Biography
Dr Victoria Fan is an assistant professor
of health policy based at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. She is also an
FXB fellow at the Francois Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at
Harvard University, an adjunct fellow at the East West Center, and a visiting
fellow at the Center for Global Development. She earned her doctor and master
of science in global health and population from Harvard School of Public Health
and bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. Her work in health economics and health systems has contributed
to identifying the health financing transition, landscaping the health
workforce in China and India, and assessing payment and incentive mechanisms.
She has written papers on aid effectiveness and value for money of development
assistance for health. Her work using impact evaluation and economic evaluation
in health have assessed the costs and benefits of health interventions and
health risks, including diabetes prevention, dental sealants, end-of-life care,
and pandemic influenza. She has been invited as a guest speaker by or given
advice to multilateral institutions (e.g. UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, and African
Development Bank) and national governments (e.g. Chinese State Council, Indian
Finance Commission, NITI Aayog, and ministries of health in China, India, South
Korea, Thailand, and Myanmar). She has worked with nongovernmental
organizations in Asia (e.g. BRAC, SEWA, Tzu Chi) and at units at Harvard
University (Harvard Initiative for Global Health, Harvard Global Equity
Initiative, Harvard University Program for Health Care Financing). She
previously served as a consultant for the China Medical Board, World Bank and
World Health Organization. Her research has been supported by the National
Institutes of Health, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation, China Medical Board, Rockefeller Foundation, and the
State of Hawaii. She has published in The Lancet, BMJ, Social Science and
Medicine, Health Services Research, and other journals. Victoria was born and
raised in Honolulu.