Assoc Professor, Health Policy & Economics @YaleSPH @Yale; Editor @JPopEcon; @NBERpubs @IZA_bonn @WorldBank @UN; Pres. @CHPAMS; Formerly @Cornell @SAISHopkins
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Joined April 2016
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Very excited to be part of this outstanding group medicine.yale.edu/news-artic… @YaleMed @YaleIMed @PepperOAIC @rccnaging
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🌍 Breaking news: For the first time in recorded history, the global population age 65+ exceeds the population age 5 and younger. Read the new report from the U.S. Census Bureau, which draws on Gateway harmonized data census.gov/newsroom/press-re…
#GlobalAging #Demography
…China transformed from a top exporter to largest importer. Like other biomedical industries, this market relies heavily on trust, b/t donors and recipients, b/t nations. However, growing geopolitical tensions are creating friction within the deeply integrated global networks. 2
With this context in mind, read the full CNN report. cnn.com/2026/08/23/china/chi…
Congratulations to the group of CNN journalists on this excellent piece.
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🌟Sharing this CNN report, which features my research findings spanning from 2008 to the present. Over the last two decades, the global plasma market has grown increasingly interdependent. The U.S. shifted from a major importer to the largest exporter, …
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China is the world's biggest consumer of human albumin, the most abundant protein in plasma. But it remains heavily reliant on plasma from its biggest geopolitical rival, the United States, for much of its supply.
That reliance carries growing risks for Chinese patients. cnn.it/4xWIy2O
These specialized units can help keep older patients out of the hospital, lower their healthcare costs, and more.
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🌟We already know that breathing dirty air in utero can leave lasting marks on the brain. Our new NBER Working Paper advances this research by asking why the damage doesn't fall evenly. Biology is only part of the story. Families are the other part.
📝Read the paper here👇
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Fetal exposure to PM2.5 lowers cognitive test scores in China, with the largest losses among women who have brothers and receive less family help with schooling, from Xin Zhang, Yixuan Wang, Xingyi Hu, and @xcyale nber.org/papers/w35591
Today, let’s remember his “blunt, say-it-like-it-is style”🕯️🙏
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Zhu Rongji, a former Chinese premier, has died. “I think that Zhu Rongji represented really a different time, a different era for China..” my radio obit if thr legendary official running shortly npr.org/2026/08/12/119670550…
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Two Chinese win world's top Maths prize for first time bbc.in/4fgEhRo
In-Scope, Rigorous, Actionable.
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya’s remarks at the NBER Coordinating Center on the Economics of AD/ADRD Prevention, Treatment, and Care Annual Meeting 2026
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Delighted to welcome Prof Xi Chen @YaleSPH Yale School of Public Health to @hku_son for a meeting w/ our School Director Prof @ChiaChinLin1. Insightful exchange on healthy ageing, health policy & integrating public health w/ nursing, exploring future global health collaboration.
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For Nature Aging's 5th anniversary : "Past, present and future perspectives on the science of aging." Nat Aging 6, 6–22 (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s43587-025-0… @brunovellas
A photo recap of our successful Yale Cognition Workshop, May 11-12; Look forward to our 2nd workshop in 2027🥂
Such a pleasure to work w fantastic colleagues to make it happen. Coincidentally, the same day in 2018 I was hosting CHPAMS meetings in New Haven w 300+ participants.🌍
Link to our paper at the @CellPressNews @CellRepMed
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