====== Eric Feigl-Ding ======

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**Eric Feigl-Ding** is a Chinese-American [[epidemiology|epidemiologist]] and [[health economics|health economist]] based in the [[united_states:Washington, D.C.]] area.

===== History =====

==== Education ====

From his [[LinkedIn]] page:((https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericding/details/education/))

  * [[Boston University School of Medicine]]
  * [[Johns Hopkins University]]
  * [[Harvard University]]

==== Career ====

On May 26, 2007, Feigl-Ding launched the [[Campaign for Cancer Prevention]] on [[Facebook]]'s fundraising platform, Causes.((Chen, P. W. (2011, December 8). //A Web Campaign for Cancer Prevention.// New York Times. http://archive.today/2022.09.14-111234/https://archive.nytimes.com/well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/a-web-campaign-for-cancer-prevention/)) Funds raised were directed to [[Brigham and Women's Hospital]].((//About Campaign for Cancer Prevention.// Causes. Retrieved December 21, 2011, from https://web.archive.org/web/20111221220524/http://www.causes.com/causes/210-campaign-for-cancer-prevention/about))

In 2015, Feigl-Ding co-founded [[Happy Vitals]], a family health data company.((//Who We Are.// Happy Vitals. Retrieved May 30, 2016, from https://web.archive.org/web/20160530225926/https://www.happyvitals.com/who-we-are-our-mission)) ((Happy Vitals. (2015, October 13). //Happy Vitals Launches First Laboratory Direct-to-Consumer Home Testing Kit for Breast Milk.// PR Newswire. https://web.archive.org/web/20201127125729/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/happy-vitals-launches-first-laboratory-direct-to-consumer-home-testing-kit-for-breast-milk-300158235.html)) He launched [[Toxin Alert]] at the end of 2016, supported by [[Happy Vitals]] and the [[World Economic Forum]]'s [[Global Shapers Community]] through [[DC Global Shapers]] and [[Boston Global Shapers]].((//Home.// Toxin Alert. Retrieved December 21, 2016, from https://web.archive.org/web/20161221093210/https://www.toxinalert.org/)) Toxin Alert was an initiative of the [[Future Health Foundation]].

He participated in the [[Global Burden of Disease Study]] funded by the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]].((//Meet the Fellows | Eric Feigl-Ding.// Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. Retrieved April 21, 2022, from https://archive.ph/HTBiV)) ((Mokdad, A. H., Forouzanfar, M. H., Daoud, F., El Bcheraoui, C., Moradi-Lakeh, M., Khalil, I., Afshin, A., Tuffaha, M., Charara, R., Barber, R. M., Wagner, J., Cercy, K., Kravitz, H., Coates, M. M., Robinson, M., Estep, K., Steiner, C., Jaber, S., Mokdad, A. A., & O’Rourke, K. F. (2016). //Health in times of uncertainty in the eastern Mediterranean region, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.// The Lancet Global Health, 4(10), e704–e713. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(16)30168-1))

Feigl-Ding was a candidate in the 2018 Democratic primary for [[united_states:Pennsylvania]]'s 10th congressional district.((https://ballotpedia.org/Eric_Ding)) He ran a [[political action committee]] (PAC) called [[Health Justice for All]].((https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/health-justice-for-all/C00695619/summary/2018))

=== COVID-19 ===

Feigl-Ding participated as a speaker at the [[COVID Community Action Summit]] in January 2021.((//COVID Community Action Summit.// New England Complex Systems Institute. Retrieved November 14, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221114183649/https://necsi.edu/c-cas#orgs)) He co-founded the [[World Health Network]].((//Eric Feigl-Ding.// New England Complex Systems Institute. Retrieved November 13, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221113182546/https://necsi.edu/eric-feigl-ding))

===== Affiliations =====

  * Awards from the [[American Heart Association]]
  * Epidemiologist at [[Brigham and Women's Hospital]]
  * Award from the [[Consortium of Universities for Global Health]] (CUGH)
  * Advisor to the [[Danish Ministry of Health]]
  * [[Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety]] at the [[European Commission]]
  * Senior Fellow at the [[Federation of American Scientists]]((Hu, J. C. (2020, November 25). //Covid’s Cassandra: The Swift, Complicated Rise of Eric Feigl-Ding.// Undark Magazine. https://archive.ph/ANnWw)) ((//Meet the Fellows | Eric Feigl-Ding.// Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. Retrieved April 21, 2022, from https://archive.ph/HTBiV))
  * [[Global Shapers Community]]
  * Award from [[Harvard College]]
  * Faculty member at the [[Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health]] and [[Harvard Medical School]]
  * Chief Health Economist at [[Microclinic International]]((//Meet the Fellows | Eric Feigl-Ding.// Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. Retrieved April 21, 2022, from https://archive.ph/HTBiV))
  * Member of the COVID Risk Task Force at the [[New England Complex Systems Institute]]((//Eric Feigl-Ding.// New England Complex Systems Institute. Retrieved November 13, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221113182546/https://necsi.edu/eric-feigl-ding))
  * Fellow at the [[Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans]]((//Meet the Fellows | Eric Feigl-Ding.// Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. Retrieved April 21, 2022, from https://archive.ph/HTBiV))
  * [[Phi Beta Kappa]]
  * [[Sigma Chi Foundation]]
  * Advisor to the [[World Health Organization]]

===== Links to sort =====

  * [[https://archive.vn/ZYP4d|2020 Prescription for Success Healthcare Conference]]
  * [[https://theforum.sph.harvard.edu/events/lead-contamination-beyond-flint/|Lead Contamination Beyond Flint]]
  * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20221113011326/https://theforum.sph.harvard.edu/expert-participants/eric-feigl-ding/|Expert Participants]]
  * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20221207204139/https://www.hackreactor.com/blog/pandemic-fighting-tool-developed-at-hack-reactor-gets-new-life|Pandemic fighting tool developed at Hack Reactor gets new life]]
  * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20221205145354/https://www.hackreactor.com/blog/germ-theory-app-provides-hope-of-containing-ebola-other-infectious-disease-outbreaks/|Germ Theory App Systemizes Containment of Ebola & Other Infectious Diseases]]