Shuyuan Huang

Shuyuan Huang is an Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow at New York University (NYU) Rory Meyers College of Nursing. Dr. Huang received her Ph.D. from the Yale School of Nursing, her Master of Public Health (MPH) from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, her MSN from Central South University, and her BSN from Xi’an JiaoTong University. She is a registered nurse in the US, and also a certified lifestyle coach for the CDC National Diabetes Prevention Program. She joins NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing as part of the NYU Provost’s postdoctoral fellowship program. 

Dr. Huang’s research focuses on the intersection of chronic disease prevention (e.g., diabetes, cardiovascular disease), maternal health, and minority and immigrant health. Her research program aims to develop culturally and linguistically sensitive lifestyle interventions through mHealth technology for cardiometabolic disease prevention among postpartum Asian/Chinese immigrants with a recent history of gestational diabetes. Her research projects have been or are supported by NIH/NIMHD, Heilbrunn Nurse Scholar Award, Connecticut Nurses’ Foundation Scholarship Award, and Sigma Theta Tau Delta Mu Professional Development Award.  

Her dissertation study examined the physical activity and sedentary behavior of Chinese immigrants in the US with a history of gestational diabetes using wearable devices. She identified an inactive and sedentary lifestyle of this high-risk population, as well as culturally relevant and modifiable factors associated with these two behaviors. Building upon her dissertation work, her current CAHPE P50 pilot project “24-Hour Activity and Cardiometabolic Health in Chinese American Women with a History of Gestational Diabetes” aims to characterize the accelerometer-based 24-hour activity and cardiometabolic risk profile, and to describe the multi-contextual barriers and facilitators to meeting physical activity and sleep guidelines in this high-risk population.