Kee Chan, PhD, MBA
Textbook Author of Public and Population Health: Perspectives for Health Systems Management
Contact me:
Email: keechanphd@gmail.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/keechan
Textbook: Chan, K., & Sewell, R. (2025). Public and Population Health: Perspectives for Health Systems Management (Vol. 1). ACHE Learn.
Hardcopy and Digital Copy available on the American College of Healthcare Executive website or Kindle via Amazon.
Public and Population Health Perspectives for Health Systems Management is a groundbreaking resource designed to provide future health leaders, managers, and practitioners with the tools and strategies they need to revolutionize population health outcomes. Rooted in cutting-edge frameworks like design thinking and systems thinking, this first-edition textbook bridges theory and practice, empowering readers to effectively address complex challenges in public and population health management.
Education:
- PhD, Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT
- ALM, Finance and Management, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- MBA, Executive MBA program, Quantic School of Business and Technology, Washington DC.
- MS, Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- BS, Molecular Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
- Certificate in Strategic Management, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- Certificate in Social Sector Leadership, Berkeley-Haas School of Business, Berkeley, CA
Fellowship and Training:
- Digital Marketing, Wharton Online, University of Pennsylvania
- Instructional Designer Certificate Program, Online Consortium Learning
- Institute for Emerging Leadership in Online Learning
- Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland.
- Agent-Based Modeling Certification, Institute of System Sciences and Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
- AnyLogic Modeling Certification, AnyLogic, Chicago, IL
Awards:
- American Public Health Association (APHA) Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Young Professional Award (2013)
- Eric Mood New Professional Award by Yale Alumni Association (2013)
Research Interest:
Medical Decision Making
Infectious Diseases (HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis)
Public Health Genomics and Chronic Diseases
Strategic Management and Financial Analysis
Maternal and Child Health
About Kee Chan, Ph.D.:
Dr. Kee Chan is a population health program manager, focused on health equity, social impact, and storytelling using design thinking. Since 2024, she is also the Editor-in-Chief of SAGE Open Pediatrics and with over 20 years of teaching experience, she enjoys giving lectures and workshops on public health management and leadership for workforce training at universities and capacity-building with organizations such as CDC, HRSA, and state public health agencies. She is the co-author of the first edition textbook “Public and Population Health: Perspectives on Health Systems Management” (by the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Learn)). She is currently the President of Membership Experience in Midwest Region for the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association.
Her research interest includes the intersection of science and strategic planning, financial analysis, public health management, and medical decision-making analysis. Dr. Chan researches the comparative analysis of new biomedical intervention and testing on improving population health and its impact on healthcare services delivery.
Academic Background:
She received her BS and MS in Biology from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), and her Ph.D. in Epidemiology and Public Health from Yale University. To extend her interest in creating sustainable healthcare systems in the era of genomic information, Dr. Chan earned her Master’s degree in Management at Harvard University. From 2002 to 2007, Dr. Chan conducted research at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). From 2009 to 2015, Dr. Chan served as a health economist and research investigator for the Center of Innovation (COIN) at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in Bedford and Boston, MA. For the VA, she conducted business cases analysis and policy modeling on HIV, Hepatitis C, and cancer genomics.
Research and Policy Breakthrough:
Her significant contribution to society includes her development of a screening test to detect for T-cell receptor excision circles (TRECs) in newborns, in which the absence of TRECs is indicative of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) (Chan and Puck 2005). With screening, babies with SCID are identified early and can be saved by bone marrow treatment and live a healthy life. As of the year 2026, all the states in the U.S. have implemented newborn screening for SCID to screen for over 4 million babies. In the summer of 2015, Dr. Chan was invited to be a part of the European Expert Panel on SCID Screening in Vienna, Austria, to advocate the life-saving benefits of early screening and cost-savings to the healthcare system. Currently, UK, Israel, Netherlands, Taiwan, and Italy are implementing pilot programs to screen for SCID. Dr. Chan was a member of the Genetic Alliance Consumer Task Force on Baby’s First Test, and together, they helped increased the awareness of genetic testing and newborn screening through grassroots efforts.
Popular Publications:
Dr. Chan has led workshops and written papers on professional development in several national forums. Published in the highly-acclaimed The Chronicle of Higher Education, her article on “Translating the 7 Effective Habits for the Classroom” provides a faculty guide on developing and teaching new academic courses. Dr. Chan is also an advisor on careers in science and public health. She has written papers on career advice for scientists, and her paper on “Bridging Your Research Into Public Health” describes effective tips on navigating through the transition (Chan, Science 2012). Her publication on using design thinking for public health provided the foundation for her new textbook “Public and Population Health: Perspectives for Health Systems Management“.
Visit Dr. Chan’s publications at Google Scholar Citations
updated June 2026
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