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Center for Global Health Faculty

Sai Ma

Assistant Scientist

Sai Ma

Academic Degrees

  • PhD
  • MPhil
  • MPA

Departmental Affiliation

Departmental Address

615 North Wolfe St., Rm E4153

Contact Information

Phone:
410-502-9317

Research and Professional Experience

Her research interest includes early childhood development, paternal roles in child development, family-, school- and neighborhood-level influence on child physical and mental well-being, social determinants of health, and health disparities across racial and ethnic groups. She is also interested in health and social consequences of aging in China as well as China’s health care system reform. She received her doctorate degree from the Pardee RAND Graduate School in 2007.

Keywords

Early childhood well-being; aging population; social determinants of health; health disparities; international health; unintentional injury; road safety; health system in China.

Selected Publications

 

Sai Ma, Kevin Frick, Sara Bleich, Lisa Dubay. "Racial disparities in medical expenditures by body weight categories." In press, Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Lauren Block, Sai Ma, Matt Emerson, Desiree De La Torre, Anne Langley, Gary Noronha. "The Access Partnership: Improving access to specialty care for the uninsured." In press, Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved.  

Sai Ma, Qingfeng Li, Maigeng Zhou, Leilei Duan, David Bishai. “Road Traffic Injury in China: a Review of National Data Sources.” In press, Traffic Injury Prevention

Sai Ma, Nhan Tran, Vladimir Klyavin, Francesco Zambon, Kristin Hatcher, Adnan Hyder. "Seatbelt and Child Seat Use in Lipetskaya Oblast, Russia: Frequencies, Attitudes and Perceptions." In press, Traffic Injury Prevention

Sai Ma, Kevin Frick. "A simulation of affordability and effectiveness of childhood obesity interventions." Academic Pediatrics, 2011; 11(4): 342-350

Sai Ma, Brian Finch. "Birth Outcome Measures and Infant Mortality." Population Research & Policy Review. 2010; 29(6): 865-891

Bernard Guyer, Sai Ma. "Conceptualizing Health Disparities: Panel Reflections." Pediatrics, 2009; 124(Supplement_3): S212 - S213.

Bernard Guyer, Sai Ma, Holly Grason, Kevin D. Frick, Deborah Perry, Alyssa Sharkey, Jennifer McIntosh. "Early Childhood Health Promotion and its Life-course Health Consequences." Academic Pediatrics, 2009, May-Jun;9(3):142-149.e1-71.

Kevin D. Frick, Sai Ma. “Overcoming challenges for the economic evaluation of investments in children’s health.” Academic Pediatrics, 2009; May-Jun;9(3):136-7.

Sai Ma, Neeraj Sood. 2008 "A Comparison of the Health Systems in China and India." RAND report OP-212-CAPP Available at: http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP212/ Brief available at: http://www.rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/CP521-2008-06/

Sai Ma. "Paternal Race/Ethnicity and Birth Outcomes." American Journal of Public Health, 2008; 98(12): 2285-2292

Marc Elliott, Brian Finch, David Klein, Sai Ma, Do P, Beckett MK, Orr N, Lurie N. “Sample Designs for Measuring the Health of Small Racial Ethnic Subgroups.” Statistics in Medicine, 2008; 27(20): 4016-4029

Soeren Mattke, Michael Seid, Sai Ma. "Evidence for the Impact of Disease Management: Is $1 Billion a Year a Good Investment?" American Journal of Managed Care, 2007; 13:670-676

Sai Ma, Khoa Truong, Roland Sturm. “School characteristics and behavior problems of U.S. fifth-graders.” Psychiatric Services, 2007; 58(5):610.

Sai Ma, Michael Seid. “Using Foresight Methods to Anticipate Future Threats: The Case of Disease Management.” Health Care Management Review, 2006; 31(4):270-279.

Khoa D Truong, Sai Ma. “A Systematic Review of Relations between Neighborhoods and Mental Health.” The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 2006; 9(3): 137-154.

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