Assistant Professor, Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University
【Profile】
Ruru Ping is an Assistant Professor at the Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study. Her research focuses on the social determinants of healthy ageing, as well as long-term care and health care policy for older people. Ruru uses a variety of quantitative methods (applied econometric methods, survival analysis, multilevel modelling, mediation and moderation analysis, and causal inference techniques) with nationally representative panel data in her research.
Ruru obtained a PhD in Economics from Hitotsubashi University, an MSc in Global Health from London School of Economics and Political Science, and a BSc (with first class honours) in Psychology from the University of Warwick. Prior to her doctoral studies, Ruru worked as a public health practitioner in the non-profit sector in East Asia and had extensive field exposure to health systems and global health architecture, allowing her to bring valuable practical expertise into her academic pursuits.
[Selected publications]
- Ping, R. and Oshio, T. (2023). Education inequalities in self-rated health and their mediators in late adulthood: Comparison of
China and Japan. PLoS One, 18(9): e0291661.
- Ping, R. and Oshio, T. (2023). Education level as a predictor of the onset of health problems among China’s middle-aged
population: A Cox proportional hazards regression analysis. Frontiers in Public Health, 11:1187336.
- Oshio, T. and Ping, R. (2023). Trust, interaction with neighbors, and vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multilevel
analysis in China. Vaccines, 11(8), 1332.
