{"656161":{"#nid":"656161","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Post-Doctoral Fellow Jie Chen Accepts Tenure-track Position at James Madison University","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECongratulations to post-doctoral fellow Jie Chen, who was\u0026nbsp;offered a tenure-track position at James Madison University! At JMU, Chen will teach health economics and statistics courses and continue her research in health economics using applied econometrics methods.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EChen is\u0026nbsp;a Ph.D. graduate\u0026nbsp;of\u0026nbsp;Lehigh University\u0026nbsp;and a post-doctoral fellow in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/HEAL\u0022\u003EHealth Economics and Analytics Lab\u003C\/a\u003E (HEAL) at Georgia Tech. She\u0026nbsp;chose her primary area of study because she likes to \u0026quot;work on research that generates an impact on health policy and solves real-world health problems,\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;and she has published articles in \u003Cem\u003EHealth Economics\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;journal.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile Chen is most looking forward to continuing her research in health economics, she also has a passion for teaching. \u0026quot;I\u0026nbsp;enjoy working with my students and helping them succeed,\u0026quot; she said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026quot;While teaching, I also have a chance to learn from my students, which in turn will inspire my own research.\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has been a great part of her research journey. \u0026quot;While at Georgia Tech, I have been very fortunate to have the opportunity to work with talented researchers,\u0026quot; Chen said. \u0026quot;My advisor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/danny-hughes\u0022\u003EDr. Danny Hughes\u003C\/a\u003E has been instrumental in helping me develop my research portfolio and prepare me for an academic career.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECongratulations, Jie!\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERead some of her recent work below:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/projects\/recessions-unemployment-and-mental-health\u0022\u003ERecessions, Unemployment, and Mental Health\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/projects\/effects-paid-sick-leave-worker-absenteeism\u0022\u003EEffects of Paid Sick Leave on Worker Absenteeism\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"At JMU, Chen\u00a0will teach health economics and statistics courses and\u00a0continue her\u00a0research in health economics using applied econometrics methods."}],"uid":"35781","created_gmt":"2022-03-09 18:41:46","changed_gmt":"2022-03-22 13:41:01","author":"mnguyen331","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-03-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-03-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"656414":{"id":"656414","type":"image","title":"Post-Doctoral Fellow Jie Chen","body":null,"created":"1647444149","gmt_created":"2022-03-16 15:22:29","changed":"1647613894","gmt_changed":"2022-03-18 14:31:34","alt":"Image of Jie Chen on a gold patterned background","file":{"fid":"248812","name":"Jie Chen banner.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jie%20Chen%20banner.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jie%20Chen%20banner.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":505698,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Jie%20Chen%20banner.jpg?itok=gV43gQfy"}}},"media_ids":["656414"],"groups":[{"id":"1282","name":"School of Economics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMaggie Nguyen\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESOE Communications Student Assistant\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Emnguyen331@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["mnguyen331@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}