Hongmei Wang, PhD

assistant professor

Department of Health Services Research & Administration
University of Nebraska Medical Center
College of Public Health

Professional Summary

• 2007–present Assistant Professor, Department of Health Services Research & Administration, UNMC
• 2006–07  Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive and Societal Medicine, UNMC

Education

• PhD, Health Policy (Economics Concentration), Yale University, 2007
• MS, Health Policy and Management, Harvard University, 2000
• BA, Economics, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China, 1996

Research Interests

Dr. Wang’s research interests focus on socioeconomic determinants of health and economic evaluation of health care programs and medical intervention strategies. She is particularly interested in examining how individual choices, organizational schemes, and sociocultural structures collectively influence population health and health care systems. Dr. Wang has been working on projects exploring the protective effects of social capital on health outcomes and health-related behaviors. Recently, she has been evaluating and examining the effects of community intervention strategies on promoting healthy lifestyle behaviors and reducing obesity.

Selected Publications

• Young L, Zimmerman L, Pozehl B, Barnason S, Wang H. Cost-effectiveness of a symptom management Intervention Improving physical activity in older women following coronary artery bypass surgery. Nursing Economics. In press.
• Xu L, Guan G, Wang H. An empirical study of the characteristics of medical expenditure under urban employee basic health insurance. Journal of Finance and Economics. In press.
• Wang H, Schlesinger M, Wang H, Hsiao C. (2009). The flip-side of social capital: The distinctive influences of trust and mistrust on health in rural China. Social Science & Medicine, 68(1), 133-142.

Professional Memberships

• Academy Health
• American Public Health Association
• American Society of Health Economics/International Health Economics Association
• Chinese Economists Association