Simiao Chen

Dr. Chen is Head of Research Unit for Health and Population Economics at Heidelberg Institute of Global Health at Heidelberg University in Germany, Visiting Professor in the School of Population Medicine and Public Health, CAMS PUMC, and Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow. Her primary areas of research include population health, health economics, aging, health systems, and health policy, mainly focusing on public health emergency response policies, the interrelations between health status and economic growth, the impacts of health and economic development policies, and the social determinants of health. Dr. Chen has also been a consultant for the World Bank, the Pan American Health Organization, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and the Population Council in Pakistan. She received her bachelor’s in industrial engineering from Tsinghua University, a master’s in management science from Columbia University, and a doctorate in population health economics from Harvard University.