Dr Chen received a PhD degree from the Centre for Health Economics (CHE), Monash Business School (2009-13), Monash University. He also hold a Master of Management Science degree from the School of Public Policy and Administration (2004-07) and a Bachelor of Medicine degree from the School of Medicine (1999-2004), Xi'an Jiaotong University in China.

He has published over 60 papers in peer-reviewed international journals, including some of the leading journals such as Health Economics, PharmacoEconomics, Quality of Life Research, Health Policy and Planning, Medical Decision Making, Social Science & Medicine, British Journal of Psychiatry, British Journal of Cancer, Pediatrics, Accident Analysis and Prevention. Dr Chen has started to serve as an Associate Editor for the Quality of Life Research (An Official Journal of the International Society of Quality of Life Research) since July 2018.

He has been awarded a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) fellowship from ARC. His collaborative research is also funded by nationally competitive grants from the NHMRC of Australia, Cancer Australia, National Heart Foundation of Australia, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), China Medical Board, and Research Council of Norway.

Prior to his current position, Dr Chen was a Senior Research Fellow at CHE, Monash Business School (2016-18), Research Fellow at Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer (FCIC) and Flinders Health Economics Group (FHEG), School of Medicine, Flinders University (2012-16), and the China Center for Health Economic Research (CCHER), Peking University (2007-09). He has been awarded Full Academic Status of Associate Professor/Reader in the College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University (2018-present).

Personal website: www.healtheconomist.wix.com/gangchen.