Colleges
Collaborators
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Susan Jebb
Professor of Diet and Population Health
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Paul Aveyard
Professor of Behavioural Medicine
Websites
Min GAO
PhD
Researcher
- MSc, DPhil supervisor
- Fellow of Wolfson College
- Social Worker
Epidemiology, Health Behaviours, Metabolism, Depression
Min Gao is an Epidemiologist and Health Behaviour Scientist with a particular interest in understanding how metabolic disorders are associated with depression through cohort data, electronic health records, and systematic reviews. Based on her observational research evidence, Min is passionate about identifying behaviour intervention opportunities for those high-risk individuals. Min holds a Bachelor's degree in Social Work, an MD in Social Medicine and Epidemiology, and a PhD in Social Medicine and Health Service Management. Min joined the Oxford Health Behaviours team in 2019.
Min has years of experience in analysing UK Biobank, Qresearch and CPRD datasets and multiple Chinese national cohorts across data science, behavioural science and health policy. Currently, Min is leading some epidemiological research using CPRD to investigate the associations between weight change and mental illness.
Meanwhile, Min is currently leading a dietary intervention in people with treatment-resistant depression (ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT06091163). Min has conducted three clinical trials in China using Social Support Theory, Behavioural Change Theory, and Digital Tools to help patients with T2DM to manage their weight and health behaviours.
Min welcomes world-wide collaborations in these research areas and accepts requests for co-supervision of Oxford DPhil and MSc students in relevant areas.
Key publications
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Associations between body-mass index and COVID-19 severity in 6·9 million people in England: a prospective, community-based, cohort study
Journal article
Gao M. et al, (2021), The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, 9, 350 - 359
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Associations Between Dietary Patterns and Incident Type 2 Diabetes: Prospective Cohort Study of 120,343 UK Biobank Participants
Journal article
Gao M. et al, (2022), Diabetes Care, 45, 1315 - 1325
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Association of social support and medication adherence in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
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Gu L. et al, (2017), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14
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Integrating the Extended Theory of Planned Behavior With the Stages of Change to Predict Exercise Among Chinese People With Type 2 Diabetes
Journal article
Gao M. et al, (2021), Frontiers in Public Health, 9
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Effectiveness of low-cost reminder package combined with case-based health education to improve hypertensive patients’ medication adherence: a clustered randomized controlled trial
Journal article
Shen Y. et al, (2019), Patient Preference and Adherence, Volume 13, 1083 - 1092
Recent publications
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Smoking Cessation and Changes in Anxiety and Depression in Adults With and Without Psychiatric Disorders
Journal article
Wu AD. et al, (2023), JAMA Network Open, 6
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Dietary pattern adherence in association with changes in body composition and adiposity measurements in the UK Biobank study
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Sweetman AK. et al, (2023), Obesity Research and Clinical Practice, 17, 233 - 241
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Association between smoking, e-cigarette use and severe COVID-19: A cohort study
Journal article
Gao M. et al, (2022), International Journal of Epidemiology, 51, 1062 - 1072
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Associations Between Dietary Patterns and Incident Type 2 Diabetes: Prospective Cohort Study of 120,343 UK Biobank Participants
Journal article
Gao M. et al, (2022), Diabetes Care, 45, 1315 - 1325
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Analysis of the status quo of exercise behavior in type 2 diabetic patients and the influencing factors analysis based on the health action process approach model
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Guo Y. et al, (2022), Chinese Journal of Disease Control and Prevention, 26, 56 - 60