Yalu Zhang, Ph.D., MSW
Assistant Professor
Email: yalu.zhang@stonybrook.edu
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Columbia University
MSW, Columbia University
BA, Shanghai University
AREAS OF INTEREST
Aging, Disability, Health Inequity, Social Welfare Policy, Cross-Cultural Comparison
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Zhang, Y., Han, H., & Gao, Q. (2025). Do public transfers crowd out private transfers from adult children to their empty-nest older parents in rural China? The role of grandchild care. Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 1–26. https://doi.org/
Zhang, Y. (2024). Does participating in New Rural Cooperative Medical Insurance change catastrophic health expenditure? Evidence from the China Household Income Project. International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services 55(1), 64–75. https://doi.org/10.1177/
Zhang, Y., Tong, Y., Liu, M., Wang, X., Mei, D., & Chen, G. (2024). Intergenerational Programs for Integrated Caring and Lifelong Education: Potential Pathways and Practical Challenges in Mainland China. China: An International Journal, 22(2), 127-147.
Liu, M.*, Zhang, Y.* Kang, N., Mei, D., Wen, E., Wang, D., & Chen, G., (2024). Body mass and foot-dominance disparities in the foot plantar pressure parameters of older women. Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association,https://doi.org/
Zhang, Y., Gao, Q., Zhai, F., & Anand, P. (2023). Income and Health in Predicting Older Adults’ Social Capabilities in China: The Mediating Role of Social Engagement. Social Indicators Research, 165, 163-180.https://doi.org/10.
Liu, M.*, Mei, D.*, Zhang, Y.*, Kang, N., Wang, D., & Chen, G. (2023). Meta-analysis of exercise intervention on health behaviors in middle-aged and older adults. Frontiers in Psychology, 14:1308602. doi:
Graf, G.*, Zhang, Y.*, Domingue, B., Harris, K., Kothari, M., Kwon, D., Muennig, P., & Belsky, D. (2022). Social mobility and biological aging among older adults in the United States. PNAS Nexus, 1(2), pgac029, https://doi.org/10.1093/
Zhang, Y., & Gao, Q. (2021). Does welfare receipt change consumption on health among older families? The case of China. Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 35(5), 683-704. https://doi.org/10.1080/
Zhang, Y., Zhang, L., Zhang, X., Sun, J., Wang, D., & Chen, G. (2021). Fall injuries and depressive symptoms among older adults and the mediating effects of social participation—China, 2011–2018. China CDC Weekly, 3(40), 837. doi: 10.46234/ccdcw2021.207
Zhang, Y., & Gao, Q. (2019). Catastrophic health expenditure and health-related quality of life among older adults in China. Ageing and Society, 41(7), 1474-1494. https://doi.org/10.
