Deputy dean of Dong Fureng Institute of Economic and Social Development of Wuhan University, Dong Fureng Chair Professor of Dong Fureng Institute of Economic and Social Development of Wuhan University, doctoral supervisor, Executive Director of Health Economics and Management Research Center.

He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Newcastle University, Australia in 2001, and engaged in health economics and health policy research as a visiting scholar at the China Center for Economic Research (now the National Institute of Development) of Peking University from February 2001 to June 2004 as a visiting scholar at the World Bank and a postdoctoral fellow at Peking University, and from July 2004 to January 2007 as a lecturer at the Department of Policy at the School of Business and Law, University of Newcastle, Australia.

He has published 70 articles in SCI, SSCI, and CSSCI journals, including in the Journal of Medical Internet, Vaccine, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, European Economic Review, Lancet-CAMS Health Summit, Health Economics and other internationally renowned journals published 9 SCI papers; 82 core journals in Chinese (including 69 first or corresponding author); He has edited 1 national planning textbook, translated 4 books, and participated in the editing of 3 books and textbooks. Representative works are as follows:

• Ambient air pollution and the health-related quality of life of older adults: Evidence from Shandong China. Tan, J., Chen, N., Bai, J., Yan, P., Ma X., Ren, M., Maitland, E., Nicholas, S., Leng, X., Cheng, W., Chen, C., Wang, J. (2023). Journal of environmental management, Accept. (Corresponding author)

• Exploring physician agency under demand-side cost sharing-An experimental approach. Ge, G., Godager, G., & Wang, J. (2022). Health economics, 31(6), 1202–1227. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4489.

• Preferences for end-of-life care among patients with terminal cancer in China. Leng, A.,Maitland, E., Wang, S., Nicholas, S., Lan, K., & Wang, J. (2022). JAMA network open, 5(4), e228788. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.8788. (Corresponding author)

• Influencing Indicators and Spatial Variation of Diabetes Mellitus Prevalence in Shandong, China: A Framework for Using Data-Driven and Spatial Methods. Li, Y., Fei, T., Wang, J., Nicholas, S., Li, J., Xu, L., Huang, Y., & Li, H. (2021). GeoHealth, 5(3), e2020GH000320. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GH000320. (Corresponding author)

• Individual preferences for COVID-19 vaccination in China. Leng, A., Maitland, E., Wang, S., Nicholas, S., Liu, R., & Wang, J. (2021). Vaccine, 39(2), 247–254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.12.009. (Corresponding author)

• The Co-evolution between the Transformation of Government Functions and the Construction of Market Regulatory Governance System. Mao Zhenhua, Wang Jian,Mao Zongfu, Guo Min and Yuan Xuedan.Journal of Management World.2020,36(02):17-26+58+215.DOI:10.19744/j.cnki.11-1235/f.2020.0018.

• Are patient-regarding preferences stable? Evidence from a laboratory experiment with physicians and medical students from different countries[J].Wang J, Iversen T, Hennig-Schmidt H, et al.  European Economic Review, 2020, 125: 103411.

• Application of big data technology for COVID-19 prevention and control in China: lessons and recommendations.Wu J, Wang J, Nicholas S, et al.  Journal of medical Internet research, 2020, 22(10): e21980.
  

• The economic burden of mental disorders in children and adolescents in China: a cross-sectional study. Xu, L., Li, C., Li, J., Yang, F., Wang, J. (2019). The Lancet (Poster Abstracts). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32384-0. (Corresponding author)

• The economic burden of dementia in China, 1990-2030: implications for health policy. Xu, J., Wang, J., Wimo, A., Fratiglioni, L., & Qiu, C. (2017). Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 95(1), 18–26. https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.15.167726

• Cost-effectiveness of exenatide twice daily vs insulin glargine as add-on therapy to oral antidiabetic agents in patients with type 2 diabetes in China. Gu, S., Wang, X., Qiao, Q., Gao, W., Wang, J. Dong, H. (2017). Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism, 19(12), 1688-1697. https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.12991.

• Expanding health insurance coverage in vulnerable groups: a systematic review of options. Meng, Q., Yuan, B., Jia, L., Wang, J., Yu, B., Gao, J., & Garner, P. (2011). Health policy and planning, 26(2), 93–104. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czq038.

• Evidence summaries tailored to health policy-makers in low-and middle-income countries. Rosenbaum, S. E., Glenton, C., Wiysonge, C. S., Abalos, E., Mignini, L., Young, T., Althabe, F., Ciapponi, A., Marti, S. G., Meng, Q., Wang, J., la Hoz Bradford, A. M., Kiwanuka, S. N., Rutebemberwa, E., Pariyo, G. W., Flottorp, S., & Oxman, A. D. (2011). Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 89(1), 54–61. https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.10.075481.

• Inpatient treatment of diabetic patients in Asia: evidence from India, China, Thailand and Malaysia. Goldhaber-Fiebert, J. D., Li, H., Ratanawijitrasin, S., Vidyasagar, S., Wang, X. Y., Aljunid, S., Shah, N., Wang, Z., Hirunrassamee, S., Bairy, K. L., Wang, J., Saperi, S., Nur, A. M., & Eggleston, K. (2010). Diabetic medicine, 27(1), 101–108.

Major social part-time jobs include: Member of the expert group for the preparation of the 14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (2020-); Member of the Expert Group on Regional Point Method Total Budget and Disease Score Payments of the National Health Security Administration (2020-); Professor, Center for Public Health, Tsinghua University (2015-present); Member of China Health 2020 Public Policy Expert Committee (2008-2009); Chinese Consultant for EU Health Protection Project (2009); Member of the Expert Evaluation Committee for the Implementation of the National Essential Drugs System in the Health System of Shandong Province (2011-2013); Member of the editorial board of the Chinese Medical Encyclopedia "Health Economics"; Editor-in-chief of the second round planning textbook "Health Management Research Methods" for health management majors in national colleges and universities.