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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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). www.wlv.ac.uk/chsci 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: r.chen@wlv.ac.uk • Website address: www.wlv.ac.uk/chsci www.wlv.ac.uk/chsci