Junwen Yu

Junwen Yu
Junwen Yu
Postdoctoral Fellow of Aging and Health
Email
jy5197@nyu.edu

Junwen Yu is a Postdoctoral Fellow of Aging and Health at NYU Shanghai. She received her PhD in Nursing from Fudan University and completed visiting doctoral research at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. Her research focuses on healthy aging and chronic disease prevention, with particular interests in cardiovascular health, nutrition, symptom science, and cognitive aging. Her methodological interests include causal inference, machine learning, randomized controlled trials, and network analysis.

Select Publications:

  • Yu J, Su J, Wang J, Mao W, Xie Y, Lu H, Zhu Z, Wu B. “Content Domains of Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Conceptual Synthesis.” Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice, 2026.
  • Yu J, Liu X, He Y, Zhu Z, Xu Y, Yuan C, Lu H. “Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Associated Risk Factors among People Living with HIV in China.” Global Heart, 2026.
  • Yu J, Wu Y, Zhu Z, Lu H. “The Impact of Dietary Patterns on Gut Microbiota for the Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review.” Nutrition Journal, 2025.
 

Education:

  • PhD, Nursing
    Fudan University
  • BS, Nursing
    Fudan University
Research Interests
  • Healthy aging
  • Nutrition management
  • Cardiovascular disease prevention
  • Oral health and cognitive aging
  • Symptom science
  • Causal inference and machine learning