Prof. Dr. Yuhan Xing

School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, China

Dr. Xing is an Associate Professor at the School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-Sen University. Her research focuses on childhood asthma and allergic disorders, with particular emphasis on the protective effects of rural environments, the epidemiology and clinical presentations of pediatric allergy and respiratory disease, and the impact of maternal exposures on child health outcomes.

Dr. Xing obtained her PhD in Medical Sciences and completed postdoctoral training in the Department of Paediatrics at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She received her MSc with Distinction in Clinical and Public Health Nutrition from University College London (UCL) and furthered her training at the Asthma & Airway Disease Research Center, University of Arizona. She also holds a MBBS and is a licensed physician in China.

Dr. Xing has published extensively in leading medical journals, with numerous first-author and corresponding-author publications, including two recognized as ESI highly cited papers. Her work has garnered several awards, including the First Prize for Young Investigator's Oral Presentation at the 17th International Congress on Pediatric Pulmonology (Toledo, Spain), Abstract Prizes at the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) Congresses in 2017 (Helsinki, Finland) and 2018 (Munich, Germany), Travel Scholarship at the EAACI Congress 2023 (Hamburg, Germany), and the Best Presentation Award at the 30th Anniversary Congress of the Korean Academy of Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease (KAPARD). She serves on the editorial boards of several scientific journals and peer-reviews for over thirty journals, primarily in the field of allergy and immunology.

Updated 15 April 2025