Dr. Xuechen Xiong joined the Division of Health Economics, Policy, and Management at the School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, in 2023 as a Post-doctoral Fellow. She holds a Ph.D. and Master’s degree in Public Health from Fudan University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Management from Soochow University.

Her research interests include health economics, health policy, and health geography, with a focus on evaluating health system performance, equity in healthcare access, and the cost-effectiveness of public health interventions. She has contributed to several externally funded projects, including those supported by the Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF), the General Research Fund (GRF), and the Jockey Club Project. Her work has been published in leading journals such as The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific, BMC Medicine, and Value in Health, and she has presented at major international conferences including IHEA, ISPOR, and APHA. In addition, she serves as a peer reviewer for academic journals such as PLOS Digital Health.

Dr. Xiong is actively engaged in policy-relevant research. Her cost-effectiveness analysis of the Vaccine Allergy Safety Track program has informed public health strategies to improve vaccine uptake in Hong Kong. Her spatial equity analysis of health resources contributed to planning decisions by the Shanghai Health Commission for the 2015–2020 primary healthcare strategy. She is currently collaborating with the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) to model the health and economic impact of alcohol price across China.

1. Xiong XC, Ng C, Peng ZT, Quan JC. Disease burden of oesophageal cancer attributable to genetic variants and alcohol consumption in Hong Kong, China. LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-WESTERN PACIFIC. FEB 2025;55101348. doi:10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101348 [IF 8.1 (2024), Rank 5/185 Health Care Sciences & Services]
2. Xiong XC, Huo ZH, Zhou YN, et al. Economic costs attributable to modifiable risk factors: an analysis of 24 million urban residents in China. BMC Med. NOV 21 2024;22(1)549. doi:10.1186/s12916-024-03772-7. [IF 8.3 (2024), Rank 19/332 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL]
3. Xiong XC, Huo ZH, Chiang V, Ye J, Hong YD, Yi X, Ng CS, Li PH, Quan JC#. (2024) Evaluation of vaccine allergy safety track program to assess potential COVID-19 vaccine allergy: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol. doi: 10.12932/AP-270524-1864. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39306735. [IF 5.0 (2022), ALLERGY 7/28]
4. Xiong XC, Huo ZH, Zhou SA, et al. Short- and long-term impacts of the National Essential Medicines Policy on drug availability, price, and usage in a deprived rural county in southwestern China: an interrupted time series analysis across 8 years. FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH. AUG 29 2024;121355239. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2024.1355239 [IF 6.5 (2021), Rank 78/419 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health]
5. Xiong XC, Luo L, Zhou S, Li VJ, Zhou YA, Huo ZH. A profile of patients' and doctors' perceptions , acceptance, and utilization of e-health in a deprived region in southwestern China. PLOS DIGITAL HEALTH. APR 2023;2(4)e0000238. doi:10.1371/journal.pdig.0000238 [IF 7.7 (2024), Rank 7/185 Health Care Sciences & Services]
6. Xiong XC, Huo ZH, Zhou SH, Bai G, Zhou YN, Quan JC, Luo Li. HPR33 Short- and Long-Term Impacts of the National Essential Medicines Policy on Drug in Rural China. Value in Health 2024;27:S200–1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2024.03.1103 [IF 5 (2023), Rank 5/118 Health Policy & Services]
7. Xiong XC, Li VJ, Huang B, Huo ZH. Equality and social determinants of spatial accessibility, availability, and affordability to primary health care in Hong Kong, a descriptive study from the perspective of spatial analysis. BMC Health Serv Res. NOV 17 2022;22(1)1364. doi:10.1186/s12913-022-08760-2 [IF 2.8 (2022), Rank 55/185 Health Care Sciences & Services]
8. Xiong XC, Li J, Huang B, et al. Economic Value of Vaccines to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic in Hong Kong: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. VACCINES. APR 2022;10(4)495. doi:10.3390/vaccines10040495 [IF 7.8 (2022), Rank 32/161 Immunology]
9. Xiong XC, Cao XL, Luo L. The ecology of medical care in Shanghai. BMC Health Serv Res. JAN 9 2021;21(1)51. doi:10.1186/s12913-020-06022-7 [IF 3 (2021), Rank 55/185 Health Care Sciences & Services]
10. Xiong XC, Jin C, Chen HL, Luo L. Using the Fusion Proximal Area Method and Gravity Method to Identify Areas with Physician Shortages. PLoS One. OCT 3 2016;11(10)e0163504. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0163504 [IF 3.8 (2022), Rank 26/73 Multidisciplinary Sciences]