Qi Zhao

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Education

University of Chicago Master of Science in Computational Analysis and Public Policy

Relevant Courses: CS, Advanced Statistics, Program Evaluation, Machine Learning Peking University Ph.D. of Science in Administration

Published 7 peer-reviewed papers in journals with 100+ citations

Presented at APSA Global Annual Meeting

Sun Yat-Sen University Bachelor of Science in Administration

Honors: twice awarded National Scholarship

July 2025 (Expected)

July 2020

GPA: 4.1/5.0; Rank: 6/32

July 2015

GPA: 4.2/5; Rank: 1/92

Work Experience

Research Assistant, UChicago Department of Economic Nov 2023 – Expected June 2024 Chicago

Developed mathematical models and conducted data analysis to assess the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) on pharmaceutical innovations and estimate COVID-19 biopharmaceutical innovation and industry appropriation in US.

Utilized drug development cost data to illustrate the markups needed for portfolio profitability, evaluating the impact of HHS's drug pricing under the Inflation Reduction Act on pharmaceutical R&D. Research Fellow, Harris Community Action Nov 2023 – Expected June 2024 Chicago

Partnered with RefugeeOne to refine feedback and impact evaluation processes, ensuring effective service implementation and enhancements.

Volunteer Analyst, UChicago TechTeam Oct 2023 - Dec 2023 Chicago

Conducted data analysis with 1000+ observations and generate data visualizations to help Genesys Works understand the relationship between Hello Insight Scores and training and internship success. Post-doctoral Researcher, Capital University of Economics and Business Aug 2020 - Aug 2023, Beijing Project Manager

Orchestrated 3 pivotal projects involving over 20 researchers and significantly contributed to 8 intensive studies. Secured grants exceeding $100, 000 from national and municipal governments.

Published 3 comprehensive questionnaires, oversaw surveys involving 10000+ citizens in Beijing. Led to actionable insights to empower local government authorities in China in improving public service delivery.

Conducted in-depth interviews with 50+ officials, resulting in a review of recommendations for the municipal government, aiding in digital transformation endeavors. The research is also published as “Doing More among Institutional Boundaries: Platform-enabled Government in China” in Review of Policy Research.

Processed and cleaned datasets comprising 30k+ observations, to estimate and visualize the survival rates of various interest groups. This analysis constitutes an important part of the forthcoming book titled “Research on Western Democratic System and National Governance Dilemma” Research Fellow in Public Administration

Published 8 papers about political process and public administration with 50+ citations.

Assembled a repository of 400k+ risk management policies, encoding the contents and constructing policy networks using Gephi, which was published in Lanzhou Academic Journal.

Evaluated impacts of globalization on compulsory education expenditure with spatial econometric models, which was published in Educational Research.

Examined the impact of promotion incentives of provincial leaders upon fiscal behaviors via fix-effects regression, which was published in Comparative Economic & Social Systems.

Utilized grounded theory and text-based coding techniques to investigate the interactions between government and citizens during environmental information disclosure, The findings are presented at the 79th Annual MPSA Conference. Lecturer

Led 4 undergraduate courses, in Public Policy, Administrative Organization, Comparative Politics and Research Methods in Public Administration, received high appraisal from students and awarded the Best Lecturer. Skills

Technic Skills: Microsoft Office; R/Python, STATA/SPSS/UCINET and qualitative software NVIVO/MAXQDA.

Languages: Chinese/Cantonese (Native), English (Fluent)