Kai-Wen Cheng

FACULTY PROFILE Dr. Cheng is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Administration at the Governors State University. She is a health economist by training. She applies an economic and policy analysis approach to investigate impacts of various tobacco control policies, including taxations/pricings, smokefree laws, and FDA potential regulations on tobacco use and other related outcomes. She has published articles in leading economics, public health, and tobacco control journals, e.g., Health Economics, Social Science & Medicine, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, American Journal of Public Health, Tobacco Control, etc., with very high impact factors. Her commitment to a research career in economics, tobacco control and regulation evaluation is demonstrated by her contribution to smoking related economics research for over 10 years, tobacco policy and regulation research for over 7 years, and FDA tobacco regulatory science research for over 3 years. Dr. Cheng received her PhD in Policy Analysis and Management from Cornell University in 2010. She received postdoctoral fellowships at University of California San Francisco 2009-2011 and the Georgia State University Center for Tobacco Regulatory Science, with the focus on Tobacco Control and Tobacco Regulatory Science 2015-2017.