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Weiyu Mao, PhD

Associate Professor
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, Nevada, United States

Dr. Weiyu Mao is a tenured associate professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Nevada, Reno and associate director for the professional development educational core at the NIH IDeA Mountain West Clinical and Translational Research Infrastructure Network. She received her MSW degree, PhD degree, and postdoctoral training from the University of Southern California. Prior to that, she received a bachelor’s degree in law from the Nankai University, China and a master’s degree in philosophy from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Dr. Mao’sresearch program has focused on the investigations of social determinants of health (including oral health) in both heritage-and receiving-cultures. Dr. Mao strives to further the understanding of health disparities (including oral health disparities) among older ethnic and racial minority populations (e.g., older Asians and older Asian Americans) and explicate how social determinants, especially understudied psychosocial determinants, are associated with varying exposures and vulnerabilities to health inequities. Dr. Mao’s previous clinical observations of low-income older adults defer dental officevisits due to their co-morbidities, limited resources/funding, and mobility issues fueled her passion and interest towards addressing oral health disparities. Dr. Mao has been gravitating towards interdisciplinary research and leading interdisciplinary teams, including collaborators from sociology, nursing, public health, and medicine. Dr. Mao’s work has been featured in high impact journals, including The Gerontologist, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Journal of Dental Research, Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, and The International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. Dr. Mao brings her experience and research into the classrooms, such as program planning and health social work. She strives to promote cultural diversity and inclusion in her research, teaching, and service.

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