Publications

The NIH toolbox emotion battery and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease: findings from the multisite ARMADA study

Yu K, Gatchel JR, Ho EH, Hajjar I, Arnold SE, Marshall GA, Dodge HH 2026 Feb Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 81

Neighborhood Environment and Late-Life Cognition: Exploring the Mediating Effect of Sleep and Differential Pathways by Race

Fausto BA, Paruzel V, Yu K, Grass D, Gills JL, Duberstein PR 2026 Feb AJPM Focus 5

Internet-Based Conversational Engagement Clinical Trial (I-CONECT): Overview and new findings

Dodge HH, Wu CY, Chen L, Yu K 2025 Dec Alzheimer's and Dementia 21

Technology-Based Solutions for Combating Loneliness and Isolation in Geriatric Care: A Narrative Review

Yu K, Dodge HH, Lindauer A, Kaye JA 2025 Aug Clinics in Geriatric Medicine 41 391-404

Life-Space Mobility Is Related to Loneliness Among Living-Alone Older Adults: Longitudinal Analysis With Motion Sensor Data

Yu K, Wu CY, Barnes LL, Silbert LC, Beattie Z, Croff R, Miller L, Dodge HH, Kaye JA 2025 Apr Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 73 1125-1134

Emotional characteristics and intrinsic brain network functional connectivity among adults aged 75+

Pruitt PJ, Yu K, Lahna D, Schwartz D, Peltier S, Silbert L, Dodge H 2025 Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 20

Chinese Immigrant Caregivers: Understanding Their Unmet Needs and the Co-Design of an mHealth App

Yu K, Jiang H, Liu M, Wu S, Jordan-Marsh M, Chi I 2024 Dec Canadian Journal on Aging 43 580-587

Social media use is an understated social determinant of mental health

Jester DJ, Yu K 2024 Sep International Psychogeriatrics 36 697-698

Who Benefited Most from the Internet-Based Conversational Engagement RCT (I-CONECT)? Application of the Personalized Medicine Approach to a Behavioral Intervention Study

Wu CY, Yu K, Arnold SE, Das S, Dodge HH 2024 May The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 11 639-648

Internet-Based Conversational Engagement Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial (I-CONECT) Among Socially Isolated Adults 75+ Years Old With Normal Cognition or Mild Cognitive Impairment: Topline Results

Dodge HH, Yu K, Wu CY, Pruitt PJ, Asgari M, Kaye JA, Hampstead BM, Struble L, Potempa K, Lichtenberg P, Croff R, Albin RL, Silbert LC, Alfaro E, McDonald M, Lindsey J, Scavone C, Sheridan N, Nguyen K, Ellis A, Weisberg L, Moore D, Peacock B, Heller B, Thornall C, Ruhf S, Ziemer-Mcginn M, Custodio F, Farrell D, Lynch A, Banker D, Reyes G, Rabe K, Seeton L, Pedroza J, Forystek D, May N, Reader J, Bhaumik AK 2024 Apr Gerontologist 64

“Do Your Best to Avoid it”: Appraisals and Coping with Discrimination-Related Stress Among Older Chinese Immigrants in Affordable Senior Housings During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Liang J, Yu K, Tung YH, Wu S, Chi I 2024 Journal of Gerontological Social Work 67 188-206

I-CONECT intervention effects on weekly time spent outside of home and social contacts among socially isolated older adults

Yu K, Wu CY, Silbert LC, Kaye JA, Dodge HH 2024 Frontiers in Public Health 12

Investigating Biological Pathways Underpinning the Longitudinal Association Between Loneliness and Cognitive Impairment

Yu K, Ng TK 2023 Aug Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 78 1417-1426

Adaptation Resources and Responses to Wildfire Smoke and Other Forms of Air Pollution in Low-Income Urban Settings: A Mixed-Methods Study

Palinkas LA, De Leon J, Yu K, Salinas E, Fernandez C, Johnston J, Rahman MM, Silva SJ, Hurlburt M, McConnell RS, Garcia E 2023 Apr International journal of environmental research and public health 20

Harnessing mobile technology to support type 2 diabetes self-management among Chinese and Hispanic immigrants: a mixed-methods acceptability study

Yu K, Wu S, Liu R, Chi I 2023 Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work 32 171-184

Social network and mental health of Chinese immigrants in affordable senior housing during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods study

Yu K, Liang J, Tung YH, Zhang M, Wu S, Chi I 2023 Aging and Mental Health 27 1956-1964

Vulnerable, Resilient, or Both? A Qualitative Study of Adaptation Resources and Behaviors to Heat Waves and Health Outcomes of Low-Income Residents of Urban Heat Islands

Palinkas LA, Hurlburt MS, Fernandez C, De Leon J, Yu K, Salinas E, Garcia E, Johnston J, Rahman MM, Silva SJ, McConnell RS 2022 Sep International journal of environmental research and public health 19

Emotional characteristics of socially isolated older adults with MCI using tablet administered NIH toolbox: I-CONECT study

Yu K, Wild K, Dowling NM, Kaye JA, Silbert LC, Dodge HH 2022 Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring 14

The Internet-Based Conversational Engagement Clinical Trial (I-CONECT) in Socially Isolated Adults 75+ Years Old: Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol and COVID-19 Related Study Modifications

Yu K, Wild K, Potempa K, Hampstead BM, Lichtenberg PA, Struble LM, Pruitt P, Alfaro EL, Lindsley J, MacDonald M, Kaye JA, Silbert LC, Dodge HH 2021 Aug Frontiers in Digital Health 3

Longitudinal Assessment of the Relationships Between Geriatric Conditions and Loneliness

Yu K, Wu S, Jang Y, Chou CP, Wilber KH, Aranda MP, Chi I 2021 May Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 22 1107-1113.e1

Internet Use and Loneliness of Older Adults Over Time: The Mediating Effect of Social Contact

Yu K, Wu S, Chi I 2021 Mar Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 76 541-550

Care Me Too, a Mobile App for Engaging Chinese Immigrant Caregivers in Self-Care: Qualitative Usability Study

Liu M, Jiang T, Yu K, Wu S, Jordan-Marsh M, Chi I 2020 Dec JMIR Formative Research 4

Longitudinal Effects of an Intergenerational mHealth Program for Older Type 2 Diabetes Patients in Rural Taiwan

Yu K, Wu S, Lee PJ, Wu DA, Hsiao HY, Tseng YC, Wang YW, Cheng CF, Wang YH, Lee SP, Chi I 2020 Apr Diabetes Educator 46 206-216

Validity study of Patient Health Questionnaire-9 items for Internet screening in depression among Chinese university students

Du N, Yu K, Ye Y, Chen S 2017 Sep Asia-Pacific Psychiatry 9

Barriers and facilitators in providing oral care to nursing home residents, from the perspective of care aides: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Hoben M, Clarke A, Huynh KT, Kobagi N, Kent A, Hu H, Pereira RA, Xiong T, Yu K, Xiang H, Yoon MN 2017 Aug International Journal of Nursing Studies 73 34-51