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Fangli Geng is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Services, Policy & Practice at Brown University’s School of Public Health and an affiliated faculty member at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Center for Health Decision Science. Geng holds a Ph.D. in Health Policy and a secondary degree in Data Science from Harvard University. His research primarily focuses on health policy issues related to aging in both the U.S. and China, with an emphasis on designing patient-centered, high-value, equitable care delivery models that cater to the diverse needs of elderly families. Geng possesses extensive expertise in health economics, advanced quantitative methods, quasi-experimental design, decision modeling, machine learning, and cost-effectiveness analysis. His research encompasses post-acute long-term care delivery models, payment reforms, organizational structures of hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, and quality care issues related to healthcare staffing. He has published contributions in notable journals such as Health Affairs, JAMA Health Forum, and BMJ Medicine, and his work has been recognized by significant entities in U.S. healthcare, including the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and the Government Accountability Office. In 2025, he was awarded the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Early Career Research Award in Economics focusing on Alzheimer’s Disease. Additionally, he received the AcademyHealth Outstanding Dissertation Award for his doctoral work.
Department: Department of Economics