Editorial Board
Yian Gu
Columbia University, New York, NY · United States
Editorial leadership for International Journal of Nutrition ISSN 2379-7835
Research interests
- Epidemiology
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Dementia
- Cognition
- Nutrition
- Inflammation
Biography
- Dr. Gu received her training in epidemiology at Fudan University and New York University, and her current research aims to understand the role of diet, physical activities, sleep, and other lifestyle factors in brain aging, cognitive aging, and neurodegenerative diseases.
- Dr. Gu’s long-term goal is to elucidate the mechanisms for the lifestyle-brain relationship by using multiple biological measures including neuroimaging biomarkers, circulating biomarkers, genetic profiles, etc.
Experience:
- 2001-2002 Lecturer, Department of Epidemiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- 2002-2008 Research Assistant, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Environmental Health Science, New York University, New York, NY
- 2008-2011 Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Taub Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York
- 2011- Associate Research Assistant, Taub Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York
Selected publications
- Effects of Sex, APOE4, and Lifestyle Activities on Cognitive Reserve in Older Adults 2022 cited 34×
- Diet, Pace of Biological Aging, and Risk of Dementia in the Framingham Heart Study 2024 cited 33×
- Clinical Trajectories at the End of Life in Autopsy-Confirmed Dementia Patients With Alzheimer Disease and Lewy Bodies Pathologies 2022 cited 22×
- Mediterranean Diet and White Matter Hyperintensity Change over Time in Cognitively Intact Adults 2022 cited 19×
- Leisure activity engagement across adulthood predicts cognitive change after five years: Do gender and age matter? 2022 cited 15×
- Measures of Aging Biology in Saliva and Blood as Novel Biomarkers for Stroke and Heart Disease in Older Adults 2023 cited 12×
Ranked by citation impact (Crossref) where available, newest otherwise · verified via ORCID.
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