Jinbo Niu
Profile
Jinbo Niu earned his master’s degree at the University of Pennsylvania. His master’s study focused on data-driven methods in social policy and health behavior studies.
He has served as a research assistant at both the School of Social Policy and Practice and the School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, where he applied data science methods including spatial analysis, machine learning, and statistical modeling to understand health disparities and health decision-making. His work mainly focuses on oral health disparities, spatial machine learning methods, and gerontology.
During his studies in the Population, Health and Place doctoral program, Jinbo plans to incorporate spatial science in the study of oral health outcomes and their determinants among older adults.
Education
M.S. Social Policy + Data Analytics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA
Bachelor of Management in Public Administration, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China
Joint Program in Public Administration, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
Publications
France, K., Faist, M., Kost, D., Luo, Y., Niu, J., Seymour, L., & Cadet, T. (2024). Perceptions of the role of dentists in human papillomavirus and COVID-19 vaccinations: Results of a cross-sectional validated survey of adults. Journal of the American Dental Association, 155(10), 871–880.