Seminars/Events

The Global Health Seminar Series is an open lecture event organized by the Global Health Research Center at Duke Kunshan University, targeted not only to undergraduates and postgraduate students and faculty of DKU but also audiences in surrounding cities. The Seminar Series, held 3-4 times a month, aims to inform students, faculty, and community members about the forefront of modern global health research, as well as to provide an excellent platform for students and researchers to discuss hot issues and updated research progress.

From Research to Policy and Practice: Evidence from Bangladesh

Dr. Hashima E Nasreen

Aug 06th 2018 12:00 to 13:00
Room 2103, Academic Building
Economic Burden of Seasonal Influenza: Development of WHO Manual & Implementation of Manual Use in Low and Middle Income Countries

Dr. Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk

Aug 02nd 2018 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Exploring Resilience as Corollary to Syndemic Theory: Strength-Based Approach to Public Health Interventions

Adeniyi Adeboye

May 30th 2018 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1087, Academic Building
Health Systems in Asia Pacific: Delivery System Reform, New Financing Models, and Digital Revolutions

Dr. Chang Liu

Apr 23rd 2018 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1087, Academic Building
A Review of Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats to Mankind

Dr. Gregory C. Gray MD, MPH, FIDSA

Apr 03rd 2018 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1087, Academic Building
Research Method – Using Causal Diagrams for Empirical Research

Prof. Truls Ostbye

Mar 29th 2018 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Research Method – Using Causal Diagrams for Empirical Research

Dr. John S. Ji

Mar 20th 2018 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Lessons learned from a multi-disciplinary approach to develop a successful maternal health program in El Salvador and the Honduran border

Alba Amaya-Burns

Mar 15th 2018 15:55
Room 1079, Academic Building
Trends in Between-Country Health Equity in Sub-Saharan Africa from 1990 to 2011: Improvement, Convergence and Reversal

Jiayan Huang

Mar 08th 2018 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Global Health Solutions from Latin America

Dr. Allan Burns

Feb 28th 2018 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Autism and Air Pollution: Any Connections in Between?

Dr. Yanbo Teng

Feb 07th 2018 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Epidemiological Study of Age-related Diseases - Rugao Longevity and Aging study

Xiaofeng Wang

Jan 23rd 2018 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Effectiveness of pay for performance for primary health care facilities on provision of primary health care: A systematic review

Beibei Yuan

Jan 18th 2018 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
2017 CCUGH meeting in Guangzhou

Dec 14th 2017 10:00 to 18:00
Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou
Psychological resource for well-being and all-cause mortality among Chinese oldest old

Enying Gong

Nov 22nd 2017 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Achieving the Health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in China: What We Can Do?

Shu Chen

Nov 22nd 2017 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Exploring the role of Female Community Health Volunteers for hypertension management in Rural Nepal

Dr. Dinesh

Nov 14th 2017 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Experience sharing from an EU funded FP7 project in 30 Chinese provinces: from design to implementation

Prof. Weihong Zhang

Oct 24th 2017 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Health in Vietnam: Achievements & Challenges

Prof. Bui Thi Thu Ha

Oct 17th 2017 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Is Virtual Rehabilitation the Answer for All Patients with Therapeutic Needs?

Janet Prvu Bettger

Oct 12th 2017 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Methods in Implementation Science - Illustrated by a mHealth for Mental Health study

Prof. Dong (Roman) Xu

Sep 28th 2017 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Career Planning for Graduates and Young Researchers: Practical Advice and Possible Options

Prof. Shenglan Tang

Sep 27th 2017 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Frailty: An Emerging Global Health Priority

Dr. Chenkai Wu

Sep 19th 2017 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Lifestyle change to improve NCD outcomes in China - What works?

Dr. Xuefeng Zhong

Sep 12th 2017 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
HIV PREVENTION AMONG CHINESE MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN: AN EXAMPLE OF CONDUCTING INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES TO ADDRESS PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES

Dr. Haochu Li

Sep 06th 2017 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Preconception Cohort Study

Dr. Hong Jiang

Sep 06th 2017 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
The Patient Centered Medical Home Model of Primary Care: Key Components of Success and Adaptations for the China Healthcare System and Patient Culture

Prof. Ronald R. O’Donnell

Apr 13th 2017 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Maternity care system in Maputo, Mozambique: plans and practice?

Dr. Qian Long

Mar 30th 2017 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Countdown study in Sichuan province: impact of health system inputs on maternal and child health outcome

Prof. Min Yang

Mar 23rd 2017 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Microbes and Molecules – a Microscopic Exploration of Asthma

Dr. Henry Lynn

Mar 15th 2017 11:45 to 12:45
Room 1079, Academic Building
Innovative financing model of TB control and its impacts on access to healthcare and reduction of patients’ financial burden in China

Di Dong

Mar 09th 2017 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Can digital health interventions really improve chronic disease outcomes: Promise or reality?

Prof. Brian Oldenburg

Feb 27th 2017 11:45 to 12:45
Room 1079, Academic Building
Innovations for the New Paradigm of Modern Aging and Health Futures

Dr. Chang Liu

Feb 21st 2017 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
How can the health care provider engage in a dialogue with the patient to improve adherence to medical recommendations?

Don Morisky

Feb 13th 2017 12:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Community-based cluster-randomized trials in cardiovascular disease: Experience in rural China

Lijing L. Yan

Jan 18th 2017 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
A Use of mHealth and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for health-related research in low and middle income countries

Dr. Abu Abdullah

Jan 11th 2017 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
GIS and Spatial Tools for Infectious Disease Research

Dr. Paul Lantos

Nov 16th 2016 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Should we treat the acute hypertensive response in acute stroke?

Professor Craig Anderson

Nov 10th 2016 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1087, Academic Building
Spurring Innovation in Public Health: A Crowdsourcing Approach in China

Joseph D. Tucker

Nov 07th 2016 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1087, Academic Building
The Quality of Primary Care in Rural China: Evidence from Mystery Patients

Sean Sylvia

Nov 02nd 2016 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1087, Academic Building
TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AND CHALLENGES TO HUMAN WELL-BEING: EXPLORING RISK FACTORS FOR OBESITY IN VANUATU AND INTERNET OVERUSE IN THE UNITED STATES

Dr. Cheng Sun

Oct 26th 2016 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
How do early-life education and later-life self-management training help health? ----Evidence from Community-based diabetes management in China

Dr. Judy Xu

Oct 17th 2016 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
NIH Biomedical Funding: Evidence of Executive Dominance in Swing-Voter States during Presidential Elections

Alberto Batinti

Sep 14th 2016 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Towards a systems approach to urban health and wellbeing

Dr. Franz W. Gatzweiler

Sep 07th 2016 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Aligning Incentives of Physicians -- An Experimental Study of Two-part Tariffs and Separation of Prescription and Treatment in Health Care Markets

Prof. Chengxiang Tang

Aug 31st 2016 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Depression Hurts, Depression Costs: The Medical Spending Attributable to Depression and Depressive Symptoms in China

Prof. Xuezheng Qin

Aug 24th 2016 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Health and Fungal Contamination of Food

Peter Spencer

May 19th 2016 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Global Diabetes

Ron Halbrooks

Apr 26th 2016 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Development of private healthcare in China – can private operators succeed and will competition drive quality?

Ms. A. Clancey Houston

Apr 19th 2016 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
A one health perspective on avian influenza and the live poultry trade in China

Dr. Qianli Wang

Apr 14th 2016 12:00 to 13:00
Academic Building
The Impact of payment reforms on quality and efficiency in China

Qingyue Meng

Apr 12th 2016 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
UN High Commission on Access to Medicines: Incentives, Agreements and Stockpiling to Accelerate the Response to Infectious Disease Outbreaks

Jeffrey Moe

Mar 17th 2016 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
The bacterial intestinal microbiota and oral vaccine immunogenicity in resource-poor settings

Dr. Vanessa Harris

Mar 15th 2016 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
The mysterious art of research idea generation

Prof. Ka He

Mar 08th 2016 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Existential Psychological Explanation on Chinese Violence on Physicians

Dr. Qian Yang

Feb 22nd 2016 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Medical big data analysis to support evidence based medicine and precision medicine

Prof. Jianwei Xuan

Feb 18th 2016 12:15 to 13:15
Room 1079, Academic Building
Epidemiology and control of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) – China case

Biao Xu

Feb 02nd 2016 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Priorities on global health agenda and China’s engagement in global health

Professor Peilong Liu

Jan 28th 2016 12:15 to 13:15
Room 1079, Academic Building
Use of Stated Preference Surveys to Quantify Preferences and Willingness to Pay for End of Life Care

Professor Eric Finkelstein

Dec 08th 2015 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Modern Livestock Production and Novel Influenza Virus Generation: Are the Benefits Worth the Risk?

Dr. Greg Gray, Professor

Nov 24th 2015 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1079, Academic Building
Genetic & Genomic Medicine in China: Opportunities and Challenge

Dr. Ming Qi

Nov 11th 2015 12:15 to 13:15
Room 1079, Academic Building
The Value of Foreign Aid: Comparing the Structure and Impact of China’s Health Aid to Africa with Aid from OECD Countries.

Dr. Paul Kadetz

Oct 29th 2015 12:00 to 13:00
Room 2103, Academic Building
From Nairobi to Beijing-Essential Medicines in China Past, Present & Future-From List to Comprehensive Policy

Dr. Jing Sun

Oct 14th 2015 12:15 to 13:15
Room 1079, Academic Building
Leveraging technology to improve HIV medication adherence among young HIV-positive men who have sex with men

Dr. Sara LeGrand

Sep 29th 2015 12:30 to 13:30
Room 1079, Academic Building
Can we sustain population health in the 21st century?

Prof. Shilu Tong

Sep 18th 2015 12:15 to 13:15
Room 1079, Academic Building
Global Cancer Crisis: Danger and Opportunities

Prof. Nelson J. Chao

Sep 17th 2015 12:15 to 13:15
Room 1079, Academic Building
Tobacco Control in China: Challenges and Opportunities

Dr. Yuan Jiang

Sep 14th 2015 12:15 to 13:15
Room 1079, Academic Building
Left-behind or left-out?" Promoting the well-being of left-behind families of labour migrants: evidence for policy and action

Dr. Davide Mosca

Sep 09th 2015 12:00 to 13:30
Room 1079, Academic Building
Is it possible to have too much data? The value of low-cost, high density air quality monitoring networks

Jennifer Salmond

May 28th 2015 03:00 to 04:00
CC 1103
Influences of Obesity on Obstructive Lung Diseases

Yue Chen

May 11th 2015 11:45 to 12:45
Room 1103, Conference Center
Building Research Collaborations in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Lessons from Tanzania

John A. Bartlett

Apr 21st 2015 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1095, Conference Center
Is the Pro-Competition Policy an Effective Solution for China’s Public Hospital Reform?

Chee-Ruey Hsieh, PhD

Apr 16th 2015 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1103, Conference Center
Childhood Obesity Prevention in the US: Progress, Pitfalls and Lessons Learned

Mary Story, Ph.D., R.D.

Mar 25th 2015 12:00 to 13:30
Room 1103, Conference Center
Design and Feasibility of community-based health insurance (CBI) in Burkina Faso

Dr. Hengjin Dong, PhD

Mar 19th 2015 12:00 to 13:00
Room 1103, Conference Center
Oh Tobacco! Children, ethnography, and public health

Allan Burns, Ph.D.

Feb 05th 2015 12:00 to 13:30
Room 1103
Using participatory methods to develop indicators to measure pro-poor health policy success: Ongoing lessons from a regional comparative study

Ana Amaya, Ph.D

Jan 16th 2015 12:00 to 13:30
Room 1095
Understanding Alcohol Use During Pregnancy in South African Bars: Identifying opportunities for early intervention

Melissa H. Watt, Ph.D

Jan 13th 2015 16:00 to 17:30
Room 1095
Global Health Seminar Series - USAID Global Health Strategy and Priorities

Maria Rendon, Ph.D

Jan 08th 2015 15:00 to 16:00
Room 1095
Lunch Seminar - Population ageing and global health challenges: China's action plan to promote healthy ageing

Professor Hua Fu, MB., PhD

Dec 10th 2014 10:00 to 12:30
Room 1103
Interpretation of CVD Risk Calculator in “Joint British Societies’ Consensus Recommendations for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease ( JBS3)”

Xiaofei Zhang, MD PhD

Dec 04th 2014 12:00 to 13:15
Room 1095, Conference Center, DKU campus
Interpretation of CVD Risk Calculator in “Joint British Societies’ Consensus Recommendations for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease ( JBS3)”

Xiaofei Zhang, MD PhD

Dec 04th 2014 12:00 to 13:15
Room 1095, Conference Center, DKU campus
Achieving Health related MDGs in least developed country – Experience of Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Dr. Liu Yunguo

Nov 05th 2014 12:00 to 13:15
Room 1103, Conference Center
China’s sustained drive to eliminate neglected tropical disease

Dr. Xiao-Nong Zhou

Oct 27th 2014 11:40 to Jan 27th 2018 12:40
Room 1095, Conference Center, DKU campus
Building a Long-Term Care System: What can China Learn from International Experiences?

Zhanlian Feng, PhD

Oct 08th 2014 12:00 to 13:00
Shanghai Room
health systems: a framework for low and middle income countries

Charles Collins

Sep 18th 2014 12:00 to 13:10
Shanghai Room, Swiss Hotel
Global Health Seminar Series -"Scalable global healthcare - from technology to people."

Prof Gari Clifford

Jan 24th 2014 13:15 to 14:30
Shanghai Room