Biography
Yan Luo received his BM and MS degrees in epidemiology and biostatistics from the School of Public Health, Peking University in 2020 and 2022, respectively. He is a PhD candidate at the School of Data Science, City University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on using machine learning approaches to identify social determinants and biological markers of diseases and aging, aiming to improve population health.
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Interests
- Machine learning
- Deep learning
- Social determinants
- Biomarkers
Education
PhD candidate in Data Science, Sep 2022–Present
City University of Hong Kong
MSc in Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Sep 2020–Jul 2022
Peking University
BM in Preventive Medicine, Sep 2015–Jul 2020
Peking University
Publications
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(2024).
The beneficial impact of Internet use on the mental well-being among adults aged ≥50 years in 23 countries.
Preprint.
(2024).
Social determinants of intrinsic capacity A systematic review of observational studies.
Ageing Research Reviews.
(2023).
Machine Learning Approaches to Identify Social Determinants of Frailty Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in the USA, England, and China.
Preprint.
(2023).
Comparing a new multimorbidity index with other multimorbidity measures for predicting disability trajectories.
Journal of Affective Disorders.
(2023).
Associations between multimorbidity and frailty transitions among older Americans.
Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle.
(2022).
Trends in the prevalence of vision impairment among the oldest-old Chinese population from 1998 to 2018.
Journal of Global Health.
(2022).
The association between vision impairment and cognitive outcomes in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Aging & Mental Health.
(2022).
Patterns of cardiometabolic multimorbidity and the risk of depressive symptoms in a longitudinal cohort of middle-aged and older Chinese.
Journal of Affective Disorders.
(2022).
Multimorbidity measures differentially predicted mortality among older Chinese adults.
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.
(2022).
Development and Validation of a Multimorbidity Index Predicting Mortality Among Older Chinese Adults.
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience.
(2021).
Comparisons of Different Multimorbidity Measures to Predict Physical Function Among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese.
Innovation in Aging.
(2021).
Development and validation of multimorbidity index predicting mortality among Chinese older adults.
Innovation in Aging.
(2021).
Visual trajectories and risk of physical and cognitive impairment among older Chinese adults.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
(2021).
Early identification of patients with severe COVID-19 at increased risk of in-hospital death: a multicenter case-control study in Wuhan.
Journal of Thoracic Disease.
(2020).
Associations between Multimorbidity and Physical Performance in Older Chinese Adults.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Projects
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Contact
- luo.yan@my.cityu.edu.hk
- Tat Chee Avenuel, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong