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Biography
Dr Chen received a PhD degree from the Centre for Health Economics (CHE), Faculty of Business and Economics (2013), Monash University. He also holds a Master of Management Science degree from the School of Public Policy and Administration (2007) and a Bachelor of Medicine degree from the School of Medicine (2004), Xi'an Jiaotong University in China.
His papers have been published in the leading journals such as Health Economics, Social Science & Medicine, PharmacoEconomics, Quality of Life Research, Health Policy and Planning, Medical Decision Making, Value in Health, British Journal of Psychiatry, British Journal of Cancer, Pediatrics, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 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 funded by nationally competitive grants from the NHMRC of Australia, MRFF, Cancer Australia, National Heart Foundation of Australia, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), China Medical Board, Research Council of Norway, as well as Australian government and organisation such as the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, and Transport Accident Commission (TAC).
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), as well as the China Center for Health Economic Research (CCHER), Guanghua School of Management, 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).
He was a recipient of the 2018 Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, Australian Research Council (ARC DECRA); 2017 Dean's Award for Excellence in Research by an Early Career Researcher, Monash Business School; 2014 Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Early Career Researchers, Flinders University; 2011 International Health Economics Association (iHEA) Student Paper Award (Runner Up); 2009-2012 Dean’s Postgraduate Research Excellence Award, and 2009 Donald Cochrane Postgraduate Research Scholarship, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University; 2009 Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS), Australian Government.
Personal website: www.healtheconomist.com.au.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Health Economics
- Quality of life
- Health Preference
- Health Planning/Policy
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EQUIPping Tertiary Care for the Optimal Diagnosis of Primary Aldosteronism
Yang, J., Fuller, P., Stowasse, M., Glendenning, P., Lu, Z. X., Chong, W., Horvath, A. R., Endre, Z., Thuzar, M., Shen, J., Jong, I., Leenaerts, M., Gwini, S., Chen, G., Skouteris, H. & Morris, H.
Department of Health (Australia)
14/04/22 → 7/09/25
Project: Research
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Developing A Preference-based Wellbeing Index to Facilitate Resource Prioritisation in National Disability Insurance Scheme: The NDIS Wellbeing Index
Chen, G., Petrie, D., Harris, A., Llewellyn, G. M., Ratcliffe, J. & Olson, J. A.
National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)
1/07/21 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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Measuring and valuing changes in child health to facilitate robust decision making.
Devlin, N., Norman, R., Viney, R., Ratcliffe, J., Dalziel, K. M., Mulhern, B., Hiscock, H., Street, D. J. & Chen, G.
1/06/20 → 31/05/23
Project: Research
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Precision Medicine for hypertension: Early detection of primary aldosteronism
Yang, J., Fuller, P., Young, M., Stowasser, M., Russell, G., Bach, L., Gilfillan, C., Lu, Z. X., Reid, C., Chen, G. & Gwini, S.
1/07/19 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
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FIT for purpose: personalised surveillance colonoscopy for people at increased risk of colorectal cancer
Symonds, E. L., Young, G. P., Wilson, C., Fraser, R., Bampton, P., Kuipers, E. & Chen, G.
1/03/19 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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A global measure of patient-reported outcomes after injury – life back on track
Chen, G., Woode, M. E., Sia, K. L., Ellis, N., Citroen, C. & Harris, A., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Disability and Rehabilitation. 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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A longitudinal cohort study of watch and wait in complete clinical responders after chemo-radiotherapy for localised rectal cancer: study protocol
Vatandoust, S., Wattchow, D., Sposato, L., Michael, M. Z., Leung, J., Gormly, K., Chen, G., Symonds, E. L., Tie, J., Papanicolas, L. E., Woods, S., Gebski, V., Mead, K., Kuruni, A. & Karapetis, C. S., 2022, In: BMC Cancer. 22, 1, 13 p., 222.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Development and validation of the health-related quality of life instrument for Chinese infertile couples: a mixed-methods study protocol
Shi, Z., Mao, Z., Nie, H., Geng, L., Chen, G. & Li, S., 2022, In: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 20, 1, 8 p., 54.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
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Development of a preference-based heart disease-specific health state classification system using MacNew heart disease-related quality of life instrument
Kularatna, S., Rowen, D., Mukuria, C., McPhail, S., Chen, G., Mulhern, B., Whitty, J. A., Byrnes, J., Scuffham, P., Atherton, J., Höfer, S. & Parsonage, W., 2022, In: Quality of Life Research. 31, p. 257-268 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Evaluating health related quality of life in older people at risk of osteoporotic fracture: a head-to-head comparison of the EQ-5D-5L and AQoL-6D
Si, L., Tu, L., Xie, Y., Chen, G., Hiligsmann, M., Yang, M., Zhang, Y., Zhang, X., Jiang, Y., Wei, Q., Gu, J. & Palmer, A. J., 2022, In: Social Indicators Research. 160, p. 809-824 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Prizes
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Flinders University Vice-Chancellor's Award for Early Career Researchers
Chen, Gang (Recipient), 2015
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International Health Economics Association (iHEA) Student Paper Award
Chen, Gang (Recipient), 2011
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