Dr. Yusheng Zhou

Gastwissenschaftler

Telefon:   +1 438 941 8775
E-Mail:     yusheng.zhou@mail.mcgill.ca

 

Forschungsbereiche

  • Prävention von Übergewicht und Adipositas
  • Gesundheit von Jugendlichen
  • Gesundheitsgeographie
  • Sex- und Genderforschung
  • Prävention von Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen

 

Beruflicher Werdegang

seit 01/2023
Postdoc Fellow, Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE), McGill University Health Centre Research Institute

2016-2022
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Institut für Epidemiologie, Sozialmedizin und Gesundheitssystemforschung, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

 

Akademische Ausbildung

  • 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