Hangqing Ruan
PhD
Research Interests
Medical Sociology; Social Determinants of Health; Disability and Mortality; Chronic Pain & Opioid; Aging & Health; Work, Family & Health
Bio
Hangqing Ruan is a Post doc in the UB Department of Sociology and Criminology on a National Institute of Aging-funded project on "The Demography of Chronic Pain." He received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Maryland in 2023. His research spans three interrelated areas that lie at the intersection of demography, medical sociology, and social epidemiology. One line of his research focuses on the widening socioeconomic (SES) inequalities in health and mortality, and how SES intersects with race, gender, and family dynamics in shaping mortality and health patterns. The other strand of his work explores how chronic pain affects disability and disability disparities. His work has appeared/forthcoming in Journals including Aging and Society, Frontiers in Public Health, Demographic Research, Socius, International Psychogeriatrics, and other outlets.
Education
- PhD, University of Maryland, College Park, 2023
- MA, University of Maryland, College Park, 2020
- MA, Peking University, 2018
- BA, Peking University, 2015
Recent Courses
- SOC 202: Introduction to Research Methods in Sociology (lab instructor)