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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.

Inequalities in socio-emotional development and positive parenting during childhood: Evidence from China 2010-2014.
Authors: Authors: Li Z, Jiang Y, Li M, Lu C.
SSM Popul Health
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Examining racial/ethnic differences in patterns of benzodiazepine prescription and misuse.
Authors: Authors: Cook B, Creedon T, Wang Y, Lu C, Carson N, Jules P, Lee E, Alegría M.
Drug Alcohol Depend
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Decomposing health inequality with population-based surveys: a case study in Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Liu K, Lu C.
Int J Equity Health
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Global child and adolescent mental health: The orphan of development assistance for health.
Authors: Authors: Lu C, Li Z, Patel V.
PLoS Med
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Global development assistance for adolescent health from 2003 and 2015
Authors: Authors: Li Z, Li M, Patton G, Lu C
JAMA Network Open
Is the medical financial assistance program an effective supplement to social health insurance for low-income households in China? A cross-sectional study.
Authors: Authors: Liu K, Yang J, Lu C.
Int J Equity Health
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Sensitivity of measuring the progress in financial risk protection to survey design and its socioeconomic and demographic determinants: A case study in Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Lu C, Liu K, Li L, Yang Y.
Soc Sci Med
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Early childhood development coming of age: science through the life course.
Authors: Authors: Black MM, Walker SP, Fernald LCH, Andersen CT, DiGirolamo AM, Lu C, McCoy DC, Fink G, Shawar YR, Shiffman J, Devercelli AE, Wodon QT, Vargas-Barón E, Grantham-McGregor S.
Lancet
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Investing in the foundation of sustainable development: pathways to scale up for early childhood development.
Authors: Authors: Richter LM, Daelmans B, Lombardi J, Heymann J, Boo FL, Behrman JR, Lu C, Lucas JE, Perez-Escamilla R, Dua T, Bhutta ZA, Stenberg K, Gertler P, Darmstadt GL.
Lancet
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Assessing development assistance for child survival between 2000 and 2014: A multi-sectoral perspective.
Authors: Authors: Lu C, Chu A, Li Z, Shen J, Subramanian SV, Hill K.
PLoS One
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