Professor Lu, Peiyi 盧佩儀
Professor Lu, Peiyi 盧佩儀
| Year | Awarding Institution | Qualification |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-2017 | Fu Jen Catholic University | Master |
| 2011-2015 | Sun Yat-Sen University | B.A. |
| 2019-2021 | Iowa State University | M.S. |
| 2017-2021 | Iowa State University | Ph.D. |
Prof. Lu is a gerontologist with expertise in social work, public health, and statistics. Her research interests broadly include gerontological social work, health disparity, social welfare policy related to aging, and quantitative methodology. She specializes in investigating the socioeconomic and cultural determinants of health in later life using cross-national and longitudinal survey data. She also has extensive experience in utilizing causal inference analysis to evaluate social welfare policies (e.g., elder abuse, anti-poverty, food insecurity) in China and the United States, with an ultimate goal of advancing social justice and health equity through policy advocacy.
Prof. Lu has a MSW from Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan. She completed her PhD in Gerontology and MS in Statistics in 2021 from Iowa State University, USA. Before joining HKU, she was a postdoctoral fellow in social epidemiology at Columbia University, USA.
| Awardees | Award Date | Honours / Awards / Prizes | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-11-14 | Junior Investigator Diversity Fellowship | Research Achievement | |
| 2020-11-14 | Emerging Scholar and Professional Organization (ESPO) Poster Award of 2020 GSA conference | Research Achievement | |
| 2019-11-16 | Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE) Graduate Student Paper Award of 2019 GSA conference | Research Achievement | |
| 2018-11-13 | Behavioral and Social Sciences Section Student Research Award – Pre-Dissertation of 2018 GSA conference | Research Achievement | |
| 2017-08-14 | Presidential Scholar Award | Research Achievement | |
| 2021-05-08 | Zaffarano Prize (Honorable Mention) | Research Achievement | |
| 2021-05-08 | Research Excellence Award | Research Achievement | |
| 2021-11-01 | The 2020 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad | Research Achievement |
| Term Period | Position | Professional Societies |
|---|---|---|
| 08/2018-present | Member | Gerontological Society of America |
| 06/2024-12/2025 | Fellow | Sau Po Centre on Ageing, HKU |
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