Alexis Medina

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Alexis Medina, MA

  • Associate Director, Research Programs, Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions
  • Associate Director, Rural Education Action Program

Encina Hall East, 4th Floor,
Stanford, CA 94305-6055

Biography

Alexis Medina is the Associate Director for Research Programs at SCCEI, and also Associate Director of the Rural Education Action Program (REAP). At SCCEI, she helps to connect China-oriented faculty and graduate students with university resources and with one another, as well as to navigate administrative bureaucracies on both sides of the Pacific. She has been directly involved in building research networks and fostering connections between the US and China since 2006, and has extensive experience in international program management, including leading survey teams in rural China, overseeing the design and development of field projects, and coordinating data collection efforts and analysis. Her academic expertise lies at the intersection of health and education, and she has co-authored dozens of academic publications in this area. Alexis speaks fluent Mandarin, and has previously held research positions at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Shandong University in China.

publications

Journal Articles
July 2024

Rural China and the Gender Gap in Early Social-emotional Development

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Journal Articles
February 2023

The Home Language Environment in Rural China: Variations Across Family Characteristics

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Journal Articles
January 2023

Effect of the mHealth-Supported Healthy Future Programme Delivered by Community Health Workers on Maternal and Child Health in Rural China: Study Protocol for a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial

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