Xining Yang, PhD

Co-Investigator, Adaptable Community-Engaged Intervention for Violence Prevention: Michigan Model

Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Geology, affiliated faculty in Center for Health Disparities Innovation and Studies, Eastern Michigan University

xyang5@emich.edu

Dr. Xining Yang is a Co-Investigator of the “Adaptable Community-Engaged Intervention for Violence Prevention: Michigan Model” project at Eastern Michigan University. He is a member of the 1. Community Engagement, 2. Data and Methods, 3. Policy, Implementation, and Economic Evaluation workgroups for the Community Firearm Violence Prevention Network.

Dr. Xining Yang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Geology, and affiliated faculty in Center for Health Disparities Innovation and Studies at Eastern Michigan University. He earned a Master of Geographic Information Science degree from Eastern Michigan University and a PhD in Geography from the Ohio State University. He is a spatial data scientist and a health geographer interested in the interactions between socioecological and neighborhood factors that influence health, society, and the environment. When finding the solutions for these pressing issues, he is interested in using innovative data and methods including spatio-temporal analysis, geovisualization, GeoAI, and volunteered geographic information (VGI). His research proposes a geospatial framework to understand the relationship between firearm-related health outcomes and structural racism and discrimination among Asian Americans. He has served as key personnel on federal, state, and non-profit organization grants working collaboratively with universities, jurisdictions, community-based organizations, and public health professionals on health disparities issues in minority and underserved communities in Michigan.

Affiliated Projects

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Adaptable Community-Engaged Intervention for Violence Prevention: Michigan Model

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