Dr. Qi Zhang

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Old Dominion University
College of Health Sciences
Community and Environmental Health
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 2005
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Mailing Address

Room 3138
Health Sciences Building
School of Community and Environmental Health
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia 23529
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (757) 683-6870
Fax: (757) 683-6333
qzhang@odu.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Alabama, Economics, 2001.
M.A., University of Alabama, Economics, 1999.
B.A., Fudan University, Economics, 1998.

Other Expertise

College Committee:
-Technology/Academic Support Committee, 2005-present
-Dissertation Committee of: Gregory S. Feltenberger, 2005-present

Extramural Professional Activities:

Proposal Reviewer, Health Care Quality and Effectiveness Research (HCQER) Study Section, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), 2009

Scientific Committee, International Health Economics Association (IHEA) 7th world congress, July 12-15, 2009, Beijing, China.

Proposal Reviewer, US Department of Agriculture/Economic Research Service, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program (FANRP), 2008.

Journal Reviewer:
BMC Health Services Research
Contemporary Economic Policy
JAMA
Nutrition
Obesity Research
Pediatrics
Public Finance Review
Public Health Reports
Social Science & Medicine
Value in Health

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Community Health, Environmental Health, Health Care Economics, Medical Decision Making, Outcomes Research (Medical).

Additional Terms:

Health Economics, Health Outcomes Research, Medical Decision Making.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

Chinese, Mandarin: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)

Memberships

American Society of Health Economists
Chinese Economist Society
International Health Economics Association

Honors and Awards

2009-2009, Best Research Paper of the Year, Society of General Internal Medicine
2008-2008, Faculty Proposal Preparation Program (FP3), Old Dominion University, Office of Research
2006, Who's Who in America, Marquis Who's Who Publications
2006, Who's Who of Emerging Leaders, Marquis Who's Who Publication
2006, Who's Who in Health Sciences Education (WWHSE), Academic Keys
2001, Dissertation Fellowship, The University of Alabama
2001, Outstanding Doctoral Student Award, The University of Alabama
2001, Beta Gamma Sigma, National Honor Society in Business
1998-1999, Graduate Council Fellowship, University of Alabama

Previous Positions

2008-2008, Visiting Fellow, , Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health, Center for Human Nutrition
2006-2006, Visiting Fellow, University of Chicago, Chicago Center of Excellence in Health Promotion Economics
2001-2005, Senior Health Outcomes Researcher, University of Chicago, Medicine, General Internal Medicine

Funding Received

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development: Resemblance between child & parental eating, physical activity & obesity patterns; Role: Consultant (PI: Youfa Wang), $25,978, 2009 to 2011.
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (1R03HD056073): Price effect on diet and obesity risk of food assistance program recipients; Role: Principal Investigator, $135,555, 2007 to 2010.
  • Office of Research, Old Dominion University: Trends in Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status, Obesity and Diabetes. Role: Principal Investigator, $7,000, 2006 to 2006.
  • Southern Rural Development Center: Impact of local food prices on the relationship between food stamp program participation and bodyweight status of adults in the south. Role: Principal Investigator, $35,000, 2006 to 2007.
  • Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Preference Heterogeneity and CEA in Diabetes, Role: Co-Investigator, (PI: David Meltzer), $600,000, 2003 to 2006.
  • Ad Hoc Group on the Economics of the Pharmaceutical Industry: Effects of Preference Heterogeneity and Patient Self-Selection on Medical Cost-Effectiveness, Role: Co-Investigator, (PI: David Meltzer), $50,000, 2002 to 2003.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Cost-effectiveness of Prostate Cancer Screen/Treatment, Role: Analyst (PI: David Meltzer), $1,142,433, 2001 to 2003.

Publications

  • Qi Zhang, Diane Lauderdale, Shanshan Mou, William I. Parish, Edward O. Laumann, John A. Schneider (2009) Socioeconomic Disparity in Health-Care Seeking Behavior among Chinese Women with Geritourinary Symptoms, Journal of Women's Health, In Press
  • Qi Zhang, Youfa Wang, Elbert S Huang (2009) Trends in Racial and Socioeconomic Disparity in Type 2 Diabetes by Body Mass Index among U.S. Adults, Ethnicity & Health, 14 (5), 439-457
  • Chad T. Whelan, Qi Zhang, Peter Kaboli, Juned Siddique, Siqin Ye, David O. Meltzer (2009) Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage: Have New Therapeutics Made a Difference?, Journal of Hospital Medicine, 4, E6-10
  • Elbert S. Huang, Qi Zhang, Niren Gandra, Marshall Chin, David O. Meltzer (2008) The Impact of Functional Status and Comorbid Illness on the Expected Benefits of Intensive Glucose Control in Older Type 2 Diabetes Patients: A Decision Analysis, Annals of Internal Medicine, 149, 11-19
  • Qi Zhang, Youfa Wang (2008) Childhood Obesity in Minority Populations in the United States, North American Journal of Medicine and Science, 1, 44-49
  • Elmer Abbo, Qi Zhang, Martin Zelder, Elbert Huang (2008) The Increasing Number of Clinical Items Addressed During the Time of Adult Primary Care Visits, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 23, 2058
  • John Schneider, Qi Zhang, Andrew Auerbach, David Gonzales, Peter Kaboli (2008) Do Hospitalists or Physicians with Greater Inpatient HIV Experience Improve HIV Care in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy? Results from a Multicenter Trial of Academic Hospitalists, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 46, 1085-1092
  • Youfa Wang, Qi Zhang (2007) Response to "Poverty Threshold as an indicator of the association between childhood overweight and SES over time, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 85, 1437-1438
  • Qi Zhang, Youfa Wang (2007) Using Concentration Index to Study the Trends in Socioeconomic Inequality among Overweight Adolescents in U.S. during 1971 to 2002, International Journal of Epidemiology, 36, 916-925
  • Elbert S. Huang, Qi Zhang, Sydney E. S. Brown, Melinda Drum, David O. Meltzer, Marshall H. Chin (2007) The Cost-Effectiveness of Improving Diabetes Care in U.S. Federally-Qualified Community Health Centers, Health Services Research, 42, 2174-2193
  • Youfa Wang, Qi Zhang (2006) Are Low-Socioeconomic-Status American Children and Adolescents at Increased Risk of Obesity? Changes in the Association between Overweight and Family Income between 1971 and 2002, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 84, 707-716
  • Qi Zhang, Youfa Wang (2004) Trends in the Association between Obesity and Socioeconomic Status in U.S. Adults: 1971 to 2000, Obesity Research, 12 (10), 1622-32
  • Qi Zhang, Youfa Wang (2004) Socioeconomic Inequality of Obesity in the United States: Do Gender, Age, and Ethnicity matter?, Social Science & Medicine, 58, 1171-80
  • Zhang Q, Wang Y (2004) Secular Trends in Socioeconomic Inequality of Obesity in the United States, Studies on Economic Well-Being: Essays in the Honor of John P. Formby. Research on Economic Inequality, Elsevier Science Ltd, 487-506 pages (bookchapter)
  • Qi Zhang (2003) DAD, an Innovative Tool for Income Distribution Analysis, Journal of Economic Inequality, 1 (3), 281-84
  • Zhang Q, Formby JP (2003) Income Tax Progressivity in the United States: New Evidence, 1969-1995, Fiscal Policy, Inequality, and Welfare: Research on Economic Inequality, Elsevier Science Ltd, 173-194 pages (bookchapter)

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