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Bei Wu
Bei Wu, PhD
NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing - Dean’s Professor in Global Health
NYU College of Dentistry - Affiliated Professor
NYU Aging Incubator - Co-Director
Email: bei.wu@nyu.edu
Education
PhD, Gerontology, University of Massachusetts Boston
MS, Gerontology, University of Massachusetts Boston
Bachelor of Law, Sociology, Shanghai University
Research Interests
Health disparities, Cognitive impairment, Oral health, Aging, Behavioral interventions, Secondary data analysis
BIO
Bei Wu is Co-Director of the Aging Incubator at New York University which provides support and an infrastructure for relationships and sharing of resources across the NYU campus for aging related initiatives. Dr. Wu holds the positions of Dean’s Professor in Global Health and Director of Global Health and Aging Research at the NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. She is also the Director of Research at the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing and affiliated professor at NYU College of Dentistry. Dr. Wu’s career in gerontology has been distinguished by interdisciplinary collaboration with researchers in various disciplines at many academic institutions and organizations in the U.S. and abroad. Her extensive publications cover a variety of topics related to aging and health, such as oral health, health services utilization, long-term care, dementia, and caregiving.  Her research interest is to address health disparities among older adults in the U.S. and abroad.

Current Research Projects
Publications

Recent

Yang Z, Wang J, Zhang Y, Zhao D, Qiu X, Fu Y, Wu B, Hu Y (2024).
Using narrative transportation theory to build interventions that reduce perceived stigma among women living with HIV/AIDS
Journal of General Internal Medicine [Epub 2024 Oct 22]. doi: 10.1007/s11606-024-09130-w.

Wang Y, Liu HJ, Pei YL, Wu B (2024).
Having sex with partners met online among bachelors in China: Application of the theory of planned behavior
Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 39 (3), 777-790. doi: 10.1080/14681994.2022.2025776.

Huang S, Nam S, Ash GI, Wu B, D'Eramo Melkus G, Jeon S, McMahon E, Dickson VV, Whittemore R (2024).
Study recruitment, retention, and adherence among Chinese American immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic
Nursing Research, 73 (4), 328-336. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000731.

Han S, Pei Y, Wang J, Hu Y, Zhu Z, Qi X, Yang Z, Wu B (2023).
Age and mental health symptoms among Chinese persons with HIV: The mediating and moderating role of perceived discrimination
Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 34 (1), 105-112. doi: 10.1097/JNC.0000000000000373.

Wen H, Zhu Z, Hu T, Li C, Jiang T, Li L, Zhang L, Fu Y, Han S, Wu B, Hu Y (2023).
Unraveling the central and bridge psychological symptoms of people living with HIV: A network analysis
Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 1024436. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1024436. PMCID: PMC9846149.

Dr. Wu's Research Gate Profile
Selected Press