Xuejie Ding Ph.D.
Research Fellow of the Research Department
Xuejie Ding is a postdoctoral researcher at the WZB Skill Formation and Labour Market department. She joined the Einstein Center Population Diversity (Objective 6) in June 2024. She is also a senior research fellow at Oxford in Berlin. Xuejie has a diverse background in interdisciplinary research, focusing on sociology, demography, sociogenomics, and public health. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Oxford. Her research aims to advance the understanding of health inequalities by integrating sociological theories with approaches from biology, molecular genetics, and medical sciences, utilizing data science techniques.
Selected Publications
Wzbaktiv
Akimova, Evelina T/Wolfram, Tobias/Ding, Xuejie/Tropf, Felix C/Mills, Melinda C (2024): "Polygenic Prediction of Occupational Status GWAS Elucidates Genetic and Environmental Interplay in Intergenerational Transmission, Careers and Health in UK Biobank". In: Nature Human Behaviour, advance access, 23.12.2024, online: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-02076-3.