Positions
- Associate Professor, School of Social Work, College of Health and Human Performance
- Contact Info
- 252-328-5699
Co-author Network
Map of Science
Co-investigator Network
Jie Yang
Affiliation
Publications
selected publications
presentations
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presentation
- Widening sexual orientation inequities in smoking among older adults in the United States, 2015-2019, Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Annual Scientific Meeting
- Assessing Effect of Bridging Social Capital on the Attitudes Toward Immigrants in the U.S.: Does Race Matter?, the 24th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research
- Correlates of Participation in Mental Health Counseling Service Among Midlife and Older Lesbians, The 25th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR)
- Drugged Driving among Sexual Minority Older Adults in the United States, 2015-2019, The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting
- ESPO/ Behavioral and Social Sciences Symposium: The Understudied Contributions of Older Adults, GSA
- Marijuana, Social Isolation, and Loneliness Among Older Adults: Results from the 2018 Health and Retirement Study, 2021 Research Society on Marijuana
- Older lesbian health via relationship status: Health conditions and health behaviors, Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Annual Scientific Meeting
- Pathways Linking Volunteering to Its Benefits on Older Adults' Mental Health, SSWR
- Spillover Effect of Spouses' or Partners' Unemployment on Older Adults' Mental Health: A Longitudinal Analysis, The Gerontological Society of America's 70th Annual Scientific Meeting
- The Inequality Paradox: Workplace Safety Intervention Decreases Overall Worker Injuries, but Widens Socioeconomic Disparities, The 23rd Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR)
- WIDENING SEXUAL ORIENTATION INEQUITIES IN SMOKING AMONG OLDER ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES, 2015???2019, Innovation in Aging
Research
principal investigator on
- ECU Site - Bingocize NC: an evidence-based health program to improve the quality of life of North Carolina certified nursing facility residents awarded by Western Carolina University (WCU) 2024 - 2026
- Exploring Factors Associated with Drug Use/Misuse and Disparities Among Middle Aged and Older Adults awarded by ECU Health Behavior Research Cluster 2020 - 2021
- Start-up fund awarded by ECU HHP 2018 - 2020
investigator on
Service
professional service activities
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work Reviewer for article "The prevalence of the mistreatment of older women and associated risk factors in an area of Eastern Andalusia, Spain: a cross-sectional, community-based study" 2024
- American Journal of Preventive Medicine Reviewer 2020
- Journal of Applied Gerontology Reviewer 2020
- Reviewer of Journal of Applied Gerontology 2019
- The International Journal of Aging & Human Development Reviewer 2018
Background
education and training
- M.S.W. in Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Ph.D. in Social Work, Boston College