教育背景：

2016-2020  美国Fordham University，发展心理学，博士

2013-2016  美国普渡大学，人类发展与家庭研究，硕士

2011-2013  美国宾夕法尼亚大学，人类发展，硕士

2007-2011  上海外国语大学，英语语言文学，学士

学术职位：

2022-至今 北京师范大学心理学部，副教授

2020-2021  美国西奈山伊坎医学院，博士后

期刊论文：

1.     Niu, L., Sheffield, P., & Li, Y. (2023). Pubertal timing, neighborhood income and mental health problems in boys and girls. Social Science & Medicine.

2.     Niu L., Herrera, M. T., Girma, B., Liu, B., Glassberg, J., Schinasi, L., Clougherty, J., & Sheffield, P. (2023). Temperature and mental health-related emergency department and hospital admissions among children, adolescents, and young adults. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences.

3.     Niu, L., Zhang, D., Shi, L., Han, X., Chen, Z., Chen, L., Wen, M., Li, H., Chen, B., Li, J., Su, D., & Li, Y. (2023). Racial disparities in sleep quality under the dual pandemics of COVID-19 and racism. Journal of Urban Health.

4.     Loh, M, Niu, L., Burk, R., Diaz, A., & Schlecht, N. (2023). Long-acting reversible contraception and condom use: A cohort study of female adolescents and young adults in New York City. Contraception.

5.     Duroseau, N., Niu, L., Wilson, K., Nucci-Sack, A., Burk, R., Diaz, A., & Schlecht, N. (2023). Psychosocial Effects of Frequent Cannabis Smoking in Adolescent Women of Color: Results from a Prospective Cohort of Inner-City Youth. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction.  

6.     Chaku, N, Curtis, C. A., Hoyt, L. T., Zeiders, K. H., Niu, L., Sarsar, E., & Nair, R. L. (2023). Civic engagement, discrimination, and sleep health among black, indigenous, youth of color. Journal of American College Health.

7.     Liu, B., Niu, L. & Lee, F. (2023). Utilizing residential histories to assess environmental exposure and socioeconomic status over the life course among mesothelioma patients. Journal of Thoracic Disease.

8.     Niu, L., Hu, L., Li, Y., & Liu, B. (2022). Correlates of cancer prevalence at the neighborhood level in the United States: A Bayesian machine learning approach. Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology.

9.     Boscoe, F., Liu, B., Lafantasie, J., Niu, L., & Lee, F. (2022). Estimating uncertainty in a socioeconomic index derived from the American community survey. Social Science and Medicine - Population Health, 18(4).

10.  Niu, L., Brown, J. L., Hoyt, L. T., Salandy, A., Nucci-Sack, A., Shankar, V., Burk, D. R., Schlecht, N. F., & Diaz, A. D. (2021). Profiles of childhood maltreatment: Associations with sexual risk behavior during adolescence in a sample of racial/ethnic minority girls. Child Development, 92(4), 1421-1438

11.  Niu, L., Hoyt, L. T., Pickering, S., Nucci-Sack, A., Salandy, A., Shankar, V., Rodriguez, E.M., Burk, D. R., Schlecht, N. F., & Diaz, A. D. (2021). Neighborhood profiles and body mass index trajectory in female adolescents and young adults. Journal of Adolescent Health, 69(6), 1024-1031.

12.  Niu, L., Hoyt, L. T., Shane, J., & Storch, E. A. (2021). Associations between subjective social status and psychological well-being among college students. Journal of American College Health, 1-8.

13.  Niu, L., Herrera, M. T., Girma, B., Liu, B., Schinasi, L., Clougherty, J., & Sheffield, P. (2021). High ambient temperature and child emergency and hospital visits in New York City.  Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 36(1), 36-44.

14.  Niu L., Herrera, M. T., Girma, B., Liu, B., Glassberg, J., Schinasi, L., Clougherty, J., & Sheffield, P. (2021). Are children with medical complexity more susceptible to heat? A case-crossover analysis of ambient temperature and emergency visits. Journal of Applied Research on Children.

15.  Hoyt, L. T., Zeiders, H. K., Chaku, N., Niu, L., & Cook, S. (2021). Identifying diurnal cortisol profiles among young adults: Physiological signatures of mental health trajectories. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 128, 105204.

16.  Niu, L., Hoyt, L. T., Salandy, A., Nucci-Sack, A., Shankar, V., Strickler, H., . . . Diaz, A. (2020). The interaction between pubertal timing and childhood maltreatment on the risk of human papillomavirus infection among adolescent girls and young women. Preventive Medicine, 138, 106126.

17.  Hoyt, L. T., Niu, L., Pachucki, M. C., & Chaku, N. (2020). Timing of puberty in boys and girls: Implications for population health. Social Science & Medicine-Population Health, 10, 100549.

18.  Niu, L., Hoyt, L. T., & Pachucki, M. C. (2018). Context matters: Adolescent neighborhood and school influences on young adult body mass index. Journal of Adolescent Health, 64(3), 405-410.

19.  Cheon, Y. M., Niu, L., Ehrhardt, A., & Yip, T. (2019). Daily academic satisfaction and ethnic/racial identity of Asian American adolescents: The role of objective and subjective peer diversity at school. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 11(2), 59-68.

20.  Zhang, Y., Niu, L., Zhang, D., Ip, P., Ho, F., Jiang, Y., ... & Jiang, F. (2019). Social-emotional functioning explains the effects of physical activity on academic performance among Chinese primary school students: A mediation analysis. The Journal of Pediatrics.

21.  Lu, T., Jin, S., Li, L., Niu, L., Chen, X., & French, D. C. (2018). Longitudinal associations between popularity and aggression in Chinese middle and high school adolescents. Developmental Psychology, 54(12), 2291.

22.  Li, L., Jin, S., Niu, L., Feng, Y., & French, D. C. (2016). Tobacco use by middle and high school Chinese adolescents and their friends. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 46(6), 1262-1274.

23. Niu, L., Xu, S., Li, L., Jin, S., Chen, X., & French, D. C. (2015). Popularity and social preference in Chinese adolescents: Associations with social and behavioral adjustment. Social Development, 25(4), 828-845.

科研项目:

1.     青春期发育对青少年心理行为发展的影响及生理机制，国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目（项目批准号：32300888），2024.01-2026.12，主持

2.     青春期发育对青少年心理健康的作用，中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金资助（项目批准号：2022NTSS28），2022.10-2024.09，主持

3.     Pediatric Health and Extreme Weather - Health Effects of Ambient Temperature，National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences（R01；PI：Perry Sheffield），2019-2021，参与

4.     Cervical, Anal, and Oral HPV Persistence among Adolescent Girls，National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases（R01；PI：Angela Diaz)， 2017-2022，参与

5.     Social Network Analysis of Puberty, Activity Behaviors, and Health Disparities，National Institute of Nursing Research，（R21；PI：Lindsay Hoyt & Mark Pachucki），2018-2022，参与

2022-至今，教育心理学，本科生通时课

2019-2020，心理统计学，本科生课程

2016-2019，心理学导论，本科生课程（Lab instructor）

2016-2019，回归分析，研究生课程（Lab instructor）

2016-2019，心理统计学，研究生课程（Lab instructor）

中华预防医学会行为健康分会委员（2023-）

北京妇产学会心理分会委员（2022-）

青少年研究学会(Society for Research on Adolescence，SRA)宣传委员会委员

学术期刊审稿人，包括Child Development，Journal of Research on Adolescence，Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being，American Journal of Preventive Medicine，Youth and Society，Obesity Reviews，Environmental Research，Public Health Nutrition， Hypertension，PLOS ONE，BMC Public Health，GeoHealth

美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）行为与社会科学领域青年学者最佳论文奖（2021）

青少年研究学会（Society of Research on Adolescence，SRA），Emerging Scholars Spotlight，https://www.s-r-a.org/es-spotlight--march-2021（2021）