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Junying (June) Zhao, Ph.D., Ph.D., MPH
801 NE 13th St, Room 359
Email: Junying-Zhao@ouhsc.edu
June is a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. She is a health economic policy researcher addressing health technologies' legal and financial problems that affect firm innovation and consumer/patient welfare. She was initially trained as a clinician and received subsequent training in health policy and economics. June obtained her PhD in health policy with concentration in economics from McMaster University, PhD in mathematical behavioral sciences from the University of California, and her MPH from Harvard. In addition, her interests include improv, poetry, live theatre, cultural/spiritual travel, and philanthropy.
PhD, Mathematical Behavioral Sciences, University of California-Irvine
PhD, Health Policy with concentration in Economics, McMaster University
MPH, Global Health, Harvard University
BSc, Mathematics, McMaster University
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Hudson College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 2020–present
Co-Editor, Legal Medicine Perspectives, American College of Legal Medicine, 2020–present
Advisory Board Member, Acceleromics, 2020–present
Fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, 2010
HAP 5203 Health Economics
HAP 5613 Healthcare Finance
HAP 6960 Directed Reading
Interdisciplinary Research Program: Health economic policy research addressing health technologies' legal and financial problems that affect firm innovation and consumer/patient welfare
Economics/Finance:
Health economics, behavioral economics
Public finance, corporate finance
Law:
Legislation, regulation, court decision
Biotechnology:
Assisted reproductive technology
Health information technology:
Current Projects:
Economics of public and private liability insurance mechanisms for vaccine safety and consumer protection
Vaccination, employment, and economic growth
Finance and innovation of machine learning-based healthcare start-up firms
Public financial management in the health sector
Grants:
NIH 3U54GM104938, $4,999,993
"CATCH-UP Community-engaged Approaches to Testing in Community and Healthcare settings for Underserved Populations."
PI: James, J.
Role: Co-I
Oklahoma Aerospace & Defense Innovation Institute, OU Data Institute for Societal Challenges Joint Seed Funding Competition Award, $20,000
"Enhancing DoD Vaccine Supply for Warfighters and Biodefense."
PI: Kim, M.
Role: Co-PI
Presbyterian Health Foundation Year 1 New Investigator Seed Grant, $50,000
"Covid-19 and Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Injury Compensation, Vaccination, and Vaccine Production and Innovation."
co-PIs: Demir, F., Ghosh, P., Kim, M.
Role: PI
Zhao, J., Demir, F., Ghosh, P., Earley, A., and Kim, M. 2022 "Reforming the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program for COVID-19 and Beyond: An Economic Perspective." Journal of Law and the Biosciences. 9(1): 1-31. DOI: 10.1093/jlb/lsac008
Zhao, J., Kim, M., Westbrook, G., and Bratzler, D. 2022 "A Comparative Study of COVID-19 Fiscal Aid to the Health Sector: US, UK, and Canada ," Health Policy 126(6): 493-503. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2022.03.012
Zhao, J. and Cheng, G. 2022. "Artificial Intelligence." In Understanding the Principles and Practice of Legal Oncology, 1st ed. Quang TS, Beriwal S, and Taft M, eds, New York City, NY: McGraw-Hill. www.amazon.com
Zheng, K. and Zhao, J. 2021. "Public Health Informatics." In MaxcyRosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 16th ed. Boulton ML, ed, New York City, NY: McGraw-Hill. www.amazon.com
Zhao, J., Scarth, W., and Hurley, J. 2018. "Investing in Health: A Macroeconomics Exploration of Short-Run and Long-Run Trade-Offs." Atlantic Economic Journal. 46(1): 121- 133. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11293-018-9573-y
Zhao, J., Isbill, E., and Bratzler, D. 2021. "Current Effects of Electronic Health Records and Future Implications of Artificial Intelligence on Medical Malpractice." Legal Medicine Perspectives. July 1, 2021.