Yao Wu

Dr. Yao Wu is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University. She completed her PhD at Monash University and holds a Master of Science (2020) and Bachelor of Medicine (2018) from Peking University.

Research Interests:

• Interdisciplinary research spanning population health, genomics, climate change, and health economics.
• Focus on quantifying health and economic impacts of climate change, particularly air pollution, wildfires, floods, and extreme weather events.
• Investigates molecular and biological consequences of climate stressors, especially epigenetic and genomic pathways.
• Contributes to climate-health economics by analyzing productivity losses and economic burdens of environmental exposures.

Publication Trends: Dr. Wu's recent research is highly interdisciplinary, combining environmental exposure data with large-scale health datasets. Her work emphasizes global modeling, multi-country collaborations, and policy-relevant findings, particularly in planetary health, with frequent publications in high-impact journals like Nature, The Lancet, and The Innovation.

Scientific Recognition:

• Published nearly 100 peer-reviewed articles in top journals including The New England Journal of Medicine, Nature, The Lancet, BMJ, and The Lancet Planetary Health.
• Over 2,000 citations (Google Scholar), h-index of 27, and Field-Weighted Citation Impact of 2.04 as of June 2025.
• Recognized as a top-performing early-career researcher in planetary and environmental health.

Grants and Advising: Dr. Wu served as a Chief Investigator on a 2022 research project assessing the global mortality burden from wildfire-related PM2.5. While no formal students are listed, her leadership as a 'Leading Author' on multiple publications suggests active mentorship and collaboration. She is part of the Multi-Country Multi-City (MCC) Collaborative Research Network, indicating strong international research engagement.

Labs and Teams: Dr. Wu is affiliated with the Centre for Air Pollution, Energy and Health Research (CAR) at Monash University and participates in large-scale collaborative networks focused on climate and health impacts.