Yuan Wang

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I have a background in ecology and urban planning. I did my PhD studies in people's behavior and perceptions in semi-nature greenspaces, and dig into the contribution of biodiversity, landscape, and personal characteristics. I continue with postdoctoral work on quantifying the biodiversity in children's living environment using high-quality Finnish environmental datasets, and studying its association with childhood non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as, asthma, atopic dermatitis and ADHD with national register-based datasets NORDCAP. Currently I am a interdisciplinary grant funded researcher focusing on links between human health and well-being and semi-natural living environment.

Research interests

  • Which aspect of environmental biodiversity are protective against Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases
  • The role of heterogeneous urban environment in affecting public health
  • How people's relationship with nature shape mental health

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Contact information

E-mail

yuan.wang@oulu.fi

Postal address

Room 339B
Aapistie 5A
Research Unit of Clinical Medicine
Faculty of Medicine