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Overview

Ming Wen is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China and has an extensive research portfolio primarily situated within the Social Sciences and Medicine fields. Their work encompasses 64 publications related to Social Sciences and 42 in Medicine, with particular focus on subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Health, and Education.

The scientist's research topics include a range of issues with an emphasis on health and social dynamics. These topics comprise:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving

Ming Wen has contributed to several peer-reviewed articles, with notable recent papers including:

  • Disparities in telehealth utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from a nationally representative survey in the United States, 2021, Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
  • Changes of Exercise, Screen Time, Fast Food Consumption, Alcohol, and Cigarette Smoking during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Adults in the United States, 2021, Nutrients
  • Trends and disparities in diabetes and prediabetes among adults in the United States, 1999-2018, 2022, Public Health
  • Racial Discrimination, Mental Health and Behavioral Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a National Survey in the United States, 2022, Journal of General Internal Medicine
  • Association of Residential Racial and Economic Segregation With Cancer Mortality in the US, 2022, JAMA Oncology

The scientist frequently publishes in venues that cover health disparities, social issues, and minority health, including:

  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
  • PubMed
  • Innovation in Aging
  • Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Ming Wen frequently collaborates with a number of scholars, with coauthors including Dejun Su, Yan Li, Donglan Zhang, Lu Shi, and Xuesong Han.

Best Publications

  • UGT1A1*28 polymorphism as a determinant of irinotecan disposition and toxicity

    L Iyer;S Das;L Janisch;M Wen

  • Child Development in Rural China: Children Left behind by Their Migrant Parents and Children of Nonmigrant Families.

    Ming Wen;Danhua Lin

  • Objective and perceived neighborhood environment, individual SES and psychosocial factors, and self-rated health: an analysis of older adults in Cook County, Illinois.

    Ming Wen;Louise C. Hawkley;John T. Cacioppo

  • Poverty, affluence, and income inequality: neighborhood economic structure and its implications for health.

    Ming Wen;Christopher R Browning;Kathleen A Cagney

  • Spatial Disparities in the Distribution of Parks and Green Spaces in the USA

    Ming Wen;Xingyou Zhang;Carmen D. Harris;James B. Holt

  • Racial Disparities in Self-Rated Health at Older Ages: What Difference Does the Neighborhood Make?

    Kathleen A. Cagney;Christopher R. Browning;Ming Wen

  • Low rates of colorectal, cervical, and breast cancer screening in Asian Americans compared with non-Hispanic whites: Cultural influences or access to care?

    Namratha R. Kandula;Ming Wen;Elizabeth A. Jacobs;Diane S. Lauderdale

  • Immigrant perceptions of discrimination in health care: the California Health Interview Survey 2003.

    Diane S. Lauderdale;Ming Wen;Elizabeth A. Jacobs;Namratha R. Kandula;Namratha R. Kandula

  • The Immediate and Lingering Effects of Armed Conflict on Adult Mortality: A Time-Series Cross-National Analysis

    Quan Li;Ming Wen

  • Bone mineral density and fracture among prevalent kidney stone cases in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

    Diane S. Lauderdale;Ronald A. Thisted;Ming Wen;Murray J. Favus

  • Rural-urban differences in objective and subjective measures of physical activity: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003-2006.

    Jessie X. Fan;Ming Wen;Lori Kowaleski-Jones

  • Effect of specific aspects of community social environment on the mortality of individuals diagnosed with serious illness.

    Ming Wen;Kathleen A. Cagney;Nicholas A. Christakis

  • Explaining variation in health status across space and time: implications for racial and ethnic disparities in self-rated health

    Christopher R. Browning;Kathleen A. Cagney;Ming Wen

  • Reduction of titanium and other metal oxides using electrodeoxidation

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  • The Effects of Childhood, Adult, and Community Socioeconomic Conditions on Health and Mortality among Older Adults in China

    Ming Wen;Danan Gu

  • Walking for Transportation or Leisure: What Difference Does the Neighborhood Make?

    Ming Wen;Namratha R. Kandula;Diane S. Lauderdale

  • Ethnic Neighborhoods in Multi-Ethnic America, 1990–2000: Resurgent Ethnicity in the Ethnoburbs?

    Ming Wen;Diane S. Lauderdale;Namratha R. Kandula

  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine Among Advanced Cancer Patients Enrolled on Phase I Trials: A Study of Prognosis, Quality of Life, and Preferences for Decision Making

    Fay J. Hlubocky;Mark J. Ratain;Ming Wen;Christopher K. Daugherty

  • Sex and ethnic differences in validity of self-reported adult height, weight and body mass index

    Ming Wen;Lori Kowaleski-Jones

  • Family Structure and Children's Health and Behavior: Data From the 1999 National Survey of America's Families

    Ming Wen

  • Perceived neighborhood safety and sleep quality: A global analysis of six countries

    Terrence D. Hill;Ha Ngoc Trinh;Ming Wen;Lauren Hale

Frequent Co-Authors

Namratha R. Kandula
Namratha R. Kandula Northwestern University
Christopher R. Browning
Christopher R. Browning The Ohio State University
Nicholas A. Christakis
Nicholas A. Christakis Yale University
Marc Bissonnette
Marc Bissonnette University of Chicago
Danhua Lin
Danhua Lin Beijing Normal University
Fahui Wang
Fahui Wang Louisiana State University
John T. Cacioppo
John T. Cacioppo University of Chicago
Louise C. Hawkley
Louise C. Hawkley University of Chicago
David W. Wetter
David W. Wetter University of Utah
Janet B. Croft
Janet B. Croft Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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