Gang Chen is Professor of Cancer Health Services Research and Head of the Cancer Health Services Research Unit in the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne, a role he began in July 2024. He also serves as Adjunct Professor (Research) at the Centre for Health Economics, Monash University. Chen holds a PhD from the Centre for Health Economics, Monash University (2013), a Master of Management Science from Xi'an Jiaotong University (2007), and a Bachelor of Medicine from Xi'an Jiaotong University (2004). Prior appointments encompass Associate Professor (2018-2024) and Senior Research Fellow (2016-2018) at Monash Centre for Health Economics, Research Fellow at Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer and Flinders Health Economics Group (2012-2016), and Research Fellow at China Center for Health Economic Research, Peking University (2007-2009).

A health economist with training in medicine and management, Chen's academic interests focus on person-centred care, health preference research, and economic evaluations in cancer services. He led development of the preference-based Disability Wellbeing Index (DWI) for people with disabilities, funded by the National Disability Insurance Agency, and contributed to Quality of Care Experience - Aged Care Consumers (QCE-ACC), adopted nationally by the Department of Health and Aged Care. His cancer research includes economic evaluations of colorectal and oesophageal cancer screening, patient preference studies for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers, health utility elicitation for oesophageal, gastric, rectal, and breast cancers, and methods reducing uncertainty in funding using prostate cancer real-world data. Supported by NHMRC, MRFF, ARC, Cancer Australia, NDIA, and others, he has co-authored over 190 peer-reviewed papers in journals such as Social Science & Medicine, Health Economics, PharmacoEconomics, Value in Health, Quality of Life Research, Medical Decision Making, British Journal of Cancer, British Journal of Psychiatry, and Pediatrics. Key publications include "Incorporating importance weights to measure the subjective wellbeing of people with disability" (2026), "Preferences for the use of artificial intelligence for breast cancer screening in Australia" (2025), and "Behavioral responses to healthcare funding decisions and their impact on value for money" (2025).

Chen received the ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (2018), Monash Business School Dean's Award for Excellence in Research by an Early Career Researcher (2017), and Flinders University Vice-Chancellor's Award for Early Career Researchers (2015). He is Vice President of the Australian Health Economics Society (2022-2025), Associate Editor of Quality of Life Research (2018-present), and a tenured member of the International Academy of Health Preference Research, co-chairing its 14th meeting (2023).

Professional Email: gangchen@unimelb.edu.au