Chenkai Wu, MSc, MPH, Ph.D
Assistant Professor of Global Health, Director of Graduate Studies for MSc-Global Health Program, Duke Kunshan University
Assistant Professor of Global Health, Director of Graduate Studies for MSc-Global Health Program, Duke Kunshan University
Dr. Wu’s interdisciplinary research focuses on improving health among older adults in three areas: (1) assessment, epidemiology, and clinical implications of frailty; (2) epidemiology and prevention of sarcopenia; and (3) promoting healthy aging by refining measurement tools and identifying novel biological, social, and environmental markers.
He has published 96 peer-reviewed papers (61 as first or senior author), secured 27 grants, contributed to three book chapters, and led two symposium sessions and 36 oral presentations. He served as an editorial board member for five journals, a guest editor for two special issues, and a reviewer for 45 journals. In 2022, Elsevier listed him in the “World’s Top 2% Scientists” (single-year achievement category). As a site PI of a National Key Research and Development Program, he helped establish a demonstration area to prevent and treat sarcopenia in the eastern region of China and assisted in formulating the guidelines for the diagnosis and intervention of sarcopenia.
Dr. Wu has a B.S. degree in Psychology from Zhejiang University and later obtained an M.S. in Human Development and Family Sciences, an M.P.H. in Biostatistics, and a Ph.D. in Public Health from Oregon State University. Before joining DKU, he was a faculty member at New York Medical College.