Yaning (she/her) is a PhD student at the NIHR Blood and Transplant Research Unit in Donor Health and Behaviour. Using world-first large-scale datasets of voluntary blood donors in England, she is investigating the short- and long-term health effects of donation and hopes to generate evidence that will impact upon policy and practice in donor selection, care, and communications. Yaning has a background in epidemiology, social determinants of health, data science, and causal inference. She holds a BSc in Population Health Sciences from UCL and an MSc in Global Health Science and Epidemiology from the University of Oxford. Outside of her studies, she has undertaken work experience in the charity, data visualisation, and journalism sectors.
