Contact: (336) 334-4314
Posted 10-30-08
GREENSBORO — Dr. Bei Wu, a veteran researcher and award-winning teacher, will join UNCG's Gerontology Program as an associate professor in January.
A fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, she is an associate professor in the Center on Aging and the Department of Community Medicine at West Virginia University, and a clinical associate professor in the WVU School of Dentistry.
Her current research includes two NIH/NIDCR-funded projects: One deals with cognitive impairment and oral health; the other relates to social support, depression and oral health in later life. She also works with colleagues nationwide on a CDC-funded project promoting cognitive health among older adults.
Wu is extensively involved in international research. She holds adjunct professor/senior fellow positions at three academic institutions in China and has conducted numerous aging-related studies in that country. As co-investigator of a NIH/NIA-funded project, she examines the influence of cultural beliefs and values on the dementia care giving experience in China.
She teaches graduate and undergraduate students from various disciplines, and has received several teaching awards including a Ford Foundation-sponsored teaching fellowship.
After receiving her M.S. and Ph.D. in gerontology from the University of Massachusetts in Boston, she worked as a research associate and research methodologist at the Wellesley College Center for Research on Women, and as a senior research associate at the Center for Health Economics Research in Massachusetts.
For more information about Wu or the Gerontology Program, call (336) 256-1020 or visit www.uncg.edu/gro.
