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Chunling Lu, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine

Dr. Lu studied international relations (BA) and political science (MA) at Fudan University in Shanghai, China, and sociology (MA) and applied statistics (MS) at Syracuse University, where she also received her PhD in economics. She received postdoctoral training on health care policy analysis at the Harvard Medical School’s Department of Health Care Policy, and joined the School’s Department of Global Health and Social Medicine in 2008 after three-years work at the Harvard Institute for Global Health as Senior Research Associate.

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Dr. Lu’s research centers around three foci: (1) tracking and analyzing resources invested in global health and evaluating their effectiveness for improving health care coverage and health outcomes among the vulnerable populations; (2) conducting economic evaluation on policy or medical interventions that aim at reducing health inequality and achieving universal health coverage; and (3) assessing inequalities in early childhood development and adolescent health and development. Currently, Dr. Lu is leading economic analysis on community interventions for maternal and child health in Ethiopia and mental health in India. She is also leading a global assessment of young children exposed to risk factors of poor development as well as global investments in young children’ development.

Prevalence and number of children living in institutional care: global, regional, and country estimates.
Authors: Authors: Desmond C, Watt K, Saha A, Huang J, Lu C.
Lancet Child Adolesc Health
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Contraceptive Use in Adolescent Girls and Adult Women in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
Authors: Authors: Li Z, Patton G, Sabet F, Zhou Z, Subramanian SV, Lu C.
JAMA Netw Open
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Development assistance for community health workers in 114 low- and middle-income countries, 2007-2017
Authors: Authors: Lu C, Palazuelos D, Luan YQ, Sachs SE, Mitnick CD, Rhatigan J, Perry HB
Bulletin of World Health Organization
Inequalities in early childhood care and development in low/middle-income countries: 2010-2018.
Authors: Authors: Lu C, Cuartas J, Fink G, McCoy D, Liu K, Li Z, Daelmans B, Richter L.
BMJ Glob Health
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Assessing national and subnational inequalities in medical care utilization and financial risk protection in Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Liu K, Subramanian SV, Lu C.
Int J Equity Health
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Tracking development assistance for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health in conflict-affected countries.
Authors: Authors: Li Z, Richter L, Lu C.
BMJ Glob Health
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Early childhood development: an imperative for action and measurement at scale.
Authors: Authors: Richter L, Black M, Britto P, Daelmans B, Desmond C, Devercelli A, Dua T, Fink G, Heymann J, Lombardi J, Lu C, Naicker S, Vargas-Barón E.
BMJ Glob Health
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A Goal Within Reach: Chapter 1 A Neglected Group in Monitoring the SDGs
Authors: Authors: Lu C, Desmond C
Lumos Foundation
Health inequality and community-based health insurance: a case study of rural Rwanda with repeated cross-sectional data.
Authors: Authors: Liu K, Cook B, Lu C.
Int J Public Health
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Global Development Assistance for Adolescent Health From 2003 to 2015.
Authors: Authors: Li Z, Li M, Patton GC, Lu C.
JAMA Netw Open
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