Academic Employment
Associate Professor, Tsinghua University 2023- present
School of Healthcare Management, Tsinghua Medicine.
Principle Investigator, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital 2023- present
Adjunct Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Bloomberg School of Public Health 2023-present
Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore 2019-2022
Department of Social Work, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
Postdoctoral Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine
Department of Population Health Science and Policy. 2018-2019
Education
PhD Columbia School of Social Work 2018
Concentration in Social Policy, Planning, and Policy Analysis
MSW Columbia School of Social Work 2013
Concentration in Social Policy and Policy Analysis
BS Wuhan University, magna cum laude 2011
Major: Political Science
Scholar Interests
Cognitive Health and Aging
Psychological Well-being of Family Caregivers
Digital Therapeutics and Artificial Intelligence in Gerontology
Elder Services and Age-Friendly Communities
Research Grants
1. PI: Digital Solutions for Cognitive and Psychological Disorders among Older Adults
Tsinghua University start-up grant, Beijing, China, 2023. CNY300,000
--Project on exploring the current application of digital technology in clinical practice for older adults. Project responsibilities include investigating mechanisms behind cognitive and psychological disorders, providing personalized predictions, and improving prognostication.
2. PI: Perceptions of Long-term Elderly Clients with Low Income in Family Service Centre in Singapore
NUS Mrs Lee Choon Guan Endowed Research Fund, Singapore, 2020. SG$59,060
--Project on exploring the perceptions and cognitive health of long-term elderly clients with low income receiving assistance from the FSC for three years or more. Project responsibilities include training and supervising collaborative social work practitioners, conducting qualitative interviews, and writing research reports.
3. Co-I: Psychosocial Prognostic Factors in the Knee Osteoarthritis Rehabilitation: A Mixed Methods Longitudinal Study
Rehabilitation Research Institute of Singapore 4th Rehabilitation Research Grant Call (RRG4), Singapore, 2020. SG$250,000
(PI: Dr. Bryan Tan Yijia, Tan Tock Seng Hospital)
--Project on identifying the key psychosocial factors that prognosticate clinical and functional outcomes and response to rehabilitation and non-surgical care in knee OA.
4. Co-I: Caregiving Experiences of Male Caregivers of Dementia Patients
National Council of Social Services Care and Share Fund, Singapore, 2021. SG$47,120
(PI: Lin Wei Loong, Fei Yue Social Service Agency)
--Project on understanding the caregiving experiences of male caregivers of dementia patients. Specifically, it probes life transition, challenges, economic costs, growth areas, needs, as well as social and healthcare service utilization in relation to being a caregiver.
Publications
Published Peer-reviewed Journal Articles (in English)
1. Jiang, N., Yu, X., Yang, Y., Li, G., He, C., Wang, M. P., ... & Rao, K. (2025). Digital Therapeutics in China: Comprehensive Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27, e70955. (SCI Q1, impact factor: 6.000)
2. Jiang, N., Chen, K., Xiao, Y., & Lou, V.W. (2025). Impact of Spousal Congruence on Emotional Perception on Solitude in Older Couples: A Response Surface Analysis. Innovation in Aging. doi: 10.1093/geroni/igaf079. (SCI Q1, impact factor: 4.300)
3. Wang, J., Qin, Y., Wu, Q., Zeng, D., Gao, X., Wang, Q., .Jiang, N... & Li, H. (2025). An adaptive AI-based virtual reality sports system for adolescents with excess body weight: a randomized controlled trial. Nature Medicine, 1-14. (SCI Q1, impact factor: 56.000)
4. Chen, S., Liu, H., Chen, J., Li, J., Jiang, N., & Ho, H. C. (2025). Community capital, gender, and depression in older caregivers for people living with dementia: a moderated mediational analysis with urban big geospatial data. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 100785. (SCI Q1, impact factor: 5.800)
5. Jiang, N., Wu, B., & Li, Y. (2024). Caregiving in Asia: Priority areas for research, policy, and practice to support family caregivers. Health Care Science, 3(6), 374-382. doi: 10.1002/hcs2.124 (SCI Q1, impact factor: 3.300)
6. Du, C., Zhang, Z., Liu, B., Cao, Z., Jiang, N*, & Zhang, Z. (2024). Explainable machine learning model for pre‐frailty risk assessment in community‐dwelling older adults. Health Care Science, 3(6), 426-437. doi: 10.1002/hcs2.120 (*Corresponding author, SCI Q1, impact factor: 3.300)
7. Jiang, N., Wu, B., & Zhang, W. (2024). Immigrant status, social support from children, and resilience for older parents’ perceived oral health among Chinese Americans. Journal of Applied Gerontology. doi: 10.1177/0733464824128866. (SSCI Q2, impact factor: 2.500)
8. 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 Q1, impact factor: 3.835)
9. 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).
10. 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).
11. 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)
12. 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)
13. 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)
14. 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)
15. 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)
16. 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)
17. 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)
18. 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)
19. 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)
20. 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)
21. 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)
22. 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)
23. 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)
24. 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)
25. 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)
26. 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)
27. 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)
28. 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)
29. 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)
30. 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)
31. 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)
32. 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)
33. 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)
Book Chapters
1. Jiang, N. (2013). Productive aging and arts: arts programs in the Chinese community. In Sun, J. J., Mui, A. & Chen, H. J. (Eds), Gerontology and Productive Aging: An International Perspective: Beijing: Renmin University Press. (In Chinese)
2. Jiang, N. (2015). Editor, in Mui, A., Lum, T., & Chi, I., Gerontology Social Work in China. Shanghai: Gezhi Press. (In Chinese)
Conference Presentations
1. Jiang, N., Zhang, W., Wu, B. (2020, November). Oral Health, Immigrant Status, and Adult Children’s Support among Chinese American Older Adults. Symposium presentation in 2020 Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting.
2. Jiang, N., Wang, J., Pei, Y., Zhen, C., Ge, S. (2019, November) Effects of Social Support on Persons’ Neurological Well-Being: Implications from Cross-Cultural Studies. Symposium presentation in 2019 Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, Austin, TX.
3. Jiang, N., Russo, R., Bu, D., Yi, S. S., Zhang, D., Ferket, B., Wang, C., Pagán., & Li, Y. (2019, November). Trends in Gender and Racial Disparities in Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption in New York City, 2008-2017. Poster presentation in 2019 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
4. Jiang, N. (2018, January) How Does Adult Children's Education Influence Their Parents' Survival? Evidence from China. Poster presentation in Society for Social Work and Research, 21th Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
5. Jiang, N. (2017, July) Income and poverty of older adults in China: Does public pension work? Poster presentation in International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics World Congress, 21th Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.
6. Jiang, N. (2017, January) Depending on whom? Income and poverty of older adults in China. Oral paper presentation in Society of Social Work Research, 21th Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
7. Jiang, N. & Plaza, R. (2016, January) How New Rural Pension Scheme affects elderly labor supply: evidence from China. Oral paper presentation in Society of Social Work Research, 20th Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
8. Jiang, N. Zhang, Y., Li, Y., & Mui, A. (2015, November). Factors Associated with Work among Older People Without Pension in China. Poster presentation on Gerontological Society of America, 68th Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.
9. Jiang, N. (2015, November). Promoting employment among seniors in neighborhood: spatial evaluation of SCSEP in New York State. Poster presentation on Gerontological Society of America, 68th Annual Conference, Orlando, FL. (Student Poster Award Finalists, Received press coverage in US Department of Labor and SCSEP national program).
10. Jiang, N. & Mui, A. (2014, November). Self-rated Health Among Older Adults in China: Findings from the WHO Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE). Poster presentation on Gerontological Society of America, 67th Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
11. Dessem, E., Jiang, N., Arsenault, M. & Pitman, B. (2014, March). The Aging Mastery Program: An Innovative Approach to Incentives for Healthy Behavior. Oral Presentation on the 2014 Aging in America Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.
12. Kim, S., Jiang, N. & Mui, A. (2013, November). The Effects of Community Volunteering and ability to use the Internet. Poster presentation on Gerontological Society of America, 66th Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
13. Jiang, N. (2013, May). Arts and Aging: Developing Aesthetic Talent among Older Adults. Oral presentation on the Hartford Partnership Program for Aging Education Graduation. Columbia University, School of Social Work. New York, NY.
Media Coverage
Columnist for the Paper (Peng Pai).
Received extensive press coverage in the United States, China, and Singapore: US Department of Labor News Releases, ChannelNewsAsia, SinoVision, Development Research Center of the State Council of PRC, People.com.cn, China Radio International, Tencent News, ifeng.com, and 163.net
Honors & Awards
2024 Young Scholar Excellence Award (Overseas), PRC, CNY1,200,000
2022 ODPRT Grant for Research Excellence (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Top 10%
Researcher), National University of Singapore, SG$4,000
2019 The Sylvia Rosenberg Dissertation Award in Aging and Mental Health, $7,500.
2018 Extraordinary Potential Prize of Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-
Financed Students Abroad, Ministry of Education of the PRC, $6,000.
2017 Julie How Fellowship, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. $33,000
2016 Weatherhead Fellow, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
2016 Weatherhead PhD Training Grant, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia
University. $1,500.
2016 Daniel and Marianne Spiegel Grant, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia
University. $2,000
2015 Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work Pre-Dissertation Award, $1,500.
2014 - 2018 Columbia University Doctoral Student Scholarship
2013 National Council on Aging Graduate Fellowship, $3,000.
2013 Outstanding Paper Award in GENERATIVITY: Advances Social Work Leadership in
Aging, the New York Academy of Medicine
2012 Fellow of Hartford Partnership Program for Aging Education (HPPAE), Columbia
University
2011 Magna cum laude, Dean’s List, Wuhan University
2011 Excellent Graduate Student Award, Wuhan University
2011 Excellence Award for National Innovative Research, Wuhan University
2009-2010 Outstanding Student Scholarship for two consecutive academic years, Wuhan
University
Teaching Experience
2023-Present Instructor. Comparative Healthcare Policy, Tsinghua University (for Graduate)
Student evaluation: Top 5%-50%
2021 Instructor. Social Gerontology. NUS (for FASS undergraduate)
Student evaluation: 4.1/5
2020 Instructor. Social Policy and Planning. NUS (for social work and political science
undergraduate)
Student evaluation: 4.5/5
2018 Instructor. Stata Lab. Columbia University School of Social Work (for graduate)
Practice Experience
2013 – 2014 Research Assistant I, Sau Po Center on Aging, the University of Hong Kong. China
2013 Health and aging program intern, National Council on Aging, Washington, DC.
2012 – 2013 Social worker intern. Research Center for Arts and Culture at the National Center for
Creative Aging, New York
2011 – 2012 Clinical social work intern, Presbyterian Hospital – Columbia University Medical
Center.
University Services
2022 - Committee member, Asian Centre of Excellence for Healthcare Management &
Leadership, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University
2022 - Education Curriculum Committee, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University
2020 - 2022 Departmental Ethics Review Committee. Department of Social Work, NUS
2019 - 2022 Steering Committee, Next Age Institute, NUS.
2019 - 2022 Research Committee, Social Service Research Center, NUS.
2015 - 2016 Student Representative, Committee on the Doctoral Program. Columbia University School of Social Work.
Community Services
2020 - 2022 Junior research advisor, Agency for Integrated Care, Ministry of Health, Singapore.
Journal and Conference Review
Assistant Editor, Aging and Mental Health, 2024-present
Editorial Board member, Health Care Science, 2024-present
Reviewer, Nature Aging, 2024-present
Reviewer, Social Science and Medicine, 2022-present
Reviewer, Hypertension, 2022-present
Reviewer, BMC Geriatrics, 2020-present
Reviewer, Demography, 2020-present
Reviewer, Public Health, 2020-present
Reviewer, American Journal of Public Health, 2019-present
Reviewer, Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, 2019-present
Reviewer, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2019-present
Reviewer, Age and Ageing, 2019-present
Reviewer, International Journal of Social Welfare, 2019-present
Reviewer, Journal of Public Health Management & Practice, 2019-present
Reviewer, Journal of Applied Gerontology, 2019-present
Reviewer, Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 2018-present
Reviewer, Ageing and Society, 2018-present
Reviewer, Clinical Gerontologist, 2018-present
Reviewer, China Health Review, 2016-present
Reviewer, Aging and Mental Health, 2016-present
Reviewer, American Public Health Association Annual Conference abstracts, 2019-present
Reviewer, World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics abstracts, 2016-present
Reviewer, Gerontological Society of America Annual Conference abstracts, 2014-present
Professional Membership
Member, National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
Member, Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR)
Member, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)
Member, International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG)
Member, Gerontological Society of America (GSA)
Member, China Health Policy and Management Society (CHPAMS)
Member, Population Association of America (PAA)
