Professor Ruoling Chen- Honorary Professor in Epidemiology and Mental Health

Professor Ruoling Chen- Honorary Professor in Epidemiology and Mental Health

Professor Ruoling Chen- Honorary Professor in Epidemiology and Mental Health
Specialism/ Areas of Interest
Epidemiology of Chronic Disease, Mental Health, Global Health
Projects to date
Rural-urban and geographic differences in prevalence, management and prognosis of dementia in
China. Principal Investigator, funded by BUPA Foundation, UK (£104,707) (2010-2011)
Social determinants of dementia. Principal Investigator, funded by Strategic Research
Development Fund, Wolverhampton of University, UK (£5,000) (2010-2011)
Utilisation of the Myocardial Ischemia National Audit Project (MINAP) data – Statistical aspects
Principal Investigator, funded by NHS Heart Hospital, University College London, UK
(£11,000) (2009-2011)
Publications
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Chen R, Hu Z, Wei L, Qin X, Copeland JRM. Is the relationship between syndromes of
depression and dementia temporal? - the MRC-ALPHA and Hefei-China studies.
Psychol Med. 2009;39:425-30.
Birkhead J, Weston C, Chen R. Determinants and outcomes of coronary angiography
after non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a cohort study of the Myocardial
Ischemia National Audit Project (MINAP). Heart 2009;95:1593-9.
Chen R. Mortality attributable to smoking in China. N Engl J Med. 2009;360:1911.
Henriksson M, Palmer S, Chen R, Damant J, Fitzpatrick N, Abrams K, et al. Assessing
the cost-effectiveness of prognostic biomarkers: a case study in prioritising patients
waiting for coronary artery surgery. BMJ 2010; 340:b5606
Hemingway H, Philipson P, Chen R, Fitzpatrick N, Damant J, Shipley M, et al.
Evaluating the quality of research into a single prognostic biomarker: a systematic
review and meta-analysis of 83 studies of C reactive protein in stable coronary artery
disease. PLoS Med 2010; 7(6):e1000285
Chen R, Copeland JRM. Epidemiology of depression in older people: prevalence and
incidence. In: Abou-Saleh MM, Katona CLE, and Kumar A. (eds): Principles and Practice of
Geriatric Psychiatry (3rd Edition). Wiley-Blackwell 2011
Chen R, Ma Y, Wilson K, Hu Z, Sallah D, Wang JJ, Fan LH, Chen RL, Copeland JRM. A
multicentre community-based study of dementia cases and subcases in older people in
rural and urban China--the GMS-AGECAT prevalence and socio-economic correlates. Int
J Geriatr Psychiatry 2011 (in press).
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Contact Details
• Name: Professor Ruoling Chen
• Address: Centre for Health for Health and Social Care Improvement , School of Health
and Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton, ML Building, Deanery Row, Off Molineux
Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1DT
• Phone Number: 01902 518649
• Email: [email protected]
• Website address: www.wlv.ac.uk/chsci
www.wlv.ac.uk/chsci