Yingning Wang, PhD
Dr. Wang is an Associate Professor in the Institute for Health & Aging at the School of Nursing and an affiliated faculty member at the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies. As a health economist, Dr. Wang brings extensive experience in studying the economic impacts of tobacco use, assessing the costs of tobacco use, and evaluating the effects of tobacco control policies on priority populations such as youth and young adults, individuals with low socioeconomic status, racial and ethnic minorities, and rural communities.
Her research interests include emerging tobacco products, cannabis, and the application of machine learning to analyze social media data. Dr. Wang has extensive expertise in developing rigorous economic models and working with large population survey data. Her research has been published in leading public health and tobacco control journals.