Curriculum Vitae

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Quick links: Education · Appointments · Editorial Boards · International External Committees · Honors and Awards · Publications · Engagement · Research Projects · Invited Presentations · Teaching · Service

Education and Training

Graduate

  • 2007 — Harvard University, Cambridge, MA — PhD in Health Policy (Economics concentration); two-year coursework in the Department of Economics
  • 1999 — Harvard University, Cambridge, MA — MS, Health Policy and Management

Undergraduate

  • 1996 — Renmin University of China, Beijing, China — BS, Economics (Business), summa cum laude

Appointments and Positions

Academic

  • Jul 11, 2018 – Present — Melbourne Institute of Applied / Economic & Social Research / Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne; Professor of Health Economics (Continuing)
  • 2024 – Present — Health Analytics, Leadership, and Economics (HALE) Hub / Link; Founding Director
  • July 2018 – June 2020 — Graduate School of Public Health / University of Pittsburgh; Adjunct Professor (unpaid) / Health Policy & Management
  • Oct 1 2012 – Jun 30, 2018 — Graduate School of Public Health / University of Pittsburgh; Associate Professor of Health Economics (with tenure) / Health Policy & Management
  • Dec 1 2016-Dec 31 2017 — Melbourne Institute / Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne; Visiting professor (on Australian-American Health Policy Fellowship)
  • 8/2010 – 6/2018 — Pharmaceutical Economics Research Group (www.per.pitt.edu), University of Pittsburgh; Director
  • Oct 1, 2007 – Sep 30 2012 — Graduate School of Public Health / University of Pittsburgh; Assistant Professor / Health Policy and Management

Editorial Boards

  • 1/1/2025-12/31/2027 — Editorial board member, Pharmacoeconomics and Policy
  • 4/2021 - present — Advisory board, the Lancet – regional health west pacific, Link
  • 1/2018-Present — Appointed statistical/methods reviewer, JAMA Network Open
  • Dec 2017 – Nov 2023 — Editorial Board, Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy
  • 2015 – 2017 — Academic Editor, PLOS ONE
  • 2011 – Present — Editorial board/Associate Editor, Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics

International External Committees

  • July 2025-present — Research Australia, Health Economics Roundtable Working Group
  • June 2021-present — Member, Nominating Committee for the upcoming Director and Presidential elections for the International Health Economics Association (iHEA)
  • 1/2023-12/2025 — Co-Chair, the Arrow Award Committee, the International Health Economics Association (iHEA), highest award in health economics, / which awards an annual prize in honour of Nobel Laureate Kenneth Arrow for the best paper in the field of health economics
  • 1/2021-12/2022 — Member, the Arrow Award Committee, the International Health Economics Association (iHEA), highest award in health economics
  • 2021 — Programme chair in the evaluation of policy, programs and health system performance for the International Health Economics Association Congress 2021
  • 2023 — Programme chair in the evaluation of policy, programs and health system performance for the International Health Economics Association Congress 2023
  • 2019-present — Founding Member, COAS, International Consortium Against the overuse of Opioids in Surgery
  • 2012 – 2014 — Scientific Committee Member, European Conference on Health Economics Scientific Committee
  • 2011 – 2015 — Scientific Committee Member, American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon)
  • 2009 – 2015 — Scientific Committee Member, the International Health Economics Association

Honors and Awards

  • 2026 — Health Economics’ Top cited paper for “Effects of private health insurance on waiting time in public hospitals” in 2024
  • 2026 — Recognized as a top viewed article in 2025 among work published in the Australian Economic Review in 2024
  • 2025 — Deans’ Research Engagement and Partnership Award
  • 2025 — Health Economics’ Top 10 most-cited paper for “Elderly responses to private health insurance incentives: Evidence from Australia” in 2023
  • 2021-2026 — Australian Research Council Australian Future Fellowship award
  • 2016 – 2017 — Australian-American Health Policy Fellowship, stipend to cover 10-month living expenses for a US future health policy leader to conduct research in Australia
  • 1/2016 — Senior author on a paper that won 1st place at the American Heart Association’s 24th annual Fellows Research Day
  • 2012, 2014, 2017 — Honors Convocations Award Recipient, University of Pittsburgh
  • 4/2010 — Finalist for the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation (NIHCM)’s Sixteenth Annual Research Award
  • 2009 — Excellence in Mental Health Policy and Economics Research Award, awarded by the International Center for Mental Health Policy and Economics
  • 2008 — Best New Investigator Podium Presentation Award at the ISPOR 13th Annual International Meeting, Toronto, Canada
  • 4/2008 — Finalist for the Hamolsky award for junior faculty at the Society of General Internal Medicine
  • 2006 – 2007 — Thomas O. Pyle Fellowship, Harvard Medical School
  • 2005 – 2006 — Pharmaceutical Policy Research Fellowship, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgram Health Care
  • 2004 – 2006 — Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
  • 1997 – 1999 — Hong Kong Hang Seng Bank Overseas Scholarship (1 in 2 selected in China in 1997 to receive full tuition and stipend supports to study at Harvard for a two-year Master’s degree)
  • 1996 — Outstanding College Graduate of Beijing award
  • 1996 — summa cum laude. Renmin University of China
  • 1995 — University Wu Yuzhang Presidential Scholarship (highest award in the university)

Publications

Peer-reviewed Publications

The full list, with links to PDFs/DOIs, is on the Research page.

Book Chapter

  • Susan Mendez, Anthony Scott, and Yuting Zhang. Improving access to health care in Australia. Melbourne Institute Compendium 2022 Chapter 6 pages 74-87. November 1 2022. Link

Engagement

Submissions and reports are on the Engagement page, Conversation articles on The Conversation page, and media coverage and interviews on the Media page.

Research Projects

Current Research Support (11 as lead investigator)

  1. National Data Infrastructure for Evaluating Patient-Centred Integrated Care Models, Yuting Zhang, Stephen Duckett, Jongsay Yong, Ou Yang, Susan Mendez. Faculty of Business and Economics ARC and Large External Grants Support Package 2025. Internal faculty funding to support NHMRC MRFF Research Data Linkage application development. my role: lead person. 1 Jan 2025-1 Dec 2026, $20,000.
  2. Evaluation of the Right Care Better Health Program, funded by FBE Research Partnership Fund; my role: co-investigator. 2025. $50,000.
  3. Compare Quality of Care in Private and Public Hospitals in Australia, commissioned by the Centre of Epidemiology for Policy and Practice, Australian National University, 2025. My role: co-investigator; A$10,033.
  4. Evaluating the sustainability of Right Care Better Health (RCBH). Funded by Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network; my role: co-investigator. 1 April 2025 – 30 Dec 2025; $227,727.
  5. IPART out-of-home care review: Cost of caring. Funded by Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) of New South Wales; my role: lead investigator; Oct 2024-Jan 2025; $159,345. recipient of 2025 Dean’s Research Engagement and Partnership Award.
  6. Program sustainability modelling and evaluation plan of Right Care Better Health (RCBH). Funded by Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network; my role: lead investigator. 31 May 2024 – 14 Aug 2024; $144,300.
  7. Transforming Australian healthcare: data-driven insights for a healthier future. Funded by Faculty of Business and Economics Research Laboratory Fund, my role: lead person. 1 Jan 2024-1 Dec 2028, $499,917.
  8. Advancing Medicare: bridging policy and practice through rigorous evaluation. Faculty of Business and Economics ARC linkage incentive research grant, my role: lead person. 1 Jan 2024-1 Dec 2024. $20,000 ($10,000 until ARC submission; $10,000 until 1 Dec 2024)
  9. Shaping the future of healthcare system to improve population health, Faculty of Business and Economics ARC mid-career industry fellowship incentive grant. my role: lead person. 1 Jan 2024-1 Dec 2024. $20,000 ($10,000 until ARC submission; $10,000 until 1 Dec 2024)
  10. Faculty of Business and Economics visiting research scholar grant, $15,365 to support Professor Erin Stumpf from McGill University to visit Feb-Mar 2024
  11. Victorian Department of Health, “Enhancement of the multivariate demand drivers model and generation of updated forecasts”. Lead: Jongsay Young; my role: co-investigator, Aug 2022-Dec 2022, $130,000
  12. Faculty of Business and Economics internal research grant, “Suicide risk and economic circumstances”, PI: Ferdi Botha; my role: collaborator; Jan 2022-Dec 2022, $23,452
  13. Downing fellowship, “Evaluating the effects of rebates on private health insurance take-up”. PI: Judith Liu; my role: collaborator/supervisor; Sep 2021-Aug 2022, $25,000
  14. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), “Review of the DHHS Integrated Demand Forecasting Model”, lead: Jongsay Young; my role: co-investigator; Dec 15 2020-Jan 15 2021, $47,795
  15. Australian Research Council Australian Future Fellowship award, “Health insurance design: choices, consumer behavior and policy challenges”, $1,057,328 ($897,328 from ARC); my role: sole investigator; 2021- 2026, project ID FT200100630.
  16. NHMRC MRFF Targeted health system and community organization research 2020, Title: PRedicting the population health economic IMpact of current and new CAncer Treatments (PRIMCAT). $2,312,795, my role as CIB; lead person from UoM Center for Cancer Research Professor Maarten IJzerman; Application ID: MRF1199701; 7/1/2020-6/30/2024
  17. Impact of Military Service on Veteran Wellbeing and Ageing, funded by the Australian Department of Veterans’ Affairs, $143,650; my role: lead applicant/PI; 1/4/2020-30/5/2021.
  18. Re-designing stroke care pathways under a value-based healthcare approach, $49,900, funded by FBE Research Partnership Fund, partner with the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services, my role: lead and sole applicant, 1/1/2020-12/31/2021
  19. Competition and quality of care in Australian residential aged care, commissioned by the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, Mar 2020 – Nov 2020, themis id: 301567; my role: lead investigator
  20. Developing health system performance measures used by Australia, funded by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, $59,200, Jan 2020-May 2020, my role: coinvestigator
  21. Opioid Overuse in Orthopaedic Surgery, $25,000, funded by the University of Melbourne Department of surgery, lead applicant: Peter Chong, my role: coinvestigator
  22. Improving the design of private and public health insurance, $10,000 funded by FBE ARC Strategic Support Fund, 1/1/2021-12/31/2021, my role: lead and sole applicant
  23. The Effect of the Broader Safety Net on Health, FBE Research grant, 1/1/2020-12/31/2021, $10,000; Lead applicant: Judith Liu; my role on the grant: collaborator/supervisor
  24. The Effects of Public Health Insurance Expansions on Low-Income Seniors, FBE Research grant, 1/1/2020-12/31/2021, $9,000; Lead applicant: Dajung Jun; my role on the grant: collaborator/mentor
  25. Faculty of Business and Economics visiting research scholar grant, $13,000 to support Professor Eric Sun from Standford University to visit Feb-Mar 2019

Past Research Support (before June 2018)

List of 17 funded grants (14 as lead investigator) while at the University of Pittsburgh:

  1. Impact of Insurance Benefit Design on Patient Outcomes: Evidence from the Medicare Part D Coverage Gap Closure — National Institutes of Health; PI: Cameron Kaplan; Zhang’s role: Co-investigator; 9/15/2017 - 8/31/2020; US$1,735,337
  2. Claims Data Mining to Predict Side Effects of Anti-dementia Drugs — Alzheimer’s Association Research Grant to Promote Diversity (AARG-D); PI: Inmaculada Hernandez; Zhang’s role: Co-investigator/Mentor; 2/1/2017 - 1/31/2020; $146,222 (AU$214,946)
  3. Evaluating the effects of Pioneer ACOs on Part D spending — Commonwealth Fund; PI: Yuting Zhang; Zhang’s role: PI (before 12/1/2016; switch the grant to a colleague because I started the Australian-American Health Policy Fellowship); Co-I during 1/1/2018-4/30/2018; 5/1/2015 - 4/30/2018 (with no cost extension); $348,971 (AU$512,987)
  4. Optimizing Medicare Part D plan choice by beneficiaries with schizophrenia — National Institutes of Health; PI: Yuting Zhang; Zhang’s role: PI (sole); 12/1/2013 - 11/30/2016; $415,167 (AU$610,296)
  5. Updating Measures of Geographic Variation in the Quality of Prescribing in Medicare — Commonwealth Fund; PI: Yuting Zhang; Zhang’s role: PI (sole); 9/1/2015 - 11/30/2016; $55,649 (AU$81,804)
  6. Advanced Practice Provider E-Visits - AnyWhereCare — Zhang’s role: Co-Investigator; 9/1/2013 - 12/31/2015; $88,000 (AU$129,360)
  7. Updating Measures of Geographic Variation in the Quality of Prescribing in Medicare — Commonwealth Foundation; PI: Yuting Zhang; Zhang’s role: PI (sole); 7/1/2013 - 6/30/2014; $50,000 (AU$73,500)
  8. Evaluating the Quality of Prescribing in Medicare — PI: Yuting Zhang; Zhang’s role: PI (sole); 5/2012 - 1/2014; $72,706 (AU$106,878)
  9. IOM Study of Geographic Variation in Health Care Spending and Promotion of High-Value Health Care — Institute of Medicine; PI: Yuting Zhang; Zhang’s role: PI (sole); 2/2011 - 12/2012; $138,000 (AU$202,860)
  10. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Response to the Medicare Coverage Gap among Patients with Cardiac Diseases — Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; PI: Yuting Zhang; Zhang’s role: PI (sole); 4/2010 - 4/2014; $743,825 (AU$1,093,423)
  11. Comparing Methods to Pay for Psychotropic Medications for Medicare Beneficiaries — National Institutes of Health; PI: Yuting Zhang; Zhang’s role: PI (sole); 9/1/2009 - 8/31/2012; US$911,922 (AU$1,340,525)
  12. Fill the Gap: Modeling Total Medicare Spending among the Elderly — University of Pittsburgh; PI: Yuting Zhang; Zhang’s role: PI (sole); 2009 – 2010; $20,000
  13. Effects of Prior Authorization of New Medications among Medicaid Beneficiaries with Bipolar Disorder — Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; PI: Yuting Zhang; Zhang’s role: Principal Investigator of sub-contract; 2009 – 2009; $231,641
  14. Variation in the Use of $4 Generic Drugs Among Medicare Beneficiaries — Clinical Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and RAND - University of Pittsburgh Health Institute (RUPHI) Translating Research into Practice Pilot Program; PI: Yuting Zhang; Zhang’s role: PI (sole); 2009 – 2010; $30,000
  15. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Responses to the Medicare Part D Coverage Gap among Patients with Cardiac Diseases — RAND - University of Pittsburgh Health Institute (RUPHI), the Center for Minority Health, and the Section on Healthcare Disparities and International Medicine; PI: Yuting Zhang; Zhang’s role: PI (sole); 2009 – 2010; $30,000
  16. Behavioral Responses in Medicare’s Doughnut Hole Among Complex Patients — University of Pittsburgh; PI: Yuting Zhang; Zhang’s role: PI (sole); 2009 – 2011; $15,391
  17. Evaluate Economic and Clinical Effects of High-Deductible Health Plan — Highmark Inc.; Zhang’s role: PI (multiple); 2008 – 2009; $28,000

Invited Presentations

  1. Bold ideas on transforming health and care in Australia. Advisory board meeting. Aug 26 2026. Caberra, Australia
  2. HALE hub symposium, July 23, 2026. Melbourne Australia
  3. Australian Healthcare system and private health insurance. July 21, 2026. Hainan Medical School global leadership program (30), Melbourne, Australia
  4. Australia’s specialist fee failure: three principles for a way forward. Public Economic Forum. Mar 17 2026. Caberra, Australia
  5. Overview of Australian Healthcare system and private health insurance. Dec 16, 2025. Henan Medical School students summer program (22), Melbourne, Australia
  6. A Future for private health. The Economic Society of Australia. Oct 1 2025. Online webinar.
  7. Reshaping Our Healthcare System in the Age of AI. Key speaker. HALE Hub forum. Aug 26, 2025. Melbourne, Australia
  8. Future of longevity. July 30 2025. Melbourne Connect public lecture panelist.
  9. Impact of the GP-Specialist referral network on referral waiting times and out-of-pocket costs. July 20-23 2025, International Health Economics Association Conference, Bali Indonesia
  10. Reflections on the federal budget and impacts on the health and medical research. Research Australia. 27 March 2025. Post budget webinar, Australia.
  11. Do rural-based financial incentives improve access to primary care doctors? Asian & Australasian Society of Labour Economics (AASLE) conference, Dec 13, 2024; Bangkok, Thailand.
  12. Effects of Australia’s primary care payment incentive policies on access to primary care. School of Public Policy at Inner Mongolia University. Dec 1, 2024; Hohhot, China
  13. Australian’s private health insurance system and its implications on equity and efficiency. Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Nov 28 2024; Wuhan China
  14. Overview of the Australian healthcare system and its implication to China. Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Nov 19 2024; Wuhan China
  15. How to conduct high-impact research. Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Nov 13 2024; Wuhan China
  16. How to publish in high-impact health journals. Shandong University. Oct 31 2024; Jinan China
  17. Effects of Australia’s primary care payment incentive policies. Graduate School of Public Health and Management at Shandong University. Oct 31, 2024; Jinan, China
  18. Overview of Australia’s current primary care reforms. School of Public Policy at Guangzhou University; Oct 24, 2024; Guangzhou, China
  19. Effects of Australia’s primary care payment incentive policies. Graduate School of Public Health and Management at the Guangzhou Chinese Medicine University. Oct 25, 2024; Guangzhou, China
  20. International comparison of long-term care financing and care delivery models. October 20, 2024; Hubei long-term care financing and delivery policy workshop; Wuhan, China
  21. Effects of Australian Medicare Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Safety Net program; the 6th ISPOR China silk-road pharmaceutical policy and economics conference, September 21, 2024; Xi’an, China
  22. Effects of Pharmaceutical Safety Net policy on medication use, Center for Health Policy, University of Lucerne, July 8, 2024; Lucerne, Switzerland
  23. Do rurality-based financial incentives improve equity of access? Evidence from Australia’s Rural Bulk Billing Incentives? European Health Economics Association Conference, July 2, 2024, Vienna, Austria
  24. How can we make primary care more affordable and sustainable in Australia, Department of Economics, University of Zurich, June 27, 2024, Zurich, Switzerland
  25. Implications of 2024-25 federal budget on healthcare system, May 23, 2024, online webinar, Research Australia
  26. How can we make primary care more affordable and sustainable? Department of Economics, University of Queensland, May 17, 2024, Brisbane, Australia
  27. Overview of the Australian Healthcare System, keynote speaker, Indonesian delegations from Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Social Security. Mar 8, 2024; Melbourne, Australia
  28. Data-driven Research to Improve Access and Affordability of Healthcare. Medicare’s 40 Anniversary event, co-organized by Australian Department of Health & Aged Care and Melbourne Institute; keynote speaker, Feb 19 2024, Melbourne, Australia
  29. Causal effects of health policies using new Australian national linkage data. Australian Treasury, Australian Center for Evaluation, Feb 12 2024, Melbourne, Australia
  30. Australia’s private health insurance system, insights for Taiwan national health insurance design. Keynote speaker invited by the head of Taiwan National Health Insurance Administration, Dec 6, 2023, Taiwan
  31. Effects of a national checklist on recommended procedures, complications, and mortality among patients with type 2 diabetes. Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics (AASLE) 2023 Conference. Dec 7-9 2023. Taipei Taiwan.
  32. Improving access and affordability: impact of bulk-bill incentives and Safety Net program in Medicare reforms, Monash Workshop on healthcare access and affordability, keynote speaker, Nov 20, 2023, Melbourne, Australia
  33. An inclusive society: employment, ageing, and health. How can we improve Australia’s private health insurance program. Outlook conference Bold ideas for a defining decade, co-organized by Melbourne Institute and the Australian, Nov 2 2023, Prime Minister, Treasury, several senators, ministers and opposition leaders attended this conference. Melbourne, Australia. From November 1-6, there were more than 370 mentions in the media across TV, radio, online publications, and printed newspapers. The potential audience reach was over 13.5 million people.
  34. Women’s Healthy Aging: Value-based Health and Social Care. Women’s healthy aging roundtable, Institute of Future of Business and Melbourne Business School, Oct 19, 2023, Melbourne, Australia
  35. Evaluating Medicare programs and private health insurance policies. Centre for Applied Health Economics. Griffith University. Brisbane, Australia. Oct 17, 2023.
  36. Policy evaluations – case studies on Medicare programs and private health insurance policies. Centre for the Business and Economics of Health (CBEH). University of Queensland. Brisbane, Australia. Oct 16 2023.
  37. The Future of Healthcare Financing panel. Oct 2 2023, University of Newcastle VHEP, virtual event via zoom
  38. Effects of Medicare Pharmaceutical Benefits Schemes’ Safety Net on medication use, Australian Health Economics Society meeting, Adelaide, Australia, Sept 22 2023
  39. Keynote speaker, Evaluating health policies using new national linkage data and causal analyses, Public Economic Forum. Canberra, Australia, Sept 19 2023
  40. Innovative data linkage to generate new economic evidence for cancer costs - a case study on colorectal cancer, Cancer Economics AHES Special Interest Group, Aug 29 2023
  41. Australian healthcare system and case studies on evaluating pharmaceutical policies using real-world data, July 28 2023, virtual, 400 summer students globally, organized by the Xi’an JiaoTong University in China
  42. Effects of a national quality checklist on health outcomes for patients with diabetes. Center for Health Economics, Monash Business School, Monash University. May 17, 2023, Melbourne, Australia
  43. Effects of Private Health Insurance on Waiting Time in Public Hospitals, the 17th international conference of the Western Economic Association International (WEAI). April 13, 2023, Melbourne, Australia.
  44. Current and upcoming projects in health economics, PhD students, University of Melbourne, Nov 22, 2021. Melbourne, Australia
  45. Effects of private health insurance on waiting time in public hospitals. The 43rd Australian Health Economics Society meeting, Brisbane, Australia, Sept 21, 2022.
  46. “Private Health Insurance Design: Consumer Choices and Policy Challenges” invited by the Australian government Department of Health (DoH) to share my research findings and provide advice to DoH’s recent reforms on private health insurance, online meeting, Canberra and Brisbane, Australia, June 9, 2022.
  47. Private Health Insurance Design: Consumer Choices and Policy Challenges, 13th Workshop on the Economics of Health and Wellbeing, May 23-25, 2022 Hepburn Springs VIC, Australia
  48. Consumer choices and policy challenges in Australian private health insurance. The Melbourne Institute’s Colloquium Seminar, Link; July 20, 2021; Melbourne, Australia
  49. Private health insurance design, Institute of Future of Business and AiA showcase, Jul 19, 2021
  50. Impact of military services on later-life outcomes. Department of Veterans’ Affairs, June 23, 2021; Canberra, Australia
  51. Data-driven health policy making. Melbourne Centre for Data Science invited workshop. May 6, 2021; Melbourne, Australia
  52. Taking the Pulse of the Nation: The Effect of COVID-19 on the Economics and Health of Australians. The Melbourne Institute’s Virtual Colloquium; September 8, 2020; Melbourne, Australia
  53. Invited as a mentor to speak at the AHES Speed Mentoring Workshop, July 30, 2020
  54. Cost-sharing and mental health, School of Population and Global Health, Department of Economics, University of Western Australia, May 12, 2020, Perth, Australia (cancelled due to COVID-19)
  55. Department of Economics, University of Western Australia, May 15, 2020, Perth, Australia (cancelled due to COVID-19)
  56. Australia private health insurance, Department of Economics, Deakin University, June 5, 2020, Melbourne, Australia (cancelled due to COVID-19)
  57. 11thAustralasian Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics, April 20, 2020, Sydney, Australia (cancelled due to COVID-19)
  58. Evidence-based health policy: leveraging large linkage data. Department of Economics, University of Melbourne. Feb 25, 2020, Melbourne, Australia
  59. Data-driven Policy Making: Using DVA Data to Improve Veterans’ Wellbeing, Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Nov 25, 2019, Canberra, Australia
  60. Keynote speaker, 12th Research Symposium for Chinese PhD Students and Scholars in Australia organized by the Chinese Association of Professionals and Scholars, Evidence-based Health Policy Making: Leveraging Large Healthcare Linkage Data. Nov 30, 2019, Melbourne, Australia
  61. National University of Singapore, Department of Economics, How do patients with mental disorders respond to complex health insurance cost-sharing design. Oct 17, 2019, Singapore
  62. Keynote speaker, International conference on healthcare system reform: Improving pharmaceutical policy and practice, September 27, 2019; Xi’an, China
  63. Patient-Centred, value-based healthcare. May 9, 2019, Melbourne, Australia
  64. Department of Economics, University of Melbourne. Evidence-based health policy: leveraging large linkage data. April 5, 2019, Melbourne, Australia
  65. Australian Mental health workshop. Anticipatory behavior in response to patient out-of-pocket spending. Feb 12, 2019; Werribee, VIC, Australia
  66. Evidence-based health policy making: leveraging large healthcare linkage data. 2018 CPMD Workshop on Banking, Health and Education by University of Technology Sydney. Nov 23, 2018, Sydney, Australia
  67. Estimating causal effects of health policies using longitudinal insurance data. July 5, 2018; Graduate School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
  68. Factors Affecting Australian General Practitioners’ Decisions to Adopt New Prescription Drugs. Australian Commonwealth Department of Health; September 2017; Canberra, Australia
  69. Estimating causal effects of health policies using large datasets. May 11, 2017; Melbourne Institute of Applied Economics and Social Studies, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
  70. Estimating causal effects of health policies. April 27, 2017; School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
  71. Improving pharmaceutical policy, prescribing and use. March 29 2017; Monash Business School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
  72. Improving pharmaceutical policy, prescribing and use. March 16 2017; University Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia
  73. Updates on Healthcare Reforms and Implications for Hospitals. 2015 Jul 8-9; XiangYa 3rd Hospital, Changsha, Hunan.
  74. Improving Pharmaceutical Policy, Prescribing, and Use. 2015 Jun 18; School of Pharmacy, Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China.
  75. How to model healthcare data. 2015 Jun; Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China.
  76. Updates on US healthcare reforms and China’s new healthcare reform. 2015 Jul 16; Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China.
  77. Causal inference in healthcare empirical research. 2015 Jun; Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China.
  78. Using Statistical Models to Optimize Medication Use. Presented at: Department of Biostatistics; 2013 Oct 24; University of Pittsburgh.
  79. Optimizing Medication Use. Presented at: St Vincent’s Clinical School, The University of New South Wales; 2013 Jul 9; Sydney, Australia.
  80. US Healthcare Reforms and Insights for China Healthcare Reform. Presented at: Wuhan University; 2013 Jun 26; Wuhan, China.
  81. Zhang Y. US Healthcare Reforms and Collaborative Opportunities in China. 2013 Jun 21; Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China.
  82. Economic Evaluations of Health Policy. Presented at: Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China; 2013 Jun 20-27; Wuhan, China.
  83. Zhang Y. How to publish in top-tiered medicine journals. 2013 Jun 13; Peking University.
  84. Economic Evaluation of Medicare Part D. Presented at: Peking University; 2013 Jun 13; Beijing, China.
  85. Zhang Y. Geographic variation in US Medicare Spending. 2013 May 30; Peking University.
  86. Comparing local and regional variation. Presented at: Institute of Medicine; 2012 Jun; Washington DC.
  87. Geographic variation in pharmacy spending. Presented at: Institute of Medicine closed session committee meeting; 2012 Mar 23-25; San Francisco.
  88. Racial disparity in medication use. Presented at: Duquesne University School of Pharmacy research seminar; 2011 Dec; Pittsburgh.
  89. Pharmacy benefit design. Presented at: Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh; 2011 Nov; Pittsburgh.
  90. Introduction to Global Health “Health, Education, Economics”. Presented at: Introduction to Global Health; 2011 Sep; Pittsburgh.
  91. Pharmaceutical policy & economics. Presented at: University of Georgia Pharmacy Ground Rounds; 2011 Sep; Athens, GA.
  92. Pharmaceutical policy & economics. Presented at: Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China; 2011 Aug; Wuhan, China.
  93. Geographic variation in health care prescribing and promotion of high-value care. Presented at: Institute of Medicine closed session committee meeting; 2010 Nov-Jun; Washington DC.
  94. Medicare Part D and Future Research. Presented at: Invited presentation to the GSPH Board of Visitors representing the best of the scholarship and research conducted at GSPH; 2009 Oct; University of Pittsburgh.
  95. Impact of Medicare Part D on pharmacy and medical spending Effects of Coverage gap. Presented at: Invited special seminar to senior advisors at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; 2008 Jun; Washington DC.

Teaching

Graduate Courses

  • 2026 — Australian Healthcare system and private health insurance; Instructor for Hainan medical school global leadership program
  • 2025 — Overview of Australian healthcare system; Instructor for summer school students from Henan Medical School
  • 1/5/2015 - 4/25/2015 — HPM - 3505 - 20796, ADV EMP MICRO MTH APP HLTH RES; Primary Instructor
  • 8/31/2015 - 12/19/2015 — HPM - 3505 - 29764, ADV EMP MICRO MTH APP HLTH RES; Primary Instructor
  • 1/6/2014 - 4/26/2014 — HPM - 2037 - 21311, ESSAY-HA; Primary Instructor
  • 1/6/2014 - 4/26/2014 — HPM - 3505 - 21509, ADV EMP MICRO MTH APP HLTH RES; Primary Instructor
  • 1/7/2013 - 4/27/2013 — HPM - 3505 - 22412, ADV EMP MICRO MTH APP HLTH RES; Primary Instructor
  • 2011 - 2012 — HPM3505, Empirical Microeconomics with Applications for Healthcare Research, PhD-level course; Primary Sole Instructor
  • 2010 — HPM 2821, Current Topics in Health Economics; Session Lecturer
  • 2009 — HPM 2821 , Current Topics in Health Economics; Session Lecturer
  • 2008 - 2011 — HPM 2125, Health Economics; Primary Instructor
  • 2007 — Financial Modeling; Teaching fellow for Prof. Miranda Lam
  • 2007 — Corporate Finance; Teaching fellow for Prof. Efraim Benmelech
  • 2006 — Financial Modeling; Teaching fellow for Prof. Miranda Lam
  • 2006 — Corporate Finance; Teaching fellow for Prof. Efraim Benmelech
  • 2005 — Financial Modeling; Teaching fellow for Prof. Miranda Lam
  • 2005 — Introduction to Econometrics; Head teaching fellow for Prof. Samuel Thompson
  • 2004 — Markets and Market Failure (Applied Microeconomics); Teaching fellow for Prof. Alan Durell
  • 2002 — Empirical Methods and Statistics for Managers (Statistics for Program Management); Course Assistant for Prof. Richard Light

Precepting/Experiential

  • 1/2014 - 5/2014 — First experience in Research; Primary Instructor

Service

Service to Internal Organizations — Department Committees

  • 3/2025-present — Lead, Health Team, Melbourne Institute
  • 1/2020-present — Member, Melbourne Institute Advisory Board
  • 1/2021 — Acting director for the Melbourne Institute
  • 1/2020-12/2022 — Member, Executive Council, Melbourne Institute
  • 2018-2024 — Senior leadership team, Melbourne Institute, Faculty of Business &. Economics, University of Melbourne
  • 2018-2021 — Faculty search committee, Melbourne Institute
  • 2011 – 2018 — Member, Doctoral program comprehensive exam committee, University of Pittsburgh
  • 2010 – 2018 — Member, Doctoral program admission committee, University of Pittsburgh
  • 2009 – 2018 — Member, Doctoral program curriculum committee, University of Pittsburgh

Faculty/University Committees

  • 12/2025 — Interview panel member for Associate Dean Education, FBE
  • 1/2024-present — Founding Director, Health Analytics, Leadership, and Economics (HALE) Hub, university level initiative and funded by FBE
  • 1/2024-3/2024 — Member, Hiring committee for Director, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic & Social Research and Ronald Henderson Chair
  • 1/2020-12/2025 — Member, Faculty Appointments and Promotions Committee (FAPC), Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne
  • 2/2021-12/2025 — Triennial performance review panel member to review over 30 faculty members each year in the Department of Economics, University of Melbourne
  • 2021-present — Investigator, Melbourne Centre for Data Science, University of Melbourne
  • 2020-present — Disability Community of Practice, University of Melbourne
  • 1/2019-1/2020 — Member, Faculty Research Committee, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne
  • 8/2015 – 6/2018 — Member, Faculty Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
  • 2011 – 6/2018 — Member, Planning and Budget Policies Committee, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
  • 2010 – 6/2018 — ad hoc grant reviewer, Center for Health Care Research, University of Pittsburgh
  • 4/2009 – 6/2018 — Juror, Dean’s Day, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh