SPA welcomed Dr. Youfa Wang at our latest colloquium on Wednesday, February 14, 2018 in Bracken Library.
This colloquium was different from our previous sessions. We invited Dr. Wang to speak about his research efforts in a session titled "Research and Scholarship in the Fisher Institute of Wellness."
This colloquium focused on giving a Ball State faculty member the opportunity to share their work with their peers rather than the traditional faculty learning opportunity. We hope to incorporate more opportunities like this into our future event calendars.
Who is Dr. Wang?
Now:
- John and Janice Fisher Endowed Chair of Wellness
- Associate Director of the Fisher Institute of Health and Well-being
- Professor of Nutrition and Health Science in the College of Health, Ball State University
- Expert consultant for the World Health Organization and the United Nations
- Vice President of Chinese Preventive Medicine Association - Chinese Society on Global Health
Previously:
- Professor of Epidemiology, Environmental Health and Pediatrics, Department Chair, and a Program Director at the State University of New York at Buffalo
- Founding Director of the Global Center on Childhood Obesity Prevention and Control
- Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University
- Chair of the Obesity Society, Pediatric Section (North America)
- Chair of American Society for Nutrition, Epidemiology Section
- President of the North America Chinese Society for Nutrition
His Research
Dr. Wang's research interests include epidemiology, nutrition, childhood obesity, non-communicable diseases, global health, big data, systems models, and mHealth.
He has over 230 publications, including more than 180 peer reviewed papers. Many of these papers have been published in well-known journals such as Lancet, Circulation, International Journal of Epidemiology, and Obesity Review.
Dr. Wang has received approximately $23 million in NIH research grants, which includes multiple R01 grants and a $16 million NIH U54 grant.
Overall, his research has been funded by the NIH, US Department of Agriculture, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, an Agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and more.
Dr. Wang has used interdisciplinary and international collaborations to support large research projects. If you wish to reach out to him for more information or advice you can email him at
ywang26@bsu.edu.
If you have interest in sharing your own research in our future colloquia series feel free to contact Stan Geidel at
sgeidel@bsu.edu or Jessie Roark at
jaroark@bsu.edu.
The Indiana Minority Health Coalition, Inc. (IMHC) is pleased to announce the release of this Request for Proposals (RFP) through the State Master Research Plan (SMRP).
