Education:

Ph.D., Health Services Research & Policy, University of Rochester (2004)

M.S. (1999), BS (1996), West China Medical University

Research Interests:

Long-term care financing, rural health, cost-effectiveness of medical and public health interventions

Honors:

2006 James G. Zimmer New Investigator Research Award, American Public Health Association, Gerontological Health Section

2006 Most Outstanding Abstracts, Academy Health/Long-term Care

Teaching:

HPH 562 Data Management and Informatics http://mysbfiles.stonybrook.edu/~homeng/hph562.html

HPH 565 Health Services Research Applications  
http://mysbfiles.stonybrook.edu/~homeng/hph565.html

HPH 513 Decision-Making in Public Health and Medicine

Contact:

hongdao.meng@stonybrook.edu

Selected Publications:

 Meng H, Wamsley BR, Friedman B, Liebel D, Dixon D, Gao S, Oakes D, Eggert G, The Impact of Disease Management-Health Promotion Interventions on a Medicare Population with Disabilities, American Journal of Health Promotion. 2009

Meng H, Wamsley BR, Eggert GM, Liebel D, Dixon D, Van Nostrand JN, Urban-Rural Differences in the Effect of a Medicare Health Promotion and Disease Self-Management Program on Physical Function and Health Care Expenditures. Gerontologist. 2009, 49(3):407-417.

Taira B, Meng H, Goodman M, Singer A, Does off-hour admission affect burn patient outcome?Burn. 2009

He XZ, Meng H, Changes in Weight among U.S. Adults Aged 70 and Over, 1993 to 2002. Preventive Medicine. 2008, 47:489-493.

Dixon D, Meng H, Goldberg R, Schneiderman N, Delamato A. Stress and Body Mass Index (BMI) each Contribute Independently to Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Production in Pre-pubescent Latino Children. Journal of Pediatric Nursing. 2008 March.

Taira BR, Meng H, Fenton KE, Lee TK, McCormack JE, Huang E, Singer AJ, Scriven RJ, Shapiro MJ, Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Pediatric Trauma Patients. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2008.

Shah S, Turcotte F, Meng H, Influenza Vaccination of Expectant Parents with Subsequent Neonatal Intensive Care Admission. Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. 2008, Oct;21(10):752-7.

Meng H, Wamsley BR, Eggert GM, Van Nostrand JN, Impact of a Health Promotion Nurse Intervention on Disability and Health Care Costs among Elderly Adults with Heart Conditions. Journal of Rural Health. 2007, Autumn; 23(4):322-31.

Meng H, Friedman B, Dick AW, Wamsley BR, Eggert GM, Mukamel DB, Effect of a voucher benefit on the demand for paid personal assistance. The Gerontologist 2006. Apr; 46(2)183-92.

Meng H, Friedman B, Wamsley BR, Mukamel DB, Eggert GM, Effect of a consumer-directed voucher and a disease-management-health-promotion nurse intervention on home care use. The Gerontologist 2005 Apr;45(2):167-76.

Mukamel DB, Watson NM, Meng H, Spector WD, Development of a Risk-Adjusted Urinary Incontinence Outcome Measure of Quality for Nursing Homes. Medical Care. 2003; 41(4)467-478.