YuanYuan Wang

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Biography

Dr Wang is a clinical epidemiologist in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine Monash University, with 18 years of experience in epidemiological research of musculoskeletal conditions. She has been a recipient of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) PhD Scholarship (2005-2006) and Fellowships including Public Health Training Fellowship (2007-2010), Career Development Fellowship (2014-2017), and Translating Research Into Practice Fellowship (2019-2020). Dr Wang has completed Bachelor (1993) and Master (1998) degrees in Medicine with comprehensive clinical training and worked as a radiologist for over seven years in China. She completed a PhD at Swinburne University of Technology in 2007, looking at factors affecting knee cartilage and bone in healthy individuals and those with knee osteoarthritis.

Dr Wang’s work has contributed to better understanding of the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis that inform novel treatment for osteoarthritis. She has published over 160 peer-reviewed manuscripts, and is on the editorial board of PLOS ONE and BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. She is a member of Osteoarthritis Research Society International and Australia Chinese Association of Biomedical Sciences.

December 2019 update:

The Altmetric top 100 globally (17 Dec 2019): Dr Wang’s BMJ paper (BMJ. 2019 Jan 30;364:l42) was the 50th most discussed scientific report (of 2.7 million papers) globally of any field in 2019 (https://www.altmetric.com/top100/2019/).

Best of JAMA Network 2019. JAMA Most Viewed Articles. Her paper informed the debate in the second of the most viewed articles (web address): Does Skipping Breakfast Lead to Weight Loss or Weight Gain? JAMA | Medical News & Perspectives | May 1, 2019.

Education/Academic qualification

Epidemiology, PhD, Swinburne University of Technology

Medicine, Master of Medicine, Dalian Medical University

Medicine, MBBS, Peking University

Research area keywords

Osteoarthritis
Epidemiology
Low Back Pain
Obesity
Physical activity
diet and health
Clinical trials
Treatment
Prevention
Joint replacement

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Projects

3 Active
11 Finished

HeLP-knee (Healthy Lifestyle Program for people with knee pain) – a sustainable low-intensity self-management lifestyle intervention for reducing the burden of knee pain in the community

Wang, Y.

1/01/19 → 31/12/20

Project: Other

Hype or Hope? platelet-Rich plasma as a symptom- and disEaSe-modifying Treatment fOR knee ostEoarthritis - the RESTORE trial

Bennell, K. L., Wang, Y., Forbes, A. & Buchbinder, R.

1/01/17 → 31/12/20

Project: Research

METHODS - A randomised controlled trial of METhotrexate to treat Hand Osteoarthritis with Synovitis

Teichtahl, A., Cicuttini, F., Jones, G., Keen, H., Kasza, J., Wang, Y. & Hill, C. L.

National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

1/01/17 → 31/12/20

Project: Research

Hip and knee joint replacements in older Australians - what factors predict positive outcomes and optimise quality of life?

Cicuttini, F., Graves, S., Owen, A., Reid, C., Wang, Y. & Wluka, A.

Medibank Private Limited

13/02/15 → 13/02/17

Project: Research

NHMRC Equipment Grant - A robotic system for biomarker assay automation: JANUS Expanded, 8 Tip VariSpan, 96-head MDT, Gripper Integration Platform

McNeil, J., Abramson, M., Cicuttini, F., Krum, H., Reid, C., Urquhart, D., Wang, B., Wang, Y., Wluka, A. & Woods, R.

National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

5/12/14 → 31/12/15

Project: Research