Overview
My research straddles three disciplinary realms: demography, contemporary Chinese society and global health. I focus on a range of population and health issues in developing countries that intersect frontline public policy, such as the role of China's population control program in lowering fertility preferences and fertility rates in China, the social and behavioral determinants of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases and the methodological evaluation and implementation of network-based approaches to sample hard-to-reach and hidden populations such as those at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases as well as undocumented migrants.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
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2014 - Present
Sanford School of Public Policy
Director of the Duke Population Research Center
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2016 - Present
Duke Population Research Center,
Duke Population Research Institute
Director of the Duke University Population Research Institute (DUPRI)
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2020 - Present
Duke Population Research Institute,
Social Science Research Institute
Research Professor of Global Health
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2014 - Present
Duke Global Health Institute,
University Institutes and Centers
Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology
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2014 - Present
Sociology,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Education, Training & Certifications
University of Pennsylvania ·
1996
Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania ·
1993
M.A.