Yaqing Gao
DPhil Student
Yaqing joined Oxford Population Health as a DPhil student and Jardine Scholar in October 2022. Yaqing’s research focuses on identifying risk factors for cognitive decline and neuropathological developments using the UK Biobank. She is supervised by Dr Thomas Littlejohns and Professor David Hunter.
Prior to her DPhil, Yaqing obtained BSc and Master of Public Health (MPH) from Peking University. During her master's studies, she explored the social and environmental determinants for children's and young people's psychological well-being using large-scale multinational data. She also helped lead numerous field studies about maternal and child health in disadvantaged rural areas in Central and Western China. She collaborated with scholars from South Asia on research in vaccine inequity.
Recent publications
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HLA-C*07:01 and HLA-DQB1*02:01 protect against white matter hyperintensities and deterioration of cognitive function: A population-based cohort study.
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Gao Y. et al, (2023), Brain Behav Immun, 115, 250 - 257
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Household Water Access, Dietary Diversity and Nutritional Status among Preschoolers in Poor, Rural Areas of Central and Western China
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Gao Y. et al, (2022), Nutrients, 14, 458 - 458
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Intimate Partner Violence against Women Living in Inadequate Conditions in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Meta-Analysis of Demographic and Health Survey Data
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Gao Y. et al, (2021), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 10138 - 10138
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Association of iron supplementation and deworming with early childhood development: analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys in ten low- and middle-income countries
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Gao Y. et al, (2021), European Journal of Nutrition, 60, 3119 - 3130
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Housing environment and early childhood development in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional analysis
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Gao Y. et al, (2021), PLOS Medicine, 18, e1003578 - e1003578