I am broadly interested in research topics on family, health, care, inequalities, and policymaking in aging societies. Some overarching questions that motivate my research include: 

• Who will care for older adults in aging societies in the context of changing families?

• How do different care arrangements influence the well-being of older adults and their caregivers, thus shaping the other domains of social inequalities?

• How can policy better support older adults (especially for those with cognitive impairment) and caregivers?

The data I am using include: 

• Health and Retirement Study (HRS)

• Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)

• National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS)

My ongoing projects aim to answer specific research questions such as: 

• Who do older adults rely on for emotional support or instrumental support? How do the support networks of older adults evolve over time and what are the implications of network dynamics on the well-being of older adults? 

• Who is at risk of providing care to both older adults (aging parents or spouses) and dependent children (own children or grandchildren) in later life? Why are there more women than men providing care to multiple generations simultaneously? 

• How many care obligations and care resources are embedded in the kinship networks over the life course? 

• Will older adults move to places with more abundant long-term care resources after they start to develop health problems in later life? 

• How prevalent is the exposure to diverse family structures (e.g., living apart from any biological parent, having step-siblings or half-siblings, etc.) in early childhood, and what are the implications of childhood family diversity on economic resources within and across households as well as family well-being over the life course? 

• How does marital sorting (e.g., highly educated people married to highly educated people, non-smoking people married to non-smoking people, etc.) in earlier life course link to health outcomes in later life?