Feinuo Sun

Dr. Feinuo Sun is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Texas at Arlington, affiliated with the College of Nursing and Health Innovation. Her work focuses on spatial health equity, particularly chronic pain disparities across rural-urban divides, opioid crisis dynamics, and social determinants of health. She leads the Spatial Health Equity (SHE) Lab, exploring how environmental, policy, and demographic factors influence population health outcomes.

Education: Ph.D. in Sociology (University at Albany, 2021) with a Demography certificate; B.E. in Engineering (Southeast University, 2015). Prior roles include a NIH-funded postdoctoral fellowship at Mount Saint Vincent University and part-time lecturing at SUNY Albany.

Research interests span chronic pain management, disability, migration impacts, and quantitative spatial analysis. Awards include the CSDC-CAnD3 Fellowship and multiple grants from federal agencies. Active in professional societies like the American Public Health Association and Society for Epidemiologic Research.

Current grants include NIH-funded projects on temperature and chronic pain in aging populations, rural health policy impacts, and spatial variations in Medicare beneficiaries' pain conditions. Teaching focuses on public health, statistics, and research methods at the graduate level.