Dr. Xin Ye is an assistant professor from Institute for Global Public Policy, Fudan University. She got her BA in Law from Renmin University of China, Master of Social Work from Peking University, and her Ph.D. degree in Social Medicine and Health Service Management from Peking University.

Her research interests are health and social policy, health inequalities across the life span, health services research and health economic evaluation. Her work has been published in high-quality academic journals, such as JAMA Network Open, Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific, BMC Medicine, BMJ Global Health, American Journal of Epidemiology, Social Science & Medicine, and Health Policy and Planning.

She has led several projects funded by the National Social Science Foundation of China, Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, the Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment of the National Health Commission, etc. She works as an anonymous reviewer of journals such as Public Management Review, BMJ Global Health, International Journal for Equity in Health, Health and Place.

Research Interests

Health and social policy, Health inequality, Health services research, Health economic evaluation

Academic Positions

• 2022 – present, Assistant Professor, Institute for Global Public Policy, Fudan University

Education

• 2019.09-2022.06, Ph.D., School of Public Health, Peking University

• 2017.09-2019.06, M.S.W., Institute of Population Research, Peking University

• 2013.09-2017.06, B.A., School of Sociology and Population Studies, Renmin University of China

Executive Education Programs

• PhD Program in Global Public Policy

• PhD Program in Global Public Policy and Governance

Courses

• Advanced Quantitative Research Methods

  Graduate course (in English), 2023-

• Global Public Policy

  Graduate course (in English), 2024-

• Public Management: Key Topics and Practice Frontiers

  IMPA course (in English)，2025 -

• Governance Practice in China and the World

  IMPA course (in English)，2026 -

• Global Public Policy

  Undergraduate course (in English), 2024-

• Analysis of Global Public Policy and Governance《全球公共政策与治理分析报告》

  Undergraduate course (in Chinese), 2024-

• Social Organization Management《社会组织管理》

  MPA course (in Chinese), 2022-

• Academic English《专业外语》

  MPA course (in Chinese), 2023-

In English

• Ye, X., Zhu, D., Wang, Y., Chen, S., Gao, J., . . .He, P. (2022). Impacts of the hearing aid intervention on healthcare utilization and costs among middle-aged and older adults: results from a randomized controlled trial in rural China. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific,100594.

• Ye, X.*, & Wang, Y. (2023). Association of urban-rural health insurance integration with health outcomes among middle-aged and older adults in rural China. JAMA Network Open, 6(4), e237583.

• Ye, X., Zhu, D., Chen, S., Shi, X., Gong, R., Wang, J., . . . He, P. (2022). Effects of providing free hearing aids on multiple health outcomes among middle-aged and older adults with hearing loss in rural China: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Medicine, 20(1), 1-124.

• Wang, X., Zha, J., Q, J., Zhang, N., Ye, X.*, Chen, Y*. Association between concurrence of risk factors and intimate partner violence against women: Evidence from demographic and health surveys in 53 low- and middle-income countries. BMJ Global Health, 2026; 11: e022886.

• Wang, X., Ye, X.*. (2024). Impact of the targeted poverty alleviation policy on older adults’ healthcare utilization: A quasi-experimental analysis from China. Social Science & Medicine, 356: 117146.

• Ye, X.*, Wang, X., Hu, M., Ouyang, Y. Frailty and risks of dementia among middle-aged and older adults: Evidence from three prospective cohort studies. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2025, 69(6):108088.

• Wang, X., Ye, X.*. (2025). Impact and Heterogeneity of Self-reported Hearing on Trajectories of Cognitive Function in Middle-aged and Older Couples. Journals of Gerontology Series B-Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 80(3): gbae203.

• Wang, X., Ye, X.*. (2024). Internet Access During COVID-19 and Depressive Symptoms in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Study in China. Journal of Affective Disorders, 367: 324–332.

• Ye, X.*, & Lin, H. (2024). Global research on natural disasters and human health: A mapping study using natural language processing techniques. Current Environmental Health Reports, 11 (1): 61–70.

• Ye, X., Zhu, D., & He, P. (2021). The long-term impact of adolescent adversity on health in middle and older adulthood: A natural experiment from Chinese send-down movement, American Journal of Epidemiology, 190(7), 1306-1315.

In Chinese

• Ye, X*. (2023). The current situation, challenges and countermeasures of negative population growth in China, Journal of Yangzhou University (Humanities and Social Sciences Edition), 27 (05), 76–92.

• Theory and Mechanism of Reform and Innovation of Public Governance System, funded by Key Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2023-2027, Sub-project Principal Investigator.

• Ye, X., Zhu, D., Chen, S., & He, P. (2020). The societal cost of hearing impairment: A systematic review. Population and Development, 26 (04), 51-59.

• Ye, X., Zhu, D., Gao, J., & Chen, S., & He, P. (2019). The impact of hearing on the depression of older Chinese adults. Population and Development, 25 (05), 66-74.

• Ye, X*. (2018). The impact of living arrangement on the mental health of widowed older adults in China—Based on the follow-up data from CHARLS 2015. Population and Development, 24 (05), 113-121.

• Zhen, X., He, P., Guo, C., Luo, Y., Ye, X., Zhang, C. (2021). Evidence on the major social and environmental events and population health: The development of “events demography” in China. Population and Development, 27(01), 25-35.

• Chen, S., Ye, X., Zhu, D., Shi, X., & He, P. (2022). Impact of the comprehensive reform of separating of prescribing and dispensing on hospitalization expenses of public hospital of traditional Chinese medicine in Beijing. Chinese Hospital Management, 42 (07), 25–29.

1. Risk Factors, Cumulative Effects and Risk Prediction of Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly from the Life Course Perspective, funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2024-2026, Principal Investigator.

2. Theory and Mechanism of Reform and Innovation of Public Governance System, funded by Key Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2023-2027, Sub-project Principal Investigator.

3. Health Economics Evaluation on Hearing Aid Rehabilitation Intervention for Elderly People with Hearing Impairment, funded by the Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment of the National Health Commission, Open Fund Project, 2023.6-2024.12, Principal Investigator.

4. Early Warning and Intervention Mechanisms for Student Mental Health Issues, funded by Shanghai Education and Health Work Committee, Shanghai Education Commission, Shanghai Education Science Research Project ‘Special Research on Philosophy and Social Sciences in Shanghai Universities’, 2024.11.1-2026.12.31, Principal Investigator.

5. Auxiliary Diagnosis and Graded Management Strategies for Elderly Cognitive Impairment in Shanghai Based on Machine Learning, funded by Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and Shanghai Education Development Foundation, “Chenguang Program” Project, 2025.1-2026.12, Principal Investigator.

Academic Awards

• 2026，Second Prize for Excellent Paper, Young Scholars Forum on Health Policy and Management.   

• 2024，Shanghai Chenguang Scholar.   

• 2023, the excellent poster award in the International Health Promotion and Development Forum (Guangzhou) and the Annual Meeting of the Chinese Health Policy and Management Association (CHPAMS).

• 2022, the second prize of excellent papers in the Fifth China Health and Economic Development Forum.

• 2021, the third prize for excellent papers in the 5th West China Health Policy and Economics Doctoral Forum.

• 2020, the first prize in the Second Qilu Health Economics and Policy Doctoral Forum.

• 2020, the Excellence award in the Forum for Young Scholars in Medicine and Health Administration.