Yanan Luo

Associate Researcher/Master supervisor
luoyanan@bjmu.edu.cn
Xueyuanlu 38., Haidian district, Beijing, China

Personal profile

LUO Yanan received her PhD in Demography (Population and Health) from Institute of Population Research, Peking University in 2019, and completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Peking University and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis International (IIASA) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in 2021. Since 2021, she has been working as an assistant professor in the Department of Global Health, School of Public Health, Peking University. She has published more than 80 peer-reviewed papers, and has led funded research projects addressing aspects of the life course approach to global population aging and health, life course approach to healthy longevity, prevention and control for cognitive impairment in later life, and disability prevention and control. She has published over 100 papers in peer review journals like the Lancet Healthy Longevity, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Journal of Gerontology Series A, Journal of Gerontology Series B and Social Science & Medicine, etc. She serves as vice secretary-general of the Disability Prevention and Control Committee of Chinese Preventive Medicine Association, member of Mental Health Professional Committee of China Medical Women's Association, the member of editorial board for BMC Medicine and associate editor of BMJ Mental Health, and was awarded the Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by the CAST.

Main research directions

Life course approach to global population aging and health

Life course approach to healthy longevity

Prevention and control for cognitive impairment in later life

Disability prevention and control

Representative scientific research projects

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Project), Grant No. 82404385, 2024–2027, PI

2. National Social Science Foundation of China (Youth Project), Grant No. 21CRK04, 2021–2024, PI

3. Sub-project of National Social Science Foundation of China (Major Project), Grant No. 21&ZD187, 2021–2024, PI

4. Competitive Project, China Medical Board (USA), 2022–2025, PI

5. Beijing Social Science Foundation (Youth Project), 2025–2028, PI

6. Youth Special Project, 14th Five-Year Plan for Educational Science of Beijing, 2022–2025, PI

7. "Clinical Medicine X+" Youth Special Project, Peking University, 2024–2025, PI

10 representative papers

1. Luo Y, Yuan K, Li Y, Liu Y, Pan Y. The "spillover effect" of long-term care insurance in China on spouses' health and well-being. Social Science & Medicine. 2024, 340:116487.

2. Jin Y, Liang J, Hong C, Liang R, Luo Y*. Cardiometabolic multimorbidity, lifestyle behaviours, and cognitive function: a multicohort study. Lancet Healthy Longevity. 2023 Jun;4(6):e265-e273.

3. Zheng X, Luo Y*. Wealth shocks and cognitive function in later life. Lancet Healthy Longevity. 2023, 4(9):e442-e443.

4. Hong C, Liu Z, Liu Y, Jin Y*, Luo Y*. The role of smoking, obesity and physical inactivity in cognitive performance and decline: a multi-cohort study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2023: glad232.

5. Pan Y, Wu X, Liu Y, Li Z, Yang Y, Luo Y*. Urbanization and cognitive function among middle-aged and older adults in China. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2022, 29;77(12):2338-2347.

6. Hong C, Liu Z,…, Luo Y*. Global trends and regional differences in the burden of anxiety disorders and major depressive disorder attributed to bullying victimization in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: An analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 2022, 31: e85.

7. He P#, Luo Y#, Ding R, Zheng X. Is it just a cure? Re-evaluating the effects of prenatal exposure to the Great Chinese Famine on the risk of infectious diseases in adulthood. Soc Sci Med. 2022, 314:115487.

8. Luo Y, Zhao Y, Pang L, Guo C, Liang R, Zheng X. Association Between Urbanicity and Dementia in China: A Population-Based Study. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2021 Sep 13;76(8):1644-1651.

9. Luo Y, Gao J, Zheng X. Individual-level and area-level socioeconomic inequalities in hearing impairment among Chinese adults: a population-based study. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2020 Jun;74(6):541-547.

10. Luo Y, He P, Guo C, Chen G, Li N, Zheng X. Association between sensory impairment and dementia in Older Adults: Evidence from China. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2018, 66(3):480-486.