MIAO JIANG
Curriculum Vitae
Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute
1891 Preston White Drive
Reston, VA 20191
EDUCATION
2005 – 2010
Ph.D., Maternal and Child Health
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Research interest: Statistical methodology, health economic
analysis, health services research
Dissertation topic: A Discrete-event-simulation Model of the U.S.
Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Systems
2007 – 2008
M.S., Biostatistics
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Thesis: Long-term Developmental Benefits of Breastfeeding: A
Propensity Score Matching Approach
2004 – 2005
Ph.D. study in Health Policy and Administration
Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
(later transferred to UNC-CH with advisor)
2003 – 2004
M.S. Biomedical Engineering
University of Northern California, Petaluma, CA
Thesis: The Effect of an Internet Portal Service
on Patient Health Services Utilization: A study of “E-Health”
at an HMO in Northwest U.S.
1996 – 2001
B.S., Science English
B.E., Computer Science and Applications
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
Graduated Honors
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2013 – present
Research Fellow, Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute
o Conducting independent research examining critical policy issues
under the evolving health care delivery and payment models
o Leading multiple projects and coordinating for internal and
external research activities
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o Mentoring junior staff and providing guidance on statistical
analysis and SAS programming
o Writing grant proposals and manuscripts for submission to peerreviewed journals
2011 – 2013
Biostatistician III, Cancer Control Program, Lombardi
Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University
o Providing statistical expertise on the design, conduct, analysis, and
interpretation of research projects in health economic and
outcomes research for the cancer patient population
o Coordinate multiple study sites for data collection and distribution
o Managing and analyzing data from national cancer registries and
health maintenance organizations, including downloading and
merging datasets, extracting and creating relevant variables,
cleaning and imputing data, and analyzing data using advanced
biostatistical techniques
o Producing study report and writing manuscript for submission to
peer-reviewed journals
2005 – 2011
Research Assistant/Associate, Department of Maternal and
Child Health, UNC-CH
o Applying advanced analytical tools from economics, biostatistics,
and operations research to examine issues in health economics and
health services research
o Performing data management on national surveys, including
downloading and merging datasets, extracting and calculating
relevant variables, cleaning and imputing data to be ready for
analysis using SAS and Stata
o Conducting comprehensive literature review on topics such as
breastfeeding, children’s mental health, juvenile delinquency and
justice, simulation in health care settings, for manuscripts and
grant applications
o Providing statistical training and software demonstration such as
R/Stata and Arena to new team members
2004 – 2005
Research Assistant, Department of Health Policy and
Administration, Pennsylvania State University
o Conducting comprehensive literature review on screening
methodology to find the state-of-the-art tools to improve the
methodology
o Applying Bayesian methods and Latent Class Analysis to assess
the properties of a screening tool for children’s mental disorder in
the absence of a gold standard
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o Building a classification and regression tree model to predict the
accuracy of the screening tests using family, maternal, and child
characteristics
2003 – 2004
Statistical Analyst, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland,
Oregon
o Producing monthly reports on utilization of a new member portal
service providing electronic communication between providers and
members
o Conducting statistical analysis to examine how the new portal
service improved the health outcomes of the members with chronic
diseases
o Performing data management tasks using organization-wide
demographic, medical, and insurance claims databases using
mainframe and PC SAS
HONORS AND AWARDS
2015
2006
2006
2004
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
Charles E. Gibbs Leadership Prize for the best paper published in
Women’s Health Issues
University Merit Assistantship, UNC-CH
Office of Global Health Award for Student Intern at World Health
Organization, UNC-CH
University Scholarship for New Student, Pennsylvania State
University
Outstanding Student Scholarship, University of Science and
Technology of China
Outstanding Student Scholarship, University of Science and
Technology of China
Spectral Physic Asian Limited Corporation Scholarship, University
of Science and Technology of China
Outstanding Student Scholarship, University of Science and
Technology of China
Outstanding Student Scholarship, University of Science and
Technology of China
PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS
1. Jiang, M., Hughes, D. R., Duszak Jr., R. (2015) Screening Mammography Rates
in the Medicare Population before and after the 2009 US Preventive Services
Task Force Guideline Change: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis. Women’s
Health Issues, 25(3):239-45. (Selected as Editor’s Choice paper; Winner of
Charles E. Gibbs Leadership Prize for best paper in 2015)
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2. Jiang, M., Hughes, D. R., Duszak Jr., R. (2015) Recent trends in adherence to
continuous screening for breast cancer among Medicare beneficiaries. Preventive
Medicine. 73(2015):47-52.
3. Hughes, D. R., Jiang, M., Duszak Jr., R. (2015) A Comparison of Diagnostic
Imaging Ordering Patterns between Advanced Practice Providers and Primary
Care Physicians following Office-based Evaluation and Management Visits.
JAMA Internal Medicine, 175(1):101-7.
4. Potosky, A. L., Haque, R., Cassidy-Bushrow, A.E., Yood, M. U., Jiang, M., et al.
(2014). Effectiveness of Primary Androgen-Deprivation Therapy for Clinically
Localized Prostate Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 32(13):1324-30.
5. Levy, D., Jiang, M., et al. (2013). Smoking and Adverse Maternal and Child
Health Outcomes in Brazil. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 15(11):1797-804.
6. Jiang, M. & Foster, E. M. (2013). Duration of Breastfeeding and Risk of
Overweight in Later Life: A Generalized Propensity Score Approach. Health
Services Research. 48(2 Pt 1): 628–651.
7. Jiang, M., Breastfeeding on Child Cognitive Development: Still a Long Way to
Go [E-letter], Pediatrics (March 17, 2011),
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/127/1/e137.short/reply (accessed
May 5, 2011).
8. Jiang, M., Foster, E. M., & Gibson-Davis, C. M. (2011). Breastfeeding and the
Child Cognitive Outcomes: A Propensity Score Matching Approach. Maternal
and Child Health Journal. 15(8):1296-307.
9. Jiang, M., Foster, E. M., & Gibson-Davis, C. M. (2010). The effect of WIC on
breastfeeding: A new look at an established relationship. Children and Youth
Services Review, 32(2), 264-273.
10. Foster, E. M., Jiang, M., & Gibson-Davis, C. M. (2010). The Effect of the WIC
Program on the Health of Newborns. Health Services Research, 45(4), 1083-1104.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2010
MHCH 713: Research Methods in Maternal and Child Health
Graduate course in UNC Department of Maternal and Child Health
Teaching Assistant
2008
MHCH 759: Causal Inference in Public Health
Graduate course in UNC Department of Maternal and Child Health
Teaching Assistant
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2006
MHCH 756: Understanding and Addressing Health Inequities in the U.S.
Graduate course in UNC Department of Maternal and Child Health
Teaching Assistant
SERVICE AND ACTIVITIES
Review
American Journal of Epidemiology
Health Services Research
Evaluation Review
Medical Care
Journal of Administration and Policy in Mental Health and MH Services
Research
British Medical Journal
Maternal and Child Health Journal
Population Research and Policy Review
Social Science and Medicine
Maternal and Child Nutrition
Global Public Health Intern
2006
Polio Eradication Initiative, World Health Organization, Geneva,
Switzerland
MEMBERSHIPS
2004 – 2010
2013 – 2015
2013 – 2016
American Statistical Association
American Public Health Association
AcademyHealth
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