Dr. Yu’s work bridges psychosocial and biological perspectives to explore how loneliness may shape brain health over time. She is particularly interested in the intersection of aging, technology, and health equity.

Internet Use and Loneliness of Older Adults Over Time: the mediating effect of social contact. The Internet-based Conversational Engagement Clinical Trial (I-CONECT) in socially isolated adults 75+...

My long-term research interests involve examining underlying pathways for the association between social isolation, loneliness, and cognitive decline and developing behavioral health interventions...

Prior to the PhD, Kexin held a MSc in Higher Education in the Department of Education, University of Oxford. Under the supervision of Dr. Xin Xu, Kexin’s Master’s dissertation was on the China-UK collaboration in education studies.

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Professional and Research Interests: Social isolation, loneliness, cognitive health, aging and technology, ecological perspective of aging, environmental justice, intervention study, behavioral health, chronic health conditions, caregiving.

Kexin (Katherine) Yu. PhD Candidate, University of Cincinnati. Verified email at mail.uc.edu. Articles Cited by. Title. Sort. Sort by citations Sort by year Sort by title. Cited by. ... Z Ma, L Shi, K Yu, N Zhou. Encyclopedia 4 (1), 117-124, 2024. 1: 2024: The system can't perform the operation now. Try again later.

Kexin Yu is an academic researcher from University of Southern California. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Loneliness. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 6 publications.

Contributors: Kexin Yu; Katherine Wild; N. Maritza Dowling; Jeffrey A. Kaye; Lisa C. Silbert; Hiroko H. Dodge