XIAOCHEN DAI
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PhD in Global Health Metrics and Implementation Science Dec 2019
MPH in Biostatistics Dec 2019
Certificate in Social Statistics by Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences Sep 2019 Concentration in implementation science, health system strengthening, program evaluation and applied statistics Coursework in epidemiology, biostatistics, social statistics, health service research methods and economic evaluation
PhD dissertation: Change in Knowledge and Attitude about HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Analysis of Survey Data
Master of Science in Global Health (MSc-GH) May 2013
Concentration in global epidemiology and disease control (HIV and Malaria)
Coursework in epidemiology, statistics, health system and policy, politics, ethics and research methods Graduation Thesis: Malaria Trends and Diagnoses in Rural Health Facilities in Mvomero, Tanzania
B.S. in Economics, China Center For Economic Research July 2011
B.A. in Biomedical English, Beijing Municipal Outstanding Graduates, Health Science Center July 2011 Honor: Outstanding Graduation Thesis (2011), Outstanding Academic Record (2010), PKU Excellent Student (2009),
PKU Outstanding Student (2007)
Awards: PUK Second Class Scholarship (2010 & 2007), Dekai Medical Education Scholarship (2009) Coursework in economics, mathematics, biomedical sciences, medicine, and English
Postdoctoral Scholar 01/2020-present
· Participated in the COVID-19 task force to make projection of COVID-19 epidemic in the US and around the world
o Built model and made forecasts of people’s mobility in the US and around the world
o Evaluated the impact of different social distancing mandates on mobility in the US and around the work
o Conducted quality control of the data and the results and supported engineering the projection pipeline
o Created and maintained the pipeline to automatically update the social distancing mandate database
· Led the GBD 2020 tobacco burden estimation
o Applied new methods (MR-BERT) to model relative risk curves of smoking on 36 health outcomes and estimate the evidence score of smoking on each of the 36 health outcomes
o Improved and maintained the GBD tobacco estimation pipeline to produce tobacco results for GBD 2020
o Prepared and presented our new results to the advisory group members and sought for their feedback
o Mentored and supervised one post-bachelor fellow and one data analyst for the team.
· Led or supported some tobacco-related projects funded by the Bloomberg Philanthropies.
o Led the electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) project. Scoped the available data, prepared questionnaire and estimated the burden of ENDS in the USA
o Supported the smoking forecasting project. Built model to predict summary exposure values (SEVs) of smoking and forecasted burden of smoking till 2050 under different tobacco control policy scenarios.
Predoctoral Research Associate 06/2015-12/2019
· Participated in a project estimating smoking prevalence in 195 countries from 1990 to 2015
o Extracted survey data to create dataset for smoking related estimates
o Estimated smoking cessation rate for 195 countries using a newly developed methods
o Examined trends of MPOWER indicators for 195 countries and made graphs to visualize the data
o Evaluated the impact of MPOWER policies on national smoking prevalence
· Led research project on knowledge and attitude about HIV/AIDS in SSA countries
o Estimated 30-year trends of 16 key indicators of HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitude in 47 SSA countries
o Evaluated the performance of different multiple imputation methods for missing indicators imputation
o Calculated the composite score for HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitude and estimated the trends of the composite scores in 47 SSA countries
o Presented the results in AIDS 2018 and CUGH 2019 conferences
Expert Consultant 06/2017-08/2017
· Participated APEC workshop on progress of UHC in APEC region: Towards “Healthy Asia-Pacific 2020”
· Reviewed UHC framework and proposed tracer indicators
· Gave suggestions on data collection, data cleaning and statistical methods for further analysis
· Reviewed the research results and give feedback
Teaching Assistant (GH 101,GH 531, CSSS 529) 01/2015-06/2016
· Led discussion and lab sessions for students
· Graded homework assignments and papers
· Provided statistical guidance to students on their homework and projects
Predoctoral Research Associate 09/2013-06/2015, 03/2016-09/2016
· Produced district-level maps showing malaria positivity rate in health facilities in Mozambique using ArcGIS
· Identified and assess the concerning facilities with unusual malaria positivity rate in these districts
· Went to the field in Beria to conduct research on malaria health information system in Mozambique
· Conducted economic evaluation of an mHealth project aiming to improve PMTCT programs in Kenya
Research Intern 05/2013- 09/2013
· Conducted a systematic literature review to assess the access to essential medicines in Vietnam, including assessing the availability, the price and the quality of essential medicines in Vietnam
· Reviewed the World Bank reports on Universal Health Coverage in 22 countries, summarized important information and identified knowledge gap for future research
· Contributed to the post-event evaluation of the 2nd Global Symposium on Health Systems Research held in Beijing in 2012 by conducting 12 telephone interviews with selected participants from China
Research Assistant 09/2011- 05/2013
· Contributed to a publication on the Malaria Decision Analysis Support Tool (MDAST), which evaluates different malaria vector control interventions available in East Africa to inform policy makers to make decisions
· Conducted a literature review, analyzed malaria burden in the study area, researched China’s experience in malaria control, analyzed the data obtained from the field and wrote study sites introduction part for the above publication
· Led Journal Clubs discussing most recent literature on malaria control studies for our research team
Teaching Assistant (PUBPOL.166.01 Introduction to Global Health) 09/2012-12/2012
· Helped professor prepare teaching materials weekly, organize the class and administer tests/exams
· Held office hour to answer students’ questions and clarify materials taught in class
· Graded tests/exams and students’ assignments
Graduate Researcher 05/2012-08/2012
· Conducted research on malaria trends in rural areas of Mvomero, Morogoro region
· Collected monthly data on the number of malaria cases and on other confounders in the past 10 years
· Conducted 25 staff interviews in malaria control district office and 15 rural health facilities including dispensaries, health centers and hospitals
· Presented the preliminary research findings in one of the NIMR Scientific Seminars
· Interned in NIMR headquarter office for a month helping with data management and data analysis
Research Assistant 01/2012-06/2012
· Contributed to a research evaluating the impact of mental health intervention on antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence among HIV patient in rural Tanzania
· Conducted data cleaning and analysis using STATA under the supervision of a senior data analyst
· Worked in Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center for a month to validate and organize the original questionnaires
Undergraduate Researcher 08/2010-07/2011
· Contributed to a UNICEF-sponsored research project evaluating the factors that influence the institutional delivery rate in rural areas of Ningxia province, China
· Coordinated the logistics and planning for a team of international researchers and went to Ningxia to administer over 100 survey questionnaires concerning maternal and child health issues among the rural populace
· Provided data analysis support, coding survey responses in EpiData and performing statistical analysis in SPSS under the supervision of a leading scholar
· Reviewed and edited the proposal for a Tibet health personnel capacity building project
Medical Intern 01/2010-06/2010
· Studied specific medical disciplines such as Internal Medicine, Surgery, Gyn. & Obs., Pediatrics and Psychiatry.
· Learned and practiced clinical techniques under the supervision of experienced doctors
· Observed and assisted surgical operations and examined clients’ clinical history
· Were awarded Outstanding Academic Record Awards for achieving the highest performance among all interns
Undergraduate Researcher 07/2009-08/2009
· Collaborated with faculty and PhD students in a project evaluating the New Health Policy Reform, which examined the coverage of health insurance in areas surrounding Beijing
· Participated in the survey design process and coordinated a team of researchers administering the pilot study
· Conducted over 100 surveys in Beijing suburban communities and incorporated EpiData for the data entry
· Analyzed the data in EpiData, under the supervision of a leading scholar in the field, which led to briefings to the Chinese government examining the effectiveness of the new policy
China Medical Board (Co-Principal Investigator, $80,000) 01/2022-12/2024
· Investigate the causes and consequences of multiple high-risk factors in pregnancy on mothers and their children’s health over time; characterize and identify clusters of MHFP and investigate changes in clusters over time; Identify determinants of variation in MHFP clusters before pregnancy; Estimate short and long-term effects of MHFP on mothers and their children; Assess the modification effects of social determinants on MHFP-outcomes relationship; Foster an interdisciplinary network to strengthen regional capacity in research, implementation and translation related to HRPs
· Serve as expert statistical advisor for PLOS Medicine
· Serve as expert reviewer for PLOS ONE and Global Health Research and Policy
· Competed in the annual Emory Global Health Case Competition as one of six Duke student representatives, 2012
· Coordinated and organized the 3rd Global Health Diplomacy Executive Education Training Course, 2011
· Volunteered in the Beijing Olympic Games, 2008
· Worked as vice chair for Youth Volunteers Association in Peking University Health Science Center, 2006-2008
