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Kao-Ping Chua

Associate Professor

MM Pediatrics - General (Child Health Evaluation and Research )

Orcid identifier0000-0002-4081-272X
  • Associate Professor
    MM Pediatrics - General (Child Health Evaluation and Research )
  • Center Member
    Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
  • University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, NCRC Building 16, SPC 2800, Room G026W, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2800, United States

BIO

Dr. Kao-Ping Chua is a primary care pediatrician and health services researcher in the Department of Pediatrics and the Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center at the University of Michigan School of Medicine. He completed his pediatrics residency at Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center in 2010. Subsequently, he obtained a Ph.D. in health policy from Harvard University in 2015 with a focus on evaluative sciences and statistics.

Dr. Chua’s research focuses on the opioid epidemic, the affordability of health care, and low-value care, particularly as these topics relate to children and young adults. He is the recipient of the 2017 Academic Pediatric Association Young Investigator Award and the Nemours Child Health Services Research Award. His studies have been published in high-impact journals such as NEJM, JAMA, and BMJ, and have been covered by national media outlets such as the New York Times, CNN, and NPR.

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN APPOINTMENTS

  • Associate Professor
    MM Pediatrics - General (Child Health Evaluation and Research )
  • Center Member
    Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation

DEGREES

  • BS
    Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States1 Aug 1998 - 1 May 2002
  • MD
    Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States1 Aug 2002 - 1 May 2007
  • PhD
    Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States1 Aug 2011 - 1 May 2015

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Harvard Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship
    Boston Childrens Hospital, Pediatrics, Boston, USAJul 2010 - Jun 2012
    Health Services ResearchPostdoctoral Research
  • Boston Combined Residency Program
    Boston Children's Hospital and Boston Medical Center, Pediatrics, Boston, United StatesJul 2007 - Jun 2010
    Residency

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