Dr.Zhihan Liu is now an Associate Professor of Social Medicine and Healthcare Management in the School of Public Administration at Central South University (CSU) in China. She was granted her PhD in Social Medicine and Healthcare Management from the School of Public Health, Jilin University, a leading research university in Northeastern China. She has just completed her postdoctoral research in Philosophy at the Center for Applied Ethics of CSU. She has been appointed as a Doctorate Supervisor by the School of Public Administration of CSU.
Dr. Zhihan Liu has published more than 30 papers on some influential academic journals in China and world-renowned conferences. She is leading several projects on the experience and psychological impact of social disadvantaged groups such as the Chinese elders demanding and receiving long-term care, and the Chinese bereaved parents who lost their only-child, granted by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Hunan Provincial Department of Education, etc. She also has great research interests in the field of inequity and governance in global health, the ubiquitous computing, AI and other innovative technologies for improving health care delivering. She has been working in Harvard Medical School as a Visiting Assistant Professor for one year, on several studies including the experience of Chinese patients with depression, the evaluation of China's mental health services development, and the social technologies for Chinese elder care.