2013–

Co-host, Health Policy Forum, Belt & Road Initiative Global Health International Congress 2017
Planning Committee, Westlake Youth Forum, Hangzhou, China 2012
Steering Committee, CDC Economic Forum 2012
Planning Committee, Westlake Forum III: Healthcare Reform in China and the US, Emory University 2011
Conference Organizer, The Chinese Economists Society Annual Meeting, Tianjin, China 2008
Session Organizer, ASHEcon, iHEA, and Southern Economic Association meetings

Journal referee: Lancet, Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific, Journal of Health Economics, Health Economics, Health Services Research, Social Science & Medicine, Medical Care, American Journal of Public Health, JAMA Pediatrics, Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, China Economic Review, Contemporary Economic Policy, Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, Qualitative Health Research, Journal of Urban Technology, Social Science Journal, PLOS One
Book proposal reviewer: Johns Hopkins University Press (2024), Palgrave Macmillan (2023), Routledge Encyclopedia of Chinese Studies (2021), Oxford University Press (2008)
Recognized as “Exceptional Reviewer” by Medical Care 2010/2011

Curriculum and Academic Programs Committee, UGA College of Public Health 2022–2024
Clinical Assistant/Associate Professor Search Committee (Chair), UGA HPAM 2022
Assistant Professor Search Committee, UGA HPAM/SPIA 2022
Assistant Professor Search Committee (Chair), UGA HPAM 2021
Connie Lloyd Scholarship Review Committee, UGA HPAM 2020
Reviewer, UGA 2020 Study Abroad Program 2020
MPH Admission Committee, UGA College of Public Health 2019
Search Committees for the UGA Global Health Institute and the HPAM Department Chair 2019
Promotion and Tenure Committee, UGA Department of Health Policy and Management 2018–
Advisor, UGA Medical Business Association 2018–

Lecturer, “Community Health,” Association of County Commissioners of Georgia 2022
Presenter, “Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities,” UGA Health Disparities and Equity Service Certificate Program 2022
Organizer and Host, “Preventing a Devastating Pandemic,” Committee of 100, with former CDC directors Drs. Frieden and Koplan and former China CDC director Dr. George F. Gao
Organizer, webinars on COVID-19 treatment lessons from Wuhan and Shanghai (over 680 participants, including WellStar physicians) 2020
Speaker, American Mock World Health Organization at UGA 2020
Presenter, “Trend and Value of Big Data in Healthcare,” Association of Chinese Professionals, Atlanta 2018
Guest Researcher, Office of Public Health Genomics, US CDC 2017–
President, Association of Asian/Pacific Islander Employees of CDC/ATSDR 2014–2016
Member, CDC Equal Employment Opportunity Advisory Council and CDC Diversity and Inclusion Executive Steering Committee 2014–2016
Organizer and Host, screening of “Blurring the Color Line,” with UGA Office of Institutional Diversity and faculty associations

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