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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.

Assessing levels and trends of child health inequality in 88 developing countries: from 2000 to 2014.
Authors: Authors: Li Z, Li M, Subramanian SV, Lu C.
Glob Health Action
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Does foreign aid crowd out government investments? Evidence from rural health centers in Rwanda
Authors: Authors: Lu C, Cook Ben, Desmond C
BMJ Global Health
Risk of poor development in young children in low-income and middle-income countries: an estimation and analysis at the global, regional, and country level.
Authors: Authors: Lu C, Black MM, Richter LM.
Lancet Glob Health
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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment failure detection depends on monitoring interval and microbiological method.
Authors: Authors: Mitnick CD, White RA, Lu C, Rodriguez CA, Bayona J, Becerra MC, Burgos M, Centis R, Cohen T, Cox H, D'Ambrosio L, Danilovitz M, Falzon D, Gelmanova IY, Gler MT, Grinsdale JA, Holtz TH, Keshavjee S, Leimane V, Menzies D, Migliori GB, Milstein MB, Mishustin SP, Pagano M, Quelapio MI, Shean K, Shin SS, Tolman AW, van der Walt ML, Van Deun A, Viiklepp P.
Eur Respir J
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Community-Based Health Financing and Child Stunting in Rural Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Lu C, Mejía-Guevara I, Hill K, Farmer P, Subramanian SV, Binagwaho A.
Am J Public Health
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Service availability and association between Mutuelles and medical care usage for under-five children in rural Rwanda: a statistical analysis with repeated cross-sectional data.
Authors: Authors: Mejía-Guevara I, Hill K, Subramanian SV, Lu C.
BMJ Open
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Assessing development assistance for mental health in developing countries: 2007-2013.
Authors: Authors: Gilbert BJ, Patel V, Farmer PE, Lu C.
PLoS Med
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Tracking rural health facility financial data in resource-limited settings: a case study from Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Lu C, Tsai S, Ruhumuriza J, Umugiraneza G, Kandamutsa S, Salvatore PP, Zhang Z, Binagwaho A, Ngabo F.
PLoS Med
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Rwanda 20 years on: investing in life.
Authors: Authors: Binagwaho A, Farmer PE, Nsanzimana S, Karema C, Gasana M, de Dieu Ngirabega J, Ngabo F, Wagner CM, Nutt CT, Nyatanyi T, Gatera M, Kayiteshonga Y, Mugeni C, Mugwaneza P, Shema J, Uwaliraye P, Gaju E, Muhimpundu MA, Dushime T, Senyana F, Mazarati JB, Gaju CM, Tuyisenge L, Mutabazi V, Kyamanywa P, Rusanganwa V, Nyemazi JP, Umutoni A, Kankindi I, Ntizimira C, Ruton H, Mugume N, Nkunda D, Ndenga E, Mubiligi JM, Kakoma JB, Karita E, Sekabaraga C, Rusingiza E, Rich ML, Mukherjee JS, Rhatigan J, Cancedda C, Bertrand-Farmer D, Bukhman G, Stulac SN, Tapela NM, van der Hoof Holstein C, Shulman LN, Habinshuti A, Bonds MH, Wilkes MS, Lu C, Smith-Fawzi MC, Swain JD, Murphy MP, Ricks A, Kerry VB, Bush BP, Siegler RW, Stern CS, Sliney A, Nuthulaganti T, Karangwa I, Pegurri E, Dahl O, Drobac PC.
Lancet
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On the spread and control of MDR-TB epidemics: an examination of trends in anti-tuberculosis drug resistance surveillance data.
Authors: Authors: Cohen T, Jenkins HE, Lu C, McLaughlin M, Floyd K, Zignol M.
Drug Resist Updat
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