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