Dr. Dan Wu 吴丹 (ORCID: 0000-0003-0849-0297)

Academic Employment

September, 2020 – Now        Assistant Professor, School of Psychology, Shenzhen University

July, 2015 - August, 2020       Lecturer, Department of Psychology, School of Humanities and Management, Guangdong Medical University

Education Background

Graduate       2010.09-2015.07 Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Ph.D. (Major in Mental Health and Psychiatry)

2014.07-2014.12 John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Institute for Global Tobacco Control, Certificate program

2013.12-2014.06 West Virginia University, Dept. of Epidemiology/Injury Control Research Center, Ph.D. Joint-training program

Undergraduate   2006.09-2010.07 Sun Yat-Sen University, School of Nursing, Bachelor of Medicine (Major in Nursing)

                 2007.09-2009.07 Sun Yat-Sen University, School of Public Health, (Minor in Medical Psychology)

Research Interests

Health Behaviour; Health Psychology; Uncertainty Stress; Social Capital; Tobacco Control; Injury Control

Selected Publications

1.       Wu, D., Rockett, I. R., Yang, T., Yang, X. Y., Wang, M., & Jiao, C. (2021). Perceived Beliefs, Uncertainty, and Behavioral Responses During the COVID-19 Outbreak in China: Findings from a Convenience Sample. American Journal of Health Promotion, 08901171211004249.

2.       Wu, D., Yang, T., Rockett, I. R., Yu, L., Peng, S., & Jiang, S. (2021). Uncertainty stress, social capital, and suicidal ideation among Chinese medical students: Findings from a 22-university survey. Journal of Health Psychology, 26(2): 214-225.

3.      Wu, D., Yang, T., Yang, XY., Hoe, C., Peng S. & Yu, L. (2020). Behavioural and Psychosocial Correlates of Road Traffic Injuries: Evidence from a Nationwide Study on Chinese Undergraduates. Traffic Injury Prevention, 6, 375-381

4.       Wu, D., Yu, L., Yang, T., Cottrell, R., Peng, S., Guo, W., & Jiang, S. (2020). The Impacts of Uncertainty Stress on Mental Disorders of Chinese College Students: Evidence from a Nationwide Study. Frontiers in Psychology,11: 243, 1-9

5.       Wu, D., Yang, T., Cottrell, R. R., Zhou, H., & Feng, X. (2019). Prevalence and behavioural associations of unintentional injuries among Chinese college students: a 50-University population-based study. Injury Prevention, 25(1),52-59.

6.       Wu, D., Rockett, I. R., Yang, T., Feng, X., Jiang, S., & Yu,L. (2016). Deliberate self-harm among Chinese medical students: A population-based study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 202, 137-144.

7.       Wu, D., Yang, T., Stillman, F. A., Guo, W., Zhou, H., & Feng, X. (2018). Assessment of tobacco control advocacy behavioural capacity among public health faculty and students: a cluster intervention study. Public Health,165, 95-105.

8.       Wu, D., Yang, T., Cottrell, R.R., Zhou, H., Yang, X., & Zhang, Y. (2015). The effects of tobacco-related health-warning images on intention to quit smoking among urban Chinese smokers. Health Education Journal, 74(3), 287-298