Jason Yue-Hei WONG (黃裕熹) is a first-year Ph.D. student in Sociology at Yale University. He completed his Master of Philosophy in Sociology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2023, where he received his bachelor’s degree in Sociology with the Sociology Award (graduated with the highest GPA) in 2021.

His research areas intersect social demography, aging and the life course, social policy, place, environment, and population health. His research revolves around two primary questions:

Firstly, he explores how geographic contexts and social relationships intersect to produce health inequalities across the life course. His current investigation includes examining the geographic disparities in cognitive functioning using the multistate life table, exploring racial-gender differences in the health impacts of time use in productive engagement in old age, and exploring the role of environmental racism in cardiovascular disease among Black people in the U.S.

Secondly, he delves into how multigenerational family relationships shape the dynamics and mechanisms of health and well-being. This involves examining the health and socio-behavioral consequences of caring for grandchildren for grandparents, investigating the spillover effects of children’s educational attainment and mobility on parental health, and exploring the class gaps in educational expectations and their impacts on adolescent mental health.

Jason previously worked as a student research assistant at the Sau Po Centre on Ageing (Department of Social Work and Social Administration) and the School of Public Health (The Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine) at the University of Hong Kong. He was involved in research projects such as “The Jockey Club Golden Age Journey Project”, “Commissioned Study on Evaluating the Impact of Tobacco Control Policies in Hong Kong”, and “Grassroot Housing and Housing Rights”. Additionally, he served as a teaching assistant for the courses Social Demography and Graduation Thesis at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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