Kexin Yu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

School: Medical School
Department: Neurology

Publications

Life-Space Mobility Is Related to Loneliness Among Living-Alone Older Adults: Longitudinal Analysis With Motion Sensor Data: Yu K, Wu CY, Barnes LL, Silbert LC, Beattie Z, Croff R, Miller L, Dodge HH, Kaye JA Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2025
Social media use is an understated social determinant of mental health: Jester DJ, Yu K International Psychogeriatrics 2024 Sep 36 697-698
Who Benefited Most from the Internet-Based Conversational Engagement RCT (I-CONECT)? Application of the Personalized Medicine Approach to a Behavioral Intervention Study: Wu CY, Yu K, Arnold SE, Das S, Dodge HH The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2024 May 11 639-648
Internet-Based Conversational Engagement Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial (I-CONECT) Among Socially Isolated Adults 75+ Years Old With Normal Cognition or Mild Cognitive Impairment: Topline Results: Dodge HH, Yu K, Wu CY, Pruitt PJ, Asgari M, Kaye JA, Hampstead BM, Struble L, Potempa K, Lichtenberg P, Croff R, Albin RL, Silbert LC, Alfaro E, McDonald M, Lindsey J, Scavone C, Sheridan N, Nguyen K, Ellis A, Weisberg L, Moore D, Peacock B, Heller B, Thornall C, Ruhf S, Ziemer-Mcginn M, Custodio F, Farrell D, Lynch A, Banker D, Reyes G, Rabe K, Seeton L, Pedroza J, Forystek D, May N, Reader J, Bhaumik AK Gerontologist 2024 Apr 64
“Do Your Best to Avoid it”: Appraisals and Coping with Discrimination-Related Stress Among Older Chinese Immigrants in Affordable Senior Housings During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Liang J, Yu K, Tung YH, Wu S, Chi I Journal of Gerontological Social Work 2024 67 188-206
Chinese Immigrant Caregivers: Understanding Their Unmet Needs and the Co-Design of an mHealth App: Yu K, Jiang H, Liu M, Wu S, Jordan-Marsh M, Chi I Canadian Journal on Aging 2024
I-CONECT intervention effects on weekly time spent outside of home and social contacts among socially isolated older adults: Yu K, Wu CY, Silbert LC, Kaye JA, Dodge HH Frontiers in Public Health 2024 12
Investigating Biological Pathways Underpinning the Longitudinal Association Between Loneliness and Cognitive Impairment: Yu K, Ng TK Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 2023 Aug 78 1417-1426
Adaptation Resources and Responses to Wildfire Smoke and Other Forms of Air Pollution in Low-Income Urban Settings: A Mixed-Methods Study: Palinkas LA, De Leon J, Yu K, Salinas E, Fernandez C, Johnston J, Rahman MM, Silva SJ, Hurlburt M, McConnell RS, Garcia E International journal of environmental research and public health 2023 Apr 20
Harnessing mobile technology to support type 2 diabetes self-management among Chinese and Hispanic immigrants: a mixed-methods acceptability study: Yu K, Wu S, Liu R, Chi I Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work 2023 32 171-184