Ziming Xuan, ScD, SM, MA

Boston University School of Public Health
Department of Community Health Sciences
801 Massachusetts Avenue
Crosstown Center - 4th Floor
Boston, MA
USA 02118
Email: zxuan@bu.edu

Biographical Sketch: Dr. Ziming Xuan is a Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Community Health Sciences at Boston University School of Public Health. Dr. Xuan is trained as a social epidemiologist who is interested in understanding the long-term influence of social-contextual determinants on health and health-related issues (i.e. addictions), especially among vulnerable populations. His current research interest focuses on: 1) understanding the association between state-level adult alcohol consumption and youth binge drinking at individual level; 2) evaluating the impact of comprehensive state-level alcohol policies on alcohol consumption especially as related to youth binge drinking.

Papers:
3001.0 Alcohol policy scale and binge drinking among u.s. adults 3001.0 General and youth-specific state alcohol control policies and drinking among high school-aged youth 3001.0 State alcohol policies environment and remission from alcohol dependence 3001.0 State alcohol control policies and alcohol-impaired driving in the United States 3104.0 An alcohol policy scale to characterize the alcohol policy environment in u.s. states