Wenhui Mao

Assistant Director, Programs

Wenhui Mao is an Assistant Director of Programs at Duke Global Health Innovation Center and Innovations in Healthcare, and Instructor of Global Health at Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University. Wenhui supports the policy and research initiatives, and her current interests include 1) the impact of health policy through policy analysis and economic evaluation; 2) health financing, including both external and domestic financing; and 3) access to health products. Wenhui has published over 120 academic articles, policy briefs, working papers and blogs and serves as Commissioner of The Lancet Commission on Investing in Health, member of Research Committee of Consortium of University of Global Health (CUGH), Editorial Board Member and Guest Editor for multiple journals.

Prior to joining GHIC, Wenhui was a Senior Policy and Research Associate at the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health and a postdoctoral scholar at Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University. Wenhui received her Ph.D. in Health Economics and B.A. in Public Health from Fudan University, China.