Education:

2007-2011 B.Sc. in Political Science, School of Political Science & Public Administration , Wuhan University

2011-2013 M.S.W in Columbia School of Social Work

2014-2018 Ph.D in Columbia School of Social Work

Professional Positions:

2018-2019 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Population Health Science and Policy, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, USA

2019-2022 Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Faculty of Arts and Social Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore

2022-present Associate Professor, Institute for Hospital Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

2023-present Principle Investigator, Beijing Tsinghua Changgeng Hospital

2022-present Adjunct Associate Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

Research Areas:

My research is focused on dementia and care policy, with particular attention toward implications for preventive approaches to cognitive impairment. This research has centered on three primary themes: (1) dementia ecosystem; (2) psychological well-being of older adults and caregivers; and (3) prevention, early intervention, and care management for cognitive impairment. To investigate these research questions, I draw upon interdisciplinary approaches from public policy and geriatric psychiatry, utilizing mixed methods to unpack underlying psychosocial mechanisms. I am drawn to this area out of recognition of the significant limitations of current approaches that only involve individuals rather than families, combined with the enormous and largely untapped potential of preventive approaches. I believe that we can greatly advance support for people with cognitive impairment and their family members, as well as alleviate population-level cognitive health disparities by recognizing the role of structural causes and responding with culturally appropriate prevention and intervention approaches.

I continue expanding my current project on digital health technologies and scalable approaches to improve cognitive health. The combination of psychosocial, geospatial, and biosensor data can greatly enhance the development of cognitive assessment and training interventions, which harness the power of mobile app technology to intervene multi-dimensionally. Mobile interventions are potentially affordable solutions to reach individuals hard to motivate. I develop and pilot to evaluate these clinical interventions. Moreover, I launched several projects to examine health policies that disseminate, promote, and codify these effective digital practices and models aiming at improving dementia care. Given the infancy of research focusing on digital health technologies in dementia care in China, it is vital to carry out cost-benefit analysis and meta-analysis to find out the effectiveness. More effort is needed to promote standards and practice by central and local governments to extend the reach of technology to more people in need.

Honors and Awards:

➢ 2024 Distinguished Young Scholars (Overseas), PRC

➢ 2022 ODPRT Grant for Research Excellence (Faculty of Arts and Social Science Top 10% Research), National University of Singapore

➢ 2018 Extraordinary Potential Prize of Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad, Ministry of Education, PRC

➢ 2017 Julie How Fellowship, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University

➢ 2015 Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work Pre-Dissertation Award

Selected Publications:

1.Wu, J., Li, Y., & Jiang, N* (2024). A Game-Based WeChat Mini-Program for Screening Cognitive Function in Chinese Older Adults: Development, Application and Preliminary Validation Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research Aging. (SSCI Q2, impact factor: 4.9)

2.Jiang, N. & Lou, V. W. (2023). Caregivers’ depressive symptom trajectories and risk of cognitive impairment among older adults with functional limitations: a prospective cohort study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. doi: 10.1002/gps.5850 (SSCI Q2, impact factor: 3.835)

3.Jiang, N. (2022). Formal volunteering and depressive symptoms among Community-Dwelling older adults in China: A longitudinal cross-level analysis. Health and Social Care in the Community. doi: 10.1111/hsc.13995. (SSCI Q2, impact factor: 2.821).

4.Cheng, CYL.,& Jiang, N*. (2022). How Community-Based Eldercare Services Adapt in Response to Covid-19 Restrictions: Evidence from Singapore. Journal of Gerontological Social Work. (*Corresponding author). doi: 0.1080/01634372.2022.2083282. (SSCI Q1, impact factor: 3.608).

5.Jiang, N., Wu, A. M., & Cheng, E. W. (2022). Social trust and stress symptoms among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Asia. BMC Geriatrics. doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-02847-5 (SSCI Q1, impact factor: 4.070)

6.Sun, Q., Jiang, N., Lu, N., & Lou, V. W. (2022). Bidirectional relationship between cognitive function and loss hierarchy of activities of daily living among older adults with disabilities in urban China: a cross-lagged analysis. BMJ Open, 12(9), e057211.doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057211 (SSCI Q2, impact factor: 3.006)

7.Xiao, Y., Jia, Z., Dong, M., Song, K., Li, X., Bian, D. Li, Y., Jiang, N. ... & Li, G. (2022). Development and validity of computerized neuropsychological assessment devices for screening mild cognitive impairment: Ensemble of models with feature space heterogeneity and retrieval practice effect. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 131, 104108. doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2022.104108. (SSCI Q1, impact factor: 8.000)

8.Zheng, G., Jiang, N., Zhao, P., & Lyu, X. (2022). Associations between psychological ownership and the service impact among Chinese disability support workers. Health and Social Care in the Community. doi: 10.1111/hsc.13809.(SSCI Q2, impact factor: 2.821)

9.Jiang, N., Sun, Q., & Lou, V. W. (2021). The impact of caregiver’s depressive symptoms on trajectories of cognitive function in older adults with functional limitations. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. doi: 10.1002/gps.5523. (SSCI Q1, impact factor: 3.485)

10.Jiang, N., & Renema, J. A. (2021). Immigrant–Native disparities in happiness among middle-aged and older adults in Western European countries: the moderating role of social capital. Journal of Aging and Health. doi: 10.1177/0898264321990282. (SSCI Q2, impact factor: 3.213)

11.Lu, N., Sun, Q., Jiang, N., & Lou, V. W., (2021). Does wisdom moderate the relationship between burden and depressive symptoms among family caregivers of disabled older adults in China? A multiple-group path analysis. Aging and Mental Health. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2021.1935454. (SSCI Q1, impact factor: 3.658)

12.Wang, Y., Jiang, N., Zhang, H., & Liu, Z. (2021). Organizational justice, burnout, and turnover intention of social workers in China. Journal of Social Work, 21(3), 456-475. doi: 10.1177/1468017320911347. (SSCI Q2, impact factor: 2.292)

13.Jiang, N., Stella, S. Y., Russo, R., Bu, D. D., Zhang, D., Ferket, B., ... & Li, Y. (2020). Trends and sociodemographic disparities in sugary drink consumption among adults in New York City, 2009–2017. Preventive medicine reports, 19, 101162. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101162. (SSCI Q2, impact factor: 2.400)

14.Jiang, N., Lu, N., Sun, Q., & Lou, V. W. (2020). Positive and negative experiences and life satisfaction among spousal caregivers for frail older adults in urban China: a parallel process model. Age and Ageing. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afaa032. (SSCI Q1, impact factor: 12.782)

15.Jiang, N., & Kaushal, N. (2020). How children's education affects caregiving: evidence from parent’s last years of life. Economics and Human Biology. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2020.100875. (SSCI Q2, impact factor: 2.184)

16.Lu, N., Wu, B., Jiang, N., & Dong, T. (2020). Childhood conditions and arthritis among middle-aged and older adults in China: The China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. Ageing & Society. doi: 10.1017/S0144686X20000343. (SSCI Q2, impact factor: 2.786)

17.Sun, Q., Lu, N., Jiang, N., & Lou, V. W. (2020). Intention to use respite services among informal caregivers of frail older adults in China: the role of care needs change. Ageing and Society. doi: 10.1017/S014-44686X20000628. (SSCI Q2, impact factor: 2.786)

18.Jiang, N. (2019). Adult children’s education and later-life health of parents in China: the intergenerational effects of human capital investment. Social Indicators Research. doi: 10.1007/s11205-019-02109-9. (SSCI Q2, impact factor: 1.564)

19.Jiang, N., Wu, B., Lu, N., & Dong, T. (2019). Neighborhood‐Based Social Capital and Cognitive Function among Older Adults in Five Low‐and Middle‐Income Countries: Evidence from the WHO Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE). International journal of geriatric psychiatry. doi: 10.1002/gps.5239. (SSCI Q1, impact factor: 3.485)

20.Muchomba, F., Jiang, N*., & Kaushal, N. (2019). Culture, Labor Supply, and Fertility of Across Immigrant Generations. Feminist Economics. (*Corresponding author). doi: 10.1080/13545701.2019.1633013. (SSCI Q2, impact factor: 1.406)

21.Jiang, N., & Lu, N. (2019). Correlates of mental illness/health categories among older adults in China: a cross-sectional study based on the two continua model. Clinical Gerontologist. 1-10. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2018.1470589. (SSCI Q2, impact factor: 2.619)

22.Lu, N., Jiang, N., Sun, Q., & Lou, V. W. (2019). Social capital and positive aspect of caregiving among adult-children caregivers of older adults with disabilities in urban China. Research on Aging. doi: 10.1177/0164027519876095. (SSCI Q2, impact factor: 2.585)

23.Xu, Y., Jiang, N., Wang, Y., Zhang, Q., Chen, L., & Ma, S. (2018). Pain perception of older adults in nursing home and home care settings: evidence from China. BMC geriatrics, 18(1), 152. doi: 10.1186/s12877-018-0841-0. (SSCI Q1, impact factor: 3.737)

24.Lu, N., Peng, C., Jiang, N., & Lou, V. (2018). Cognitive social capital and formal volunteering among older adults in urban China: does gender matter? Journal of Applied Gerontology. doi: 10.1177/0733464818765279. (SSCI Q2, impact factor: 3.200)

25.Jiang, N., & Lou, V. W., & Lu, N. (2018). Does social capital influence aging in place preference: evidence from Urban China. Aging and Mental Health, 1-7. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2016.1249455. (SSCI Q1, impact factor: 3.658)

26.Lu, N., Jiang, N., Lou, V., Zeng, Y., & Liu, M. (2018). Does gender moderate the relationship between social capital and life satisfaction? evidence from urban China. Research on Aging. doi: 10.1177/0164027517739032. (SSCI Q2, impact factor: 2.585)

27.Wong, G., Ng, C., Lai, C., Lee, M., Lum, T., Jiang, N., Shie, H., Wu, J., & Dai, D. (2014). Development of six arts, a culturally appropriate multimodal nonpharmacological intervention in Dementia. The Gerontologist, 55(5), 865-874. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnu102. (SSCI Q1, impact factor: 5.271)

Complete list of publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PN0tfkkAAAAJ&hl=en