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The Nottingham China Health Institute (NCHI) is a platform that brings together researchers with an interest in healthcare in China from across our three campuses, universities and institutes in China and internationally, and healthcare practitioners. If you are interested in joining our people as an associate of the NCHI, please send an email to <NCHI@nottingham.edu.cn> telling us why you want to join and attach the Form for NCHI Associate.

Members of the NCHI Management Board

Patrick Y.K. Chau – Executive director
Richard Hubbard – Clinical director
Jun Xia – Lead for Centre for Evidence Synthesis and GRADE
Zhuo Chen – Lead for Centre for Health Economics
Vladimir Brusic – Lead for health-related data/computer science
Lixian Jin – Lead for medical humanities
Bill Qian – Ningbo clinical representative and chair of the clinical advisory group
Lina Song
Chang Liu
Lily Lin
Prapa Rattadilok

Ex-Officio members of the Management Board

Michael Ying – Business Development Manager
Qianqian Zhou – Research Funding Executive

University of Nottingham, China Associates

Health-related economics, business and management

Name, School and Faculty	Health-related expertise
Simon APPLETON, Head of School of Economics, Professor of Economics	Socio-economic determinants of health status and health care, including gender and intra-household inequalities Research on China and sub-Saharan Africa, using household survey measures of health
Alim BEVERIDGE, Assistant Professor in Organisational Behavior, Nottingham University Business School China	Physician and nurse well-being, resilience to burnout and recovery from stress
Paolo BIANCHI, Assistant Professor in Economics, Nottingham University Business School China	Resources use in health care Efficiency of health care organizations Quality of life of individuals with disability
Cong CAO, Professor in Innovation Studies, Nottingham University Business School China	Innovative Technologies adoption and challenges in healthcare Smart healthcare research – Web health information platforms and electronic health records Assessing and addressing fundamental challenges facing current healthcare systems in China Application of management principles and best practices from other industries/nations to healthcare industry in China
Zhuo CHEN, Li Dak Sum Chair Professor in Health Economics, School of Economics	Health economics Applied econometrics
Alvin CHENG, Assistant Professor in Accounting, Nottingham University Business School China	Factors affecting HB-HTA adoption and the information that hospital decision makers need when deciding about health technology investments
Alain CHONG, Professor of Information Systems, Nottingham University Business School China, Dean of Graduate School	Diffusion of information mobile technologies (e.g. RFID), including in medical clinics and hospitals for their business and supply chain
Xuan FENG, Assistant Professor in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour, Nottingham University Business School China	Human-centered Leadership and HR practices Employee Well-being and Health
Chee-Ruey HSIEH, Li Dak Sum Chair Professor in Health Economics, School of Economics	Health Economics Health Policy Pharmaceutical Industry
Richard HUBBARD, GSK/British Lung Foundation Professor of Respiratory Epidemiology, School of Medicine, UNUK, Clinical Director of Nottingham China Health Institute, UNNC	Lung disease, including lung fibrosis and lung cancer Improving general practice data for research, coding free text data
Young Un KIM, Assistant Professor in Strategy, Nottingham University Business School China	Knowledge management and strategic change in healthcare and life sciences organizations Technological innovations for aging populations Health management and entrepreneurship education programs
Fui-Theng LEOW, Teaching Fellow in Information Systems, Nottingham University Business School China	Multimedia development & HCI Connectivism: networked and social learning Social media and digital society Instructional design and strategies Human learning and performance
Boying LI, Teaching Fellow in Marketing, Nottingham University Business School China	Online health information sharing and social support Rumour and data analytics
Lily Lin, PhD, School of Economics, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences	Food structure, dietary patterns and nutrition Food saftey and food security
Martin LIU, Interim Dean, Executive Dean for Zhejiang Provincial Branding Academy, Professor of Marketing and Innovation , Nottingham University Business School China	Health care resource allocation Patient-hospital relationship Big data in health care research
Martin LOCKETT, Professor in Strategic Management, Nottingham University Business School China	Executive education, experience in developing and overseeing a Masters in Leadership in health
Maria LUO, Assistant Professor in Marketing & Entrepreneurship , Nottingham University Business School China	Health care resource allocation Patient-hospital relationship Big data in health care research
Ada MA, Assistant Professor in Economics, Nottingham University Business School China	Health inequalities Resource allocation of health services
Sathyaprakash Balaji MAKAM, Head of Department for EMM, Associate Professor in Marketing, Nottingham University Business School China	Quality of life Patient well-being Healthcare experience Ergonomics
Stephen MORGAN, Professor of Chinese Economic History, Executive Director of Nottingham China Health Institute, Nottingham University Business School China	Long-run change in health, nutritional status and human welfare in China Use of Contemporary China anthropometric data for school children to explore nutritional status
Lina SONG, Professor of Economic Sociology and Chinese Studies, Business School, UNUK, Li Dak Sam Chair Professor in Economics, Nottingham University Business School China	Socio-economic determinants of health status and health care, including gender and intra-household inequalities Research on China and sub-Saharan Africa using household survey measures of health
Zhen TAN, Assistant Professor in Operations Management, Nottingham University Business School China	Incorporating education and perception of health-risk in urban mobility and sustainable development Application of artificial intelligence and stochastic modelling in the management and operations of service systems such as hospitals and logistics
Dimple THADANI, Assistant Professor in Information Systems, Nottingham University Business School China	E-commerce Social Media E-Learning
Tingting YING, Teaching Fellow in Economics, Nottingham University Business School China	Economic models of individual and household behavior Economic evaluation, and in particular cost-effectiveness analysis Evaluation of policy interventions related to efficiency of health policy
Joseph YU, Assistant Professor in Information Systems, Nottingham University Business School	Smart healthcare research Healthcare logistics and supply chain research
Haibo ZHOU, Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Nottingham University Business School China	Mental/physical health, stress, burn-out in occupational/work-place setting's relation to the performance in terms of individual-level and corporate-level, coping and intervening mechanism and policies to improve the condition
Minghai ZHOU, Associate Professor in Economics, School of Economics	Labour economics Development economics International economics Chinese economy
Ya ZHOU, Assistant Professor in Information Systems, Nottingham University Business School China	Online health communities and healthcare information systems, particularly for users’ cognition and behavior in these contexts

Health-related computing, informatics, big data and AI

Name, School and Faculty	Health-related expertise
Vladimir BRUSIC, Li Dak Sum Chair Professor in Computer Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering	Use of information technologies and machine learning to capture, store, analyze and model biomedical data and integrate in knowledge-based systems
Hayk MIKAYELYAN, Associate Professor in Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Science and Engineering	National/regional eHealth Systems Diagnostic Decision Support Big data analysis leading to improved Clinical Practice Guidelines
Matthew PIKE, Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Computer Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering	Non-invasive psychophysiological observation of human work and performance through direct brain-sensing and cardiac based measures Improvement of human performance through assistive and well-designed system interfaces
Prapa RATTADILOK, Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Computer Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering	Wearables, autism, aging population, patient simulation
Dave TOWEY, Associate Professor, Director of Teaching and Learning, Deputy Head of School, Deputy Director of IDIC , School of Computer Science	Software Testing Software Quality Assurance Technology-enhanced Teaching and Learning
Ying WENG, Associate Professor, Computer Science Course Director, School of Computer Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering	Medical Image Processing Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence
Liming XU, Digital Economy PhD student, International Doctoral Innovation Centre	Human-computer Interaction Computer Vision Augmented Reality

Health-related engineering

Name, School and Faculty	Health-related expertise
Kuan CHEE, MSc Course Director in Electronic Communications and Computer Engineering , Faculty of Science and Engineering	Evaluation of effectiveness of drugs using advanced bio-nanotechnologies
David CHO, Associate Professor in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering	Signal processing, pattern recognition and vision Assistive technologies for future healthcare devices Technologies of wearable devices for future healthcare applications
Nicholas HAMM, Associate Professor in Geographical Sciences , Faculty of Science and Engineering	Development and application of geospatial environmental datasets to support environmental epidemiology. Focus has included air pollution and the drivers of infectious disease Spatial statistical analysis of health outcomes
Jun HE, Associate Professor, Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering	Air pollution and its exposure health risk assessment
Georgios KAPOGIANNIS, Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Building Information Modelling, Faculty of Science and Engineering	Building Information Modelling Design of Integrated Collaborative Environment to support Decision Making, Problem Solving and Pre-Identify Problems in Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industry Experience in NHS - UK in RICS funded project
Fazel KHAYATIAN, Assistant Professor of Building Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering	Building energy performance, Building thermal comfort and indoor air quality, Urban heat island intensity, Machine Learning and data mining, Uncertainty in stochastic and expert systems
Jun LU, Assistant Professor in Architecture, Faculty of Science and Engineering	Sustainable building design to promote health & wellbeing Healthcare facilities research and innovation Smart elderly care housing Healthcare ergonomics
Isaac LUN, Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Building Physics and Building Services Engineering, Department of Architecture and Built Environment	Within the scope of sustainability and Computational Fluid Dynamics, in various fields such as Building Services and Sustainable Engineering, Wind Engineering, and Human Factors Engineering CFD applications of sustainable/renewable energy, HVAC system, cross natural ventilation in buildings, indoor human thermal comfort and human thermoregulation
Yong REN, Associate Professor in Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering	Development of functional micro/nano materials for drug delivery and biomedical analysis applications
Adam RUSHWORTH, Assistant Professor in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering	Robotic Surgery Robotic assistive devices
Kaiqi SHI, Postdoc Research Fellow of Chemical and Environmental Engineering	Dry powder inhalers for respiratory diseases Dry powder coatings for tablet and pellet for water sensitive drugs Novel medical apparatus and coatings
Yu-Ting TANG, Assistant Professor, School of Geographical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering	Regulatory Toxicology: the way environmental pollutants affect human health Applying risk assessment to establish environmental standard
Jing WANG, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering	SPR biosensor for biological dynamic imaging and detection of binding/reaction on the sensor surface 3D imaging
Sherif WELSEN, Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering	Digital Communications Wireless Sensor Networks Software Defined Radios Digital System Design Embedded Systems Coding Theory
Tongyu ZHOU, Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Building Service Engineering and Building Physic, Faculty of Science and Engineering	Indoor thermal comfort Human thermal physiology and thermoregulation Effect of indoor environment to health and wellbeing in healthcare facilities Study of occupant behaviour in buildings

Health-related humanities

Name, School and Faculty	Health-related expertise
Eugene CH'NG, Professor of Cultural Computing, School of International Communications	Social Media Machine Learning Data mining Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality
Margaret DOWENS, Associate Professor of Psycholinguistics, School of English	Cognitive Neuroscience approaches to: Ageing and brain plasticity, Cognitive enhancement programmes for older adults and children, Language Impairment, Effects of language learning on brain connectivity
Ping DU, Assistant Professor, School of English	Intercultural and professional communication, especially areas such as problem solving, relationship management, disagreement and conflict management
Rosaria FRANCO, Assistant Professor in Modern History, School of International Studies	Childhood, social policy, and migration Maternal and infant / child health policy Historical research on colonial Hong Kong
Lixian JIN, Chair Professor in Applied Linguistics, Head of School of English, School of English	Language disability Bilingual language assessments Healthcare communication
Gary RAWNSLEY, Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor of Public Diplomacy, School of International Studies	Health as a public diplomacy issue and its use by international actors to generate 'soft power'
Magdalena RYBARCZYK, Tutor in Linguistics and Literature, CELE	Meditation and yoga, contemplative techniques in higher education, stress reduction, dealing with anxiety and panic attacks, nutrition, nature therapy, healthy lifestyle
Joy SPILIOPOULOS, Teaching Fellow, School of International Studies	Migration of healthcare professionals, mainly female nurses and care/domestic workers, and issues such as settlement Adaptation and acculturation Social mobility Human agency The opportunities for Filipino returnee nurses and also issues surrounding nurse retention in the UK
Candace VEECOCK, Assistant Professor (Lecturer) of Applied Linguistics / ELT, Senior Tutor, School of English	Linguistic and communicative aspects of the delivery of healthcare English communication skills of Chinese healthcare professionals Medical English education of pre-service and in-service healthcare professionals Official Vaccine information
Shanru YANG, EAP Tutor, CELE	Mixed Methods Research Classroom Discourse Communication and Interaction Applied Linguistics Comparative Studies of English and Chinese Teacher Training, Learning and Teaching
Lily YU, Assistant Professor in Translation Studies (Mandarin and English), School of English	Gender, women/feminism in/and language and translation
Dr Xiaoge Xu, Associate Professor in Media and Communication Studies, School of International Communications	Mobile health, mobile healthcare, mobile health communication

University of Nottingham, United Kingdom Associates

Health

Health-related economics, business and management

Name, School and Faculty	Health-related expertise
Prof Stephen Timmons, Professor of Health Services Management in Nottingham University Business School	NHS policy, NHS management and NHS finance Improving productivity in the NHS, and policy and politics in the NHS Computer systems in healthcare, especially why they fail Healthcare professionals, especially disputes about professional boundaries Emergency medicine
Jason Feehily, Director of Knowledge Exchange-Asia, Financial & Business Services	Research, policy and commercial collaborations in Asia Entrepreneurship; CPD; and philanthropic engagement.
Ben Peng, Senior Executive, Asia Business Centre	UK Contact person for the Nottingham Health China Initiative and relevant collaborations. Joint International Health Research Collaboration, Healthcare Funding Application, Healthcare Continuing Professional Development, Health Portfolio Development

Health-related engineering

Name, School and Faculty	Health-related expertise
Prof Stephen Morgan, Professor of Biomedical Engineering in Faculty of Engineering	Develop devices to monitor the microcirculation for applications such as wound healing Develop novel methods of imaging and sensing for applications in regenerative medicine

University of Nottingham, Malaysia Associates

Health-related computing, informatics, big data and AI

Name, School and Faculty	Health-related expertise
Amr AHMED, Head of School of Computer Science, Associate Professor of Computer Vision and Image Analysis, School of Computer Science	AI and Machine Learning Minimally-invasive health monitoring and screening Medical Image Analysis
Zhiyuan CHEN, Assistant Professor, School of Computer Science	Kernal methods for medical diagnoses Data mining and case based reasoning techniques for blood suger level monitoring Machine learning techniques for diabetes management system and gene expression study
Yuh-Fen PUNG, Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences	Molecular mechanisms on obesity and diabetes Molecular mechanisms on vascular ageing and hypertension Functional and structural analyses on mitochondria Antimicrobial properties of metal oxide nanoparticles
Yvonne Leung, Assistant professor at the School of Psychology	Risk and protective factors for cognitive decline and dementia Psychological health of older adults in the community and healthcare settings Lifestyle factors related to healthy ageing

Health-related engineering

Name, School and Faculty	Health-related expertise
Yan Chen, Associate Professor of Cancer Screening in Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences	Improve the radiological identification of early breast cancer using digital mammography The potential use of eye movement information for future training in interpreting mammograms and the use of computer-based interpretation training using low-cost and hand-held devices.
Prof Carol Hall, Director of Global Engagement, Education and Student Experience in Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences	Delivery of nursing and health care Professional healthcare education within higher education Development of leadership and wider policy contexts as well as the application of nursing theory, and practice
Prof Richard Hubbard, GSK/British Lung Foundation Professor of Respiratory Epidemiology in Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences	Lung disease, including lung fibrosis and lung cancer Improve general practice data for research, coding free text data
Prof Fiona Bath-Hextall, Professor of Evidence Based Health Care in the School of Health Sciences	Systematic review with the Cochrane Stroke Group and the Cochrane Skin Group Keratinocyte carcinoma prevention, treatments and risk factors Patients’ needs and experiences and knowledge of skin cancer
Prof Jo Leonardi-Bee，Head of Division for Epidemiology and Public Health, within the School of Medicine	Applications of systematic reviews and meta-analysis in the areas of tobacco control and dermatology Smoking in pregnancy, smoking uptake in adolescence, smoking cessation to relapse prevention
Jack Gibson，Assistant Professor in Epidemiology, within Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences	Development of methods to improve the quality of patient data recording in primary care. Converting data from primary care medical records into a form suitable for epidemiological research. Combining data from a variety of sources to monitor smoking cessation related activity and use of stop-smoking medications in the English population.
Catrin Evans, Associate Professor & Nurse in Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences	Community-led health promotion (with a particular focus on HIV, maternal health and migrant health) Internationalization of healthcare higher education
Prof Ian Hall, Professor of Molecular Medicine in Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences	Respiratory medicine, especially asthma Genetics and cell biology of airway disease Genetics and pharmacogenetics of asthma and atopy and COPD Calcium homeostasis in airway smooth muscle Hyperpolarised gas lung imaging
Prof Helen Spiby, Professor of Midwifery in Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences	Provision of care to labouring women including its organization The roles of volunteer doulas in supporting disadvantaged childbearing women and further work in antenatal education
Rakesh Patel, Clinical Associate Professor in Medical Education & Honorary Consultant Nephrologist, within Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences	Medical education Clinical reasoning (problem solving and decision-making) Academic underperformance and technology-enchanced learning, specifically through the use of web-based, mobile or social media.
Prof Claire Anderson, Professor of Social Pharmacy in Faculty of Science	Design and evaluate pharmacy practice and health service models and exploring patient's experiences of using medicines Improve patient and public health in the light of contemporary health care reforms Global health professional education and human resources for health
Prof Tom Dening, Professor of Dementia Research in Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences	Older people's mental health Dementia - clinical problems, diagnosis, treatment, support for people with dementia and their careers, services and national policy on dementia Older people and care homes Other mental health problems in older people including depression, bipolar disorder and suicide.
Prof David Daley, Professor of Psychological Intervention and Behaviour Change in Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Development of parenting programs
Prof Roshan das Nair, Professor of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology in Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences	Behaviour change, psychological, and cognitive interventions Memory rehabilitation in brain injuries Cognitive rehabilitation in multiple sclerosis Cognitive screening and rehabilitation pathway for people with multiple sclerosis
Kaushik Chattopadhyay, Assistant Professor in Evidence Based Healthcare in Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences	lifestyle diseases such as obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease
Prof Thomas Meersmann, Professor of Translational Imaging in Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences	translational, NC3Rs, hyperpolarized 129Xe, MRI NMR, Krypton 83
Pritpal Chahal, Honorary Assistant Professor in School of Medicine and GP trainer	Primary care and GP training for trainers
Prof David Bates, Director of the Centre for Cancer Sciences and Head of Division of Cancer and Stem Cells in Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences	Blood vessel growth and permeability in cancers, heart and vascular disease (including atherosclerosis, and coronary ischaemia, peripheral vascular disease), diabetes, (including retinopathy, which causes blindness, nephropathy, which causes kidney failure, vasculopathy which can cause pain and peripheral ischemia, which can lead to ulcers and amputations) Rheumatoid arthritis, renal disease, lymphatic diseases, and the basic causes of oedema (swelling) Alternative splicing
Prof Poulam Patel, Professor of Clinical Oncology in Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences	Kidney cancer, malignant melanoma, cancer vaccines
Prof Marion Walker, Professor in Stroke Rehabilitation in Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences	Stroke rehabilitation, randomised controlled trials, evaluation of occupational therapy interventions, implementation research.
Prof Pip Logan, Professor of Rehabilitation Research in Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences	Health services rehabilitation, multi-centre randomised controlled trials, occupational therapy, stroke, older people, falls, community, reducing the length of hospital stays
Prof Jonathan Ball, Professor of Molecular Virology in Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences	Antibody-based vaccine and/or therapeutic monoclonal antibody discovery for emerging virus infections, such as Ebola, Lassa Fever, Nipah, SARS-related coronaviruses to name a few Causes and effects of HIV and HCV quasispecies evolution Clinical trials of hepatitis C virus antibodies and pre-clinical trials of antibody based vaccines
Prof Guru Aithal, Professor of Hepatology in Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences	Drug-induced liver injury, metabolic liver disease, hepatopancreaticobiliary imaging and epidemiology of liver and biliary disorders.

Name, School and Faculty	Health-related expertise
Senthil Kumar ARUMUGASAMY, Assistant Professor in Chemical and Environmental Engineering	Produce fungal lipase from Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) for anti-cellulite efficacy evaluation
Pau-Loke SHOW, Associate Professor at Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering	Environmental Biotechnology Biochemical Engineering Intergration Upstream and Downstream Bioprocessing Bio-products, Food Processing & Microalgae protein