Ruijie Xu, BSN, MPH, is a PhD student at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. She received her MPH degree in Infectious Disease Epidemiology from Cornell University and BSN degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine.
Her research interests focus on aging and chronic illness management, with an emphasis on improving health outcomes and quality of life among older adults. She is interested in developing and evaluating patient-centered interventions to support individuals living with chronic and serious illnesses.
Ruijie has experience in nursing and public health research, including epidemiological research conducted during her MPH training at Cornell University. She has also contributed to research projects examining family resilience among caregivers of premature infants. Through her doctoral studies, she hopes to develop nursing research that improves care for individuals with chronic health conditions.
