FACULTY PROFILE
Dr. Cheng is an
Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Administration at the Governors
State University.
She is a health economist by training. She applies an economic and policy analysis approach to
investigate impacts of various tobacco control policies, including
taxations/pricings, smokefree laws, and FDA potential regulations on tobacco
use and other related outcomes. She has published articles in leading
economics, public health, and tobacco control journals, e.g., Health
Economics, Social Science & Medicine, American
Journal of Preventive Medicine, American Journal of Public Health, Tobacco
Control, etc., with very high impact factors. Her commitment to a research
career in economics, tobacco control and regulation evaluation is demonstrated
by her contribution to smoking related economics research for over 10 years,
tobacco policy and regulation research for over 7 years, and FDA tobacco regulatory
science research for over 3 years.
Dr. Cheng
received her PhD in Policy Analysis and Management from Cornell University in
2010. She received postdoctoral fellowships at University of California San
Francisco 2009-2011 and the Georgia State University Center for Tobacco
Regulatory Science, with the focus on Tobacco Control and Tobacco Regulatory
Science 2015-2017.
View my CV here.