Dr. Yusheng Zhou
Guest scientist
Telephone: +1 438 941 8775
E-mail: yusheng.zhou@mail.mcgill.ca
Research areas
- Prevention of overweight and obesity
- Adolescent health
- Health geography
- Sex and gender research
- Prevention of cardiovascular diseases
Professional background
since 01/2023
PostDoc Fellow, Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE), McGill University Health Centre Research Institute
2016-2022
Research Associate, Institute of Epidemiology, Social Medicine and Public Health Research, Hannover Medical School
Academic training
- Ph.D. in Public Health, Hannover Medical School, March 2022. Thesis on 'Determinants of body weight status in pre-school children with a focus on the built environment and social factors: results of population-based data analysis'
- M. Sc. in Public Health, University of Queensland, July 2015.
Publications (selected, most recent)
Zhou Y, von Lengerke T, Dreier M (2021). Comparing different data sources by examining the associations between surrounding greenspace and children's weight status. International Journal of Health Geographics, 20(1). https://ij-healthgeographics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12942-021-00278-w
Zhou Y, Buck C, Maier W, von Lengerke T, Walter U, Dreier M (2020). Built Environment and Childhood Weight Status: A Multi-Level Study Using Population-Based Data in the City of Hannover, Germany. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(8), p.2694. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/8/2694
Zhou Y, Walter U, Dreier M (2019). Migration background and overweight prevalence in preschool children. Public Health Forum, 27(4), pp.287-290. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/pubhef-2019-0081/html
Zhou Y, von Lengerke T, Walter U, Dreier M (2018). Migration background and childhood overweight in the Hannover Region in 2010-2014: a population-based secondary data analysis of school entry examinations. European Journal of Pediatrics, 177(5), pp.753-763. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00431-018-3118-x