Heqing Huang is a PhD Candidate at the Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge. Her PhD research is motivated by a neo-institutionalist approach and applies ethnographic research methods to investigate the influence of neoliberalism on the organisation of healthcare in China. It is a case study of an urban flagship hospital in southern China. The study reviews China’s transformation towards a type of neoliberal polity through the prisms of the healthcare sector and a flagship hospital.
Heqing studied sociology at Sun Yat-sen University and University of California, Berkeley. She received an MPhil in Health, Medicine and Society from the University of Cambridge. Her research interests are grounded in medical sociology and healthcare. Her outreach activities involve working with Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, CancerScreen, i-Teams, and the Cambridge Consulting Network to solve real-world problems in health and care.
Heqing is a tireless advocate for sustainability issues. As the MCR Green Officer at Gonville & Caius College, she led multiple student campaigns and was instrumental in the College’s receipt of the Green Impact Awards. She was a research intern at BT where she investigated options to reduce the carbon footprint of the broadband network.