Yan Guo is professor and vice dean of the School of Public Health at Peking University, People’s Republic of China. Professor Yan Guo’s research interests include health equity, the management of poverty alleviation, and the reproductive needs of adolescents in China. From 1992 to 1997, she served as associate professor at the Training Center for Health Management, School of Public Health, Beijing Medical University. Professor Yan Guo worked as a consultant for numerous international projects including the Women and Reproductive Health and Micro Nutrition Project supported by the World Food Program; the Qinba Poverty Alleviation Project, sponsored by the World Bank; and UNICEF’s Middle-Term Review of Health and Nutrition Project. Between 1992 and 1997, she managed a variety of projects that focused on the evaluation of primary health care in rural areas of China. Professor Yan Guo received an M.D. from Beijing Medical University, and an MPH from Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.