CHQ Welcomes Dr. Md Rifat Haider as a Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Mohammad Rifat Haider earned his Ph.D. in Health Services Policy and Management from the University of South Carolina. He also obtained his master’s degrees in Health Economics and Population Sciences and Bachelor degree in Medicine from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dr. Haider’s current research interest includes health services research on infectious diseases, e.g., HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis, big data analytics and its application in healthcare, economic evaluation of health programs, and health inequity in both developed and developing country settings.
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CHQ Faculty and Scholars presenting at the American Public Health Association [APHA] Annual Meeting EXPO 2017

  Abstracts Will the village doctors in South China use a mobile-based HIV training? Factors for their acceptability,  Shan Qiao1, Xiaoming Li, PhD1, Zhiyong Shen, MD2 and Yuejiao Zhou, MD3, (1)University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, (2)Guangxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanning, China, (3)Guangxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Nanning, China Changing Minds Through Communications: Utilization of theory to enhance village doctors’ willingness to treat people living with HIV/AIDS in rural China,  Jo-Yun Li, University of South Carolina, Sayward Harrison, Ph.D., Shan Qiao and Xiaoming Li, PhD, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC Disclosure of sexual orientation to healthcare providers among men who have sex with men: A systematic review,  Shan Qiao, Guangyu Zhou, Ph.D. and Xiaoming Li, PhD, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC Age differences…
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Fighting Disease with Big Data

Bankole Olatosi, left, and Xiaoming Li, both Arnold School of Public Health professors, are leading an interdisciplinary team using data and predictive analytics aimed at improving the continuity of medical care for South Carolinians diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.   Fighting Disease with Big Data    South Carolina researchers receive 3.1 million NIH grant
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McCutchen House Luncheon to celebrate New Funded Project: Big Data Analytics of HIV Treatment Gaps in South Carolina and welcome new CHQ team members

The University of South Carolina's 28th President Harris Pastides, joined by Vice Provost P. Allen Miller, Dean G. Thomas Chandler, and the South Carolina Smartstate Center for Healthcare Quality (CHQ) faculty and staff, celebrated the NIH funded project titled, “Big Data Analytics of HIV Treatment Gaps in South Carolina: Identification and Prediction”  funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) secured by Dr. Xiaoming Li (PI) and Dr. Bankole Olatosi (PI), in collaboration with Dr. Jianjun Hu, Dr. Sharon Weissman, and Dr. Jiajia Zhang.  The celebration also included new team members that recently joined CHQ.  (September 1, 2017)
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