• PhD, School of Public Health, Peking University, Social Medicine and Health Management

Dr. Song’s areas of expertise focus on health disparities, health policy, health economics, health system, non-communicable diseases, and cognitive aging.

• Alzheimer’s Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment (ISTAART)
• American Public Health Association
• American College of Preventive Medicine
• China Health Policy and Management Society (US-based)
• Academy Health

• HPAM 8850 Economic Evaluation Methods in Health
• HPAM 3500E Introduction to Healthcare Management

Addressing disparities in cognitive aging by modifiable risk factors and policy levers.

Song, S., Gaynor, A.M., Cruz, E., Lee, S., Gazes, Y., Habeck, C., Stern, Y., Gu, Y. (2022). Mediterranean diet and white matter hyperintensity change over time in cognitively intact adults. Nutrients, 14: 3664. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14173664

Song, S., Zang, S., Zhai, Z., Lin, L., Francis, M., Hou, Z. (2022). Willingness and uptake of the COVID-19 testing and vaccination in urban China during the low-risk period: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health, 22(1):556. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12969-5

Song, S., Kucik, J. (2022). Trends in impact of Medicaid expansion on use of clinical preventive services. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 62(5):752-762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2021.11.002

Song, S., Stern, Y., Gu, Y. (2021). Modifiable lifestyle factors and cognitive reserve: a systematic review of current evidence. Ageing Research Reviews, 74:101551. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2021.101551

Song, S., Kucik, J. (2021). Trends in utilization of recommended clinical preventive services, 2011–2019. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 61(2):149–157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2021.03.010

Song, S., Duan, Y., Huang, J., Wong, M., Chen, H., Trisolini, M., Labresh, K., Smith, S., Jin, Y., Zheng, Z. (2021). Socioeconomic inequalities in premature cancer mortality among US counties during 1999 to 2018. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 30(7):1375–1386. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-1534

Hou, Z.*, Song, S.*, Du, F., Shi, L., Zhang, D., Lin, L., Yu, H. (2021). Influence of the COVID-19 epidemic on prevention and vaccination behaviors among Chinese children and adolescents: results from an online survey. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 7(5):e26372. https://doi.org/10.2196/26372 (*Co-first author)

Song, S., Ma, G., Trisolini, M., Labresh, K., Smith, S., Jin, Y., Zheng, Z. (2021). Evaluation of between-county disparities in premature mortality due to stroke in the US. JAMA network open, 4(5): e214488-e214488. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.4488

Song, S., White, A., Kucik, J. (2021). Use of selected recommended clinical preventive services — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2018. MMWR Morbidity Mortality Weekly Report, 70:461–466. https://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7013a1

Song, S., Trisolini, M., Labresh, K., Smith, S., Jin, Y., Zheng, Z. (2020). Factors associated with county-level variation in non-communicable disease premature mortality in the United States, 1999-2017. JAMA network open, 3(2): e200241-e200241. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.0241

Song, S., Yuan, B., Zhang, L., Cheng, G., Zhu, W., Hou, Z., He, L., Ma, X., Meng, Q. (2019). Increased inequalities in health resource and access to health care in rural China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(1), 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16010049

Song, S., Ma, X., Zhang, L., Yuan, B., Meng, Q. (2018). Precision targeting for more equitable distribution of health professionals in rural China. Health Policy and Planning, 33(7):821-827. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czy061