Professor Bei, Wu
* Professor Wu will lecture on the topic of the dental health, brain health and aging
Biography:
Bei Wu is the Provost and Distinguished Global Professor of Public Health at NYU Shanghai. As Provost, she serves as NYU Shanghai’s chief academic officer, setting the university’s academic strategy and priorities, and overseeing academic appointments, research, and faculty affairs.
Prior to this role, Professor Wu served at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing as Vice Dean for Research and Dean’s Professor in Global Health, Director of Global Health and Aging Research, Director of Research at the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, and Inaugural Co-Director of the NYU Aging Incubator. Before joining NYU, she was the Pauline Gratz Professor of Nursing at Duke University. An internationally recognized leader in gerontology, Professor Wu has made lasting contributions to global health and aging research.
Over the course of her career, Professor Wu has mentored hundreds of students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty colleagues. Her prolific scholarship includes nearly 900 publications, including books, book chapters, conference abstracts, and 442 peer-reviewed journal articles, focusing on dementia caregiving, geriatric oral health, long-term care policy, dementia-related risk factors, immigrant health, and innovative interventions and technologies in aging. She has led dozens of externally funded research projects and has delivered invited keynote addresses at hundreds of national and international conferences and academic institutions.
Professor Wu’s achievements have been recognized by numerous national and international organizations. She is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, and the New York Academy of Medicine, and an honorary fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. She is also an honorary member of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International; the incoming President of the Council for Chinese American Deans and Presidents; and a former president of the Geriatric Oral Research Group of the International Association for Dental Research. In addition, She has served on NIH review panels for the past two decades, and frequently reviews for international funding agencies.
Dr. HUANG, Yiqin
*Dr. Huang will lecture on the topic of the impact of aging on health and mental health.
Biography:
Dr. Huang is a Chief Physician and the Deputy Director (in charge of work) of the Department of General Practice at Huadong Hospital affiliated to Fudan University. His professional expertise is widely recognized through his key roles in national and municipal academic bodies:
- Deputy Leader of the Question Setting Expert Group at the National Medical Examination Center
- Member of the Special Committee on Process Assessment of the Chinese Medical Doctors Association (CMDA)
- Member of the First Committee of the Branch on Innovative Technology of Digestive Tract Diagnosis and Rehabilitation of the China Geriatric Health Care Association
- Deputy Director of the Committee on Integration of Medicine and Engineering of the Shanghai Geriatrics and Gerontology Medical Association
- Member of the General Practice Branch of the Shanghai Medical Association
- Member of the first standing committee of the General Medicine Group of the Shanghai Association of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine
- Among the first batch of experts inducted into the Shanghai Health Popularization Expert Database
Dr. SUI, Yujie
*Dr. Sui will lecture on the topic of elder care arrangements in China.
Biography:
Dr. Sui holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree. She is an Associate Professor, former Director of the Department of Social Work, and PhD supervisor at the School of Sociology and Population Studies, Renmin University of China.
Her research focuses on gerontological social work, professionalization and specialization of social work, and social work education.
She serves as a member of the First National Expert Committee for Social Worker Professional Qualification Assessment and Deputy Secretary-General of the China Association of Social Work Education.
She earned her LL.B. from the Department of Journalism, Renmin University of China in 1985, completed postgraduate studies in 1987, and obtained her Ph.D. in Social Work and Social Administration from the University of Hong Kong in 2001.
Since 2002, she has been teaching at the School of Sociology and Population Studies, Renmin University of China. As an expert member, she participated in multiple initiatives to advance the professionalization of social work led by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, including the development of the industrial standard Guidelines for Social Work Services for the Elderly.
She has led nearly 20 research projects funded by the National Social Science Fund, Beijing Municipal Social Science Fund, Ministry of Civil Affairs, and other institutions. Following her retirement, she has participated in the National Silver-Age Teachers Action Initiative, a program advocated by the Ministry of Education and ten other national authorities.