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Siyun Peng
Assistant Research Scientist
- Campus:
- IU Bloomington
Biography
Siyun Peng is Assistant Research Scientist of Sociology at Indiana University. His research interests lie in the areas of aging, Alzheimer’s Disease, health inequalities, social networks, and quantitative methods. He has a broad background in sociology, gerontology, and statistics, with specific training and expertise in adopting a life course perspective to examine social determinants of health. He is currently doing research using network analysis to understand whether stimulating environments can slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. He is also interested in reducing social isolation among the aging population.
Selected Publications
Role of primary tumor volume and metastatic lymph node volume in response to curative effect of definitive radiotherapy for locally advanced head and neck cancer
Streams of interactions: Social connectedness in daily life
Associations Between Social Network Characteristics and Brain Structure Among Older Adults
Deep neighborhood structure driven interval type-2 kernel fuzzy c-means clustering with local versus non-local information
Racial Differences in the Relationship between Loneliness and Cognition among Older Adults in the Midwest