Lu Yang is Associate Professor in Social Science at the Faculty of Sociology and Population Studies, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China. Lu received her PhD in Public Health from University of Technology Sydney and Master in Food Science and Nutrition from University of New South Wales. Since August 2022, Lu is the Postdoctoral Research Fellow for the Baker Department of Cardiovascular Research, Translation, and Implementation.

Lu’s research interests are public health, chronic disease care and management. Lu’s research program has attracted over 800,000 Chinese yuan (AUD 177,000) in competitive funding to date including the National Social Science Grant from China. Lu currently leads 10 national and provincial research projects and her work provides practice and policy insights in areas such as cardiovascular diseases and care, healthy ageing and a number of other national and global health challenges.

Lu is also dedicated to supervision, mentoring and teaching. She has convened and lectured undergraduate and postgraduate courses in sociology, such as Social Research Methodology, Population Sociology, and Medical Sociology. Lu currently supervisors 4 Master degree students and has mentored over 10 bachelor degree students on their research projects to date.