Positions

Assistant Professor, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences

Contact Info

zhangy23@ecu.edu

Publications in VIVO

Co-author Network

Co-investigator Network

Yan Zhang

member of

selected publications

article
- A Visualization Tool to Study Complex Health Profiles and Variations by Age, Wealth, Race, and Partner's Cognitive Status
  . Journal of Aging and Health. 2024
- Parent-Child Relationship Quality and Older Parents' Cognitive Trajectories
  . Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 2024
- Research Note: The Association between Parity andOddsof Alzheimer's Disease and Dementias Status
  . Demography. 2024
- Gender differences in the association between parity and cognitive function: Evidence from the UK biobank. Social science & medicine (1982). 320. 2023
- Sexual and Marital Satisfaction in Older Adulthood: Effects of Childhood and Adulthood Violence Exposure. The Gerontologist. 63:285-296. 2023
- Fertility History and Risk of Cognitive Impairment Among Older Parents in the United States. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences. 77:2326-2337. 2022
- Individual's gender ideology and happiness in China. Chinese sociological review. 54:252-277. 2022
- Marital Loss and Cognitive Function: Does Timing Matter?. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences. 77:1916-1927. 2022
- A national longitudinal study of marital quality and cognitive decline among older men and women. Social science & medicine (1982). 282. 2021
- Parental status in later life and parents' risk of cognitive impairment. SSM - population health. 16. 2021
- Same-Sex Couples and Cognitive Impairment: Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences. 76:1388-1399. 2021
- A National Longitudinal Study of Partnered Sex, Relationship Quality, and Mental Health Among Older Adults. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences. 75:1772-1782. 2020
- Marital status and cognitive impairment in the United States: evidence from the National Health and Aging Trends Study. Annals of epidemiology. 38. 2019
- Sexual Orientation and Diabetes During the Transition to Adulthood. LGBT health. 6:227-234. 2019

presentations

presentation
- Number of Children and Older Adults' Cognitive Function in the U.S., UK, and China
  , UNC Carolina Population Center Interdisciplinary Research Seminar 2024
- The Impact of Parity on Cognitive Function Using Instrumental Variable Approach: Evidence from the One-Child Policy in China
  , 7th annual Workshop on Determinants of Adult Mortality, Morbidity, and Healthy Aging in LMICs 2024

principal investigator on

Parenthood in later life and older adults' risk of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias awarded by University of Wisconsin Madison (UW) 2023 - 2024

education and training

Ph.D. in Sociology, Michigan State University

preferred title

Assistant Professor