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CURRICULUM VITAE ZHE (JERRY) REN
Department of Economics 811-6969 Bayers Road
Dalhousie University Halifax, NS, B3L 4P3
6214 University Avenue 902-412 2553
Halifax, NS, B3H 3J5 zhe.ren@dal.ca
902-494 6210 http://myweb.dal.ca/zh748417
Fax: 902-494 6917 Canadian Citizen
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Health Economics, Cost-benefit Analysis, Population Health, Applied Econometrics,
Poverty and Inequality, Statistics and Data Analysis and Management, and Public
Policy.
DISSERTATION
Title: Two-dimension Oligopolistic Product Differentiation and a Multilevel Model of
Pharmaceutical Price Dynamics (In Progress)
Supervisors: Kuan Xu, Ingrid Sketris, and Yulia Kotlyarova
WORKING PAPERS
“A Multilevel Analysis of Price Dynamics for a Selected Cohort of Drugs” (Job-market
paper)
“The Impact of Poverty Threshold Choices on Poverty Persistence in Canada” (Coauthor
with Dr. Kuan Xu, Work in progress)
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Economics, Dalhousie University, NS, Canada, 2011 (anticipated)
M.A. Economics, Memorial University of Newfoundland, NL, Canada, 2004
B.A. Risk Management, Peking (Beijing) University, Beijing, China, 1999
WORK/ RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Economist at Division of Activity Based Funding, Alberta Health Services, (2010present)
Research design
Interdisciplinary collaboration
Cost-benefit and policy analysis
Administrative Database Management
Hierarchical linear modeling
Research Associate and Co-author for the project entitled “The Impact of Poverty
Threshold Choices on Poverty Persistence in Canada” under the Tom Symons
Research Fellowship chaired by Dr. Kuan Xu, funded by Statistics Canada, (2009-
2010)
Advanced micro-data analysis based on the Longitudinal Administrative Database
(LAD) as deemed employee of Statistics Canada
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Advanced micro-data analysis based on the Survey of Labour and Income
Dynamics (SLID) database
Advanced econometric (logistic/panel regression etc.) modeling
Data Analyst for the project entitled “The Cost of Tobacco Use in Saskatchewan –
Measuring Sustainable Development, Application of the Genuine Progress Index to
Saskatchewan”, (2009)
Data collection and analysis
Principal Investigator for the project entitled “The Economic Analysis of Price Drivers
of Statin Drugs under the Nova Scotia Pharmacare Programs” under the Drug Use
Management and Policy Residency Program chaired by Dr. Ingrid Sketris, funded by
CHSRF/CIHR/NSHRF, (2008-2009)
Research design
Interdisciplinary collaboration
Cost-benefit and policy analysis
Advanced data analysis (hierarchical linear modeling) based on the National
Prescription Drug Utilization Information System (NPDUIS) Database
Compliance Analyst for the project entitled “Atlantic Industry Review: a Regional
Perspective”, Atlantic Compliance Research Unit, Canada Revenue Agency-Atlantic
Regional Office, (2007-2008)
Data collection and analysis
Cost-benefit and policy analysis
Data Analyst for the project entitled “The Growth of Poor Children in China 1999-2000:
Why Food Subsidies May Matter” with Dr. Lars Osberg and Kuan Xu, (2007)
Programming and data analysis
Marketing and Sales Representative, CRM/ERP Solution Business Unit in Lenovo
Inc., Beijing, China, (1999-2003)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor, Dalhousie University
ECON 1101 Principles of Microeconomics, Spring Session, (2009)
Math Workshop of Graduate Students, Department of Economics, Summer (2004-
2009)
Teaching Assistant, Dalhousie University
Introductory and Intermediate Micro/Macroeconomics, (2004-2009)
Undergraduate Econometrics, (2005-2009)
Theory of Finance, (2006)
Introductory and Intermediate Mandarin Chinese, (2007-2010)
CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS
“Low Income Dynamics and Determinants under Different Thresholds: New Findings
for Canada in 2000 and Beyond”
Co-author, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, ON, September 2010
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Presenter, Department of Economics Seminar, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS,
September 2010
Co-author, Canadian Economics Association (CEA) Annual Conference, Quebec,
QC, May 2010
“A Multilevel Analysis of Drug Price Dynamics for a Selected Cohort of Drugs”
Presenter, Canadian Economics Association (CEA) Annual Conference, Quebec,
QC, May 2010
Presenter (poster), Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research
(CAHSPR) Conference, Toronto, ON, May 2010
Presenter (poster), Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)
Invitational Symposium, Halifax, NS, April 2010
Presenter, Department of Economics Seminar, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS,
March 2010
“The Paradox of Generic Competition – A Cost Study on Statin Drugs Reimbursed by
the Nova Scotia Pharmacare Programs”
Presenter, Atlantic Association of Applied Economists (AAAE) Student Prize for
Economic Policy, Halifax, NS, February 2010
“The Economic Analysis of Price Drivers of Statin Drugs under the Nova Scotia
Pharmacare Programs”
Presenter (poster), Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada (AFPC) Annual
Conference, Co-authored with Sketris, I., Graham, S., Kumaranayake, L., Xu, K.,
and Joyce, M., Halifax, NS, June 2009
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) Invitational
Symposium, Participant, Edmonton, AB, April 2008
HONOURS/AWARDS AND FUNDING
First-place Prize for CIHR-IHSPR CAHSPR Poster Competition, 2010
Best Student Poster Award at the CADTH Symposium, 2010
Dalhousie University Graduate Thesis Student Conference Travel Grant, 2010
Winner of the AAAE Student Prize for Economic Policy, 2010
CADTH Student Travel Award, 2008 and 2010
Statistics Canada Research Funding, 2009-2010
Nova Scotia Drug Use Management & Policy Research, Residency Funding, 2008
Dalhousie University Graduate Teaching Assistantship, 2004-2009
Dalhousie University Graduate Scholarship, 2004-2008
Dalhousie University FGS International Student Scholarship, 2004
Memorial University of Newfoundland Graduate Fellowship, 2003
COMPUTER SKILLS
Statistical packages: Stata, SAS, SPSS, R, Gauss, Shazam, Maple etc.
Document-processing packages: LaTeX, Lyx, Novell Groupwise, Lotus Notes,
Microsoft Office Suite etc.
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member of Canadian Economics Association
Member of Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research
LANGUAGES
English (Fluent)
Chinese, both traditional and simplified (Native)
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
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