> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Eric Feigl-Ding - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/eric-feigl-ding/ - Published: 1999-01-02T15:44:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-07-21T22:48:21.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, #docs, #individual **Eric Feigl-Ding** is a Chinese-American epidemiologist and health economist based in the Washington, D.C. area. He is a former senior fellow of the Federation of American Scientists, Chief Health Economist for Microclinic International, and a fellow of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans.[\[1\]](#fn1)[\[2\]](#fn2) ## History Feigl-Ding received a Bachelor of Arts from [Johns Hopkins University](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Johns-Hopkins-University), where he studied public health and natural science from 2001-2004, and was part of the Phi Beta Kappa society. From 2004-2007, he studied at Harvard University for a Doctor of Science in Epidemiology and Nutrition. In August 2007, he began studying at the Boston University School of Medicine, but departed after 2.5 years to become a faculty member at Harvard Medical School.[\[3\]](#fn3) ### Career On May 26, 2007, Feigl-Ding launched the Campaign for Cancer Prevention on [Facebook](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Facebook)'s fundraising platform, Causes.[\[4\]](#fn4) Funds raised were directed to Brigham and Women's Hospital.[\[5\]](#fn5) In 2015, Feigl-Ding co-founded Happy Vitals, a family health data company.[\[6\]](#fn6)[\[7\]](#fn7) He launched Toxin Alert at the end of 2016, supported by Happy Vitals and the [World Economic Forum](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/World-Economic-Forum)'s [Global Shapers Community](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Global-Shapers-Community) through Washington DC Global Shapers and Boston Global Shapers.[\[8\]](#fn8) 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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Bill-Melinda-Gates-Foundation).[\[1:1\]](#fn1)[\[9\]](#fn9) Feigl-Ding was a candidate in the 2018 Democratic primary for Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district.[\[10\]](#fn10) He ran a political action committee (PAC) called Health Justice for All.[\[11\]](#fn11) ### COVID-19 During the declared COVID-19 pandemic, Feigl-Ding served as chief of the COVID Risk Task Force at the New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI).[\[12\]](#fn12) He was a signatory to the John Snow Memorandum, originally published in *The Lancet* in October 2020.[\[13\]](#fn13) Feigl-Ding participated as a speaker at the [COVID Community Action Summit](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/COVID-Community-Action-Summit) in January 2021.[\[14\]](#fn14) He co-founded the World Health Network.[\[12:1\]](#fn12) From August 2021-May 2023, he served as an observer member of the [World Health Organization](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/World-Health-Organization) (WHO)'s Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Mortality Assessment.[\[15\]](#fn15)[\[16\]](#fn16) ## External links - [Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Eric%5FDing) - [Campfire Wiki](https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=eric%5Ffeigl-ding) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericding/) - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%5FFeigl-Ding) --- 1. *Meet the Fellows | Eric Feigl-Ding*. Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. Retrieved April 21, 2022, from [↩︎](#fnref1) [↩︎](#fnref1:1) 2. Hu, J. C. (2020, November 25). *Covid’s Cassandra: The Swift, Complicated Rise of Eric Feigl-Ding.* Undark Magazine. [↩︎](#fnref2) 3. *Education | Eric Feigl-Ding.* LinkedIn. Retrieved July 15, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref3) 4. Chen, P. W. (2011, December 8). *A Web Campaign for Cancer Prevention.* New York Times. [↩︎](#fnref4) 5. *About Campaign for Cancer Prevention.* Causes. Retrieved December 21, 2011, from [↩︎](#fnref5) 6. *Who We Are.* Happy Vitals. Retrieved May 30, 2016, from [↩︎](#fnref6) 7. Happy Vitals. (2015, October 13). *Happy Vitals Launches First Laboratory Direct-to-Consumer Home Testing Kit for Breast Milk.* PR Newswire. [↩︎](#fnref7) 8. *Home*. Toxin Alert. Retrieved December 21, 2016, from [↩︎](#fnref8) 9. 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\. [↩︎](#fnref9) 10. Ding, E. (2018, May 11). *I’m running for Congress because facts matter.* PennLive. [↩︎](#fnref10) 11. *PAC Profile: Health Justice for All.* OpenSecrets. Retrieved July 15, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref11) 12. *Eric Feigl-Ding.* New England Complex Systems Institute. Retrieved November 13, 2022, from [↩︎](#fnref12) [↩︎](#fnref12:1) 13. *Signatories of The John Snow Memo.* John Snow Memorandum. Retrieved November 15, 2022, from [↩︎](#fnref13) 14. *COVID Community Action Summit.* New England Complex Systems Institute. Retrieved November 14, 2022, from [↩︎](#fnref14) 15. *Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Mortality Assessment - Membership.* World Health Organization. Retrieved July 15, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref15) 16. *Eric Feigl-Ding.* LinkedIn. Retrieved July 15, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref16) ## Sign up for White Rose Intelligence Research and intelligence in defense of liberty Sign Up Email sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup. Become a Patron to access premium research profiles