Thomas Wan University of Central Florida, USA

Dr. Thomas T. H. Wan is a professor of public affairs, health management and informatics, and medical education at University of Central Florida. His research expertise includes healthcare informatics, population health and health systems analysis. He graduated from Tunhai University in 1965 with a degree in Sociology, received both MA and Ph.D. in Sociology from University of Georgia, and completed his post-doctoral work with a degree in MHS from the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health in 1971. He received a major NIH research grant to assess Affordable Care Act on rural health disparities and outcomes, a research grant from the Pabst Foundation for evaluating the use of a web-based artistic toolkit for reducing caregiving burden for caregivers of Alzheimer and related disorders, and a research grant from the Florida Hospital Creation Health Center to perform systematic review and meta analysis of human factors influencing therapeutic outcomes of poly-chronic conditions. The effectiveness of care management innovations and practice for chronic diseases can be understood and achieved by modifying risk factors for avoiding readmissions. He has published a total of 14 books, 200+ articles and 24 book chapters