Health University
Resume:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
CB #*120 ? Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Phone: 919-***-**** ? Fax: 919-***-****
abowtb@r.postjobfree.com
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Ph.D. in Health Policy and Management (Economics), UNC Gillings School of Public Health
Graduate Certificate in International Development
2001 Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
B.Sc., Economics (High Distinction), magna cum laude
B.A., International Studies
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011-presentFaculty Fellow, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
2009-presentResearch Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, UNC Gillings School
of Public
Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
2007-2008Short-term Consultant, United Nations Children s Fund Eastern and Southern
Africa
Regional Office, Nairobi, Kenya (UNICEF ESARO).
2007Instructor, Department of Health Policy and Management, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.
2007Teaching Assistant, Department of Health Policy and Management, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
2003-2004Research Analyst, Public Health Economics and Policy Research Program, RTI
International, Washington, DC
2001-2003Research Analyst, Behavioral Health Economics Program, RTI International,
Research
Triangle Park, NC
HONORS, AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2010 Linda Dykstra Distinguished Dissertation Award in the Social Sciences, University of
North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
2005-2009Pre-doctoral Traineeship, Carolina Population Center, Chapel Hill, NC
2004-2009Thomas and Caroline Royster Five-Year Fellowship, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill, NC
2004 Michel A. Ibrahim Fellowship, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina
at Chapel
Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
2001 Phi Beta Kappa
2001 Spengler Best Thesis Prize in Economics, Duke University, Durham, NC
2000 Ford Foundation International Research Grant Award
2000 Janet B. Chiang Research Grant, Duke University, Durham, NC
PEER-REVIEWED WORKS
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8. Ng, S;W;, S; Zaghloul, H;I;, !li, G; Harrison, B;M; Popkin; 2011; Nutrition
Transition in the United !rab
Emirates ; European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 65: 1328-1337. doi:
10.1038/ejcn.2011.135; PMID:21772317;
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!mericans calories: food
purchases, income and relative prices from 2000-2010 ; Working Paper;
!nnis I;E;, S;W; Ng; Eyes Wide Open: Studying the representativeness of the Nielsen
Homescan Data for
Nutrition research ; Working paper;
Ng, S;W; Distributional changes in physical activity and inactivity trends since the
1960s: A study of five
countries ; Working Paper.
Ng, S;W;, Domain specific physical activities and sedentary time across the life -
course: a Hierarchical Age-
Period-Cohort analysis ; Working Paper;
Slining, M.M., Ng, S.W., B.M. Popkin; Unintended nutritional consequences of bottled
water policies ;
Working Paper.
Ali, H.I., S.W. Ng, S. Zaghloul, G.G. Harrison, H.S. Qazaq, M. El-Sadig, K. Yeatts;
Energy intakes, nutrient
adequacy and diet quality of Emirati children and adolescents: Findings from the I!HN
study Under review.
Lee, I.-H., Peterman, A., Palermo, T., Ng, S.W. Pregnancy, breastfeeding and time
allocation: Lifecycle
effects of women s labor-intensive activities in rural China, Mexico and Tanzania Under
review.
Ng, S.W., E.C. Norton, Thirumurthy, H., B.M. Popkin. 2010; The effect of prices and
incomes on food
consumption and source of calories among Chinese adults ; Unpublished manuscript
Shu Wen Ng CB# 8210, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 919 -843-
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Ng, S;W;, B;M; Popkin; 2006; Being a Little Emperor or Empress Matters Equally: Single
Child
households and Child Nutrition in China ; Unpublished manuscript
Ng, S;W; 2001; Reforms and Female First Marriage Configuration in Contemporary China;
Duke
Journal of Economics VIII, Spring 2001
SELECT PRESENTATIONS
Ng, S;W;, 2012; Addressing Gaps in Market Level Databases ; Presented at the NationalNutrient Databank
Conference. Houston, TX, March 2012.
Ng, S.W. 2012; Monitoring Foods & Nutrients Sold/purchased and Consumed in the United
States ;
Presented at the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) Workshop on
Surveillance on
the US Food System. NCCOR. Washington, DC, January 25 2012.
Ng, S;W; 2011; Using Scanner Data for the Public Good ; Presented at the Using Scanner
Data to Answer Food
Policy Questions Conference. Economic Research Service, USDA. Washington, DC, June 2011.
Ng, S.W., 2011. The China Health and Nutrition Survey Urbanization Index: Creation,
validation and reliability
(in Mandarin). Presented to Chinese Centers for Disease Control attendees of 2011
Experimental Biology,
Washington, DC, April 2011.
Ng, S;W; 2011; Can commercial data help in measuring and accelerating obesity prevention
efforts?
Presented at the Measurement Strategies for Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention
Workshop to the
Institute of Medicine Committee on Accelerating Progress in Obesity, Irvine, CA, March
2011.
Ng, S.W. 2010. Using commercial databases to understand US children s diet and
nutrition ; Brain-to-
Society Diagnostic exploratory meeting, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, August 2010.
Ng, S.W. 2010, 2011; Driving a Response: Considerations for Point of Purchase, Pricing
and Promotion ;
Presented at the 2010 and 2011 CDC Obesity Prevention in Public Health Course, Chapel
Hill, NC, August
2010 and 2011.
Ng, S;W;, B; M; Popkin, 2010; Rural areas are catching up on overweight and obesity: A
43 country time
trends study ; Presented at the 2010 Experimental Biology Conference, Anaheim, CA, April
2010.
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Cowell, !;J;, !;M; Stewart, and S;W; Ng; Cost-Effectiveness of Four Criminal Justice
Diversion Programs
(Tucson, New York, Eugene and Memphis); Summary report prepared for the Substance Abuse
and
Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services,
December 2002.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor, Masters Program in Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
National Nutrition
Policy (NUTR 735). Spring 2010, 2011 and 2012. Responsible for developing course
syllabus, lecturing,
grading, setting up seminars and panels in Washington DC with legislative staff, non-
profit and industry
groups.
Guest Instructor, Masters Program in Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. Nutrition
Translational Research and Application (NUTR 728). Spring 2012. Responsible for
developing materials
for 3 nutrition translational research for policy sessions.
Guest Lecturer, Doctoral Program in Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. Introduction
to Obesity: From cell to society (NUTR 812). Spring 2010, 2011 and 2012. Lecturer for
sessions on
Economic determinants and consequences of obesity.
Guest Lecturer, Doctoral Program in Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. Analytic
Methods in Nutritional Epidemiology (NUTR 818). Fall 2009 and 2011. Lecturer for sessions
on Multi-
level analysis.
Guest Lecturer, Doctoral Program in Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. Doctoral
Nutrition Policy Seminar (NUTR 875). Fall 2011. Lecturer for sessions on evaluating
voluntary food
industry efforts and food pricing policies.
Teaching Assistant, Doctoral Program in Health Policy and Management, University of North
Carolina at
Chapel Hill. Analysis of Categorical Data. Fall 2007. Responsible for leading review
session, grading
problem sets, providing guidance for term projects, course taught by Dr. Edward C.
Norton.
Instructor, Doctoral Program in Health Policy and Management, University of North
Carolina at Chapel
Hill. Math for Research Analysis. Fall 2007. Responsible for developing course syllabus,
lecturing, setting
and grading problem sets and exam.
STUDENT ADVISING
Bachelor s Honor Thesis Committee Member (Project Title, Graduate date)
1. Breana Lai. A Comparison of the Changing Energy Density and BMI with the
Westernization if the
Chinese Diet, May 2007
Shu Wen Ng CB# 8210, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 919 -843-
4442 shuwen@unc;edu
Master s Honor Thesis Committee Member (Project Title, Graduate date)
1. Jackie Geralnick. Initiatives to reduce hypertension in the United States: Sodium
Reductions in the
Food Industry, Dec 2011
2. Jennifer Cantwell Wood. Nutrition and health disparities in Contemporary Cuba, in
progress.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2012 to date Reviewer, American Journal of Preventive Medicine
2011 to date Reviewer, Health and Place
2010 to date Member (and Change Team member), School of Global Public Health Diversity
and
Inclusion Task Force, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2010 to date Reviewer, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical
Activity
2009 to date Reviewer, Health Economics
2009 to date Reviewer, Food Policy
2009 to date Reviewer, International Journal of Obesity
2009 to date Reviewer, Obesity Reviews
2009 to date Reviewer, Epidemiology
2008 to date Reviewer, Contemporary Economic Policy
2008 to date Reviewer, World Development
2008 to date Academic Editor and Reviewer, Human Science Online
2007 to date Reviewer, Social Science and Medicine
2004 to date Member, Royster Society of Fellows, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
2010 to date Member, American Society of Nutrition (ASN)
2010 to date Member, Agriculture and Applied Economics Association (AAEA)
2009 to date Member, American Economic Association International (AEA)
2009 to date Member, Western Economic Association International (WEAI)
2008 to date Member, American Society of Health Economists (ASHE)
2008 to date Member, International Health Economics Association (iHEA)
2007 to date Member, Global Health Council
2006 to date Member, The Obesity Society (TOS) formerly NAASO
2005 to date Member, Population Association of America (PAA)
SKILLS
Languages: English (native), Mandarin Chinese (fluent) and French (basic)
Software: Proficient in Stata, SAS, SPSS, Fortran, Atlas.ti, Java, Microsoft Office,
WordPerfect, NJ Star
Last Revised: March 2012
Shu Wen Ng CB# 8210, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 919 -843-
4442 shuwen@unc;edu
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