Principal Investigator: Ma X
Funding Agency: Support to Promote Advancement of Research and Creativity (SPARC) Graduate Research Grant, Graduate School, University of South Carolina
Total amount: $5,000
Dates: 05/01/2016 – 07/31/2017
Top Six Best Ph.D. Papers Award (2021). FIRS 2021
Mirae Asset Daewoo Best Paper Award (2020). Conference on the Asia-Pacific Financial Markets 2020
Emerging Scholar (2018). 6th Annual Community Banking Research and Policy Conference at Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
American College of Epidemiology Student Travel Award (2015). Poster entitled “The Association between Store-Specific and Overall Food Shopping Behaviors and Household Food Security”
Best Student Poster Award (2015). 2015 Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities, 5th Annual Symposium on Healthy Eating in Context, poster entitled “The association between food shopping behaviors and household food security”
Graduate Scholarship (2011-2013). University of Hong Kong
American Economic Association/American Finance Association; Midwest Finance Association; Financial Management Association; Wu Chapter Member, Delta Omega Honor Society; American College of Epidemiology Association
Research in International Business and Finance (2020 – present), Managerial Finance (2024 – present), Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (2019 – present), Public Health Nutrition (2018 – present), Journal of Nutrition (2021 – present), SDRP Journal of Food Science Technology (2018), Journal of Urban Health (2023 – present)
Mentor: Deniz Anginer
World Bank Group at DC
Mentor: Allen Berger, Da Ke, Dongmei Li, Hugh Kim, Donghang (DH) Zhang, Chao Jiang
Department of Finance
University of South Carolina
Mentor: Ronit Elk
College of Nursing
University of South Carolina
Projects include:
University of South Carolina ASPIRE I: Culturally Tailored Conversations at EOL: What African American Patients Want Physicians to Know
University of South Carolina ASPIRE II: Culturally-Based Care Preferences for Patients with Life-Limiting Illness
Telehealth Palliative Care Connect: A Demonstration Project for Palliative Care Consult in Rural Primary Care Settings
Mentor: Chelsea Lynes
Project: The association between healthcare coverage and diabetic management among diabetic population: Information from Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System (BRFSS) 2011-2014.
SC Department of Health and Environmental Control
Course: Epidemiology Methods II
Mentor: Jihong Liu
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Arnold School of Public Health
University of South Carolina
Mentor: Angela D. Liese
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Arnold School of Public Health
University of South Carolina
Projects include:
NIH 1R01CA180336: Evaluation of Food Hub’s Impact on Food Access, Diet and Weight in a Food Desert
University of South Carolina ASPIRE I: Culturally Tailored Conversations at EOL: What African American Patients Want Physicians to Know
NIH 1R01ES019168: Air Pollution, Subclinical CVD and Inflammatory Markers in the SEARCH Cohort
University of South Carolina Provost Social Science Award Project: Psychosocial & socioeconomic profiles in youth with diabetes: Opportunities for tailored diabetes management strategies
NIH/NCI 3R21CA132133: Developing Measures of Built Nutrition Environment (Perceptions & Diet Survey)
Food Acquisition and Purchases Survey (FoodAPS) Study: Influences on Fruit and Vegetable Acquisition: An Examination of Community Food Environments, Household Purchase Behaviors, Psychosocial Attributes, and SNAP Status
University of South Carolina ASPIRE I: Provider Access, Glycemic Control and Metabolic Health in Youth with Diabetes: Does it Matter Where You Live?
Project: Geocoding subjects’ addresses in an elderly cohort
Mentor: PC Lai
Department of Geography
University of Hong Kong
Conference: International Conference of Body Composition (IBC2011)
Mentor: Shankuan Zhu
School of Public Health
Zhejiang University
SAS, STATA, R, ArcGIS, and econometric analytical skills
Language: Mandarin and English