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Yvonne Lu

Medicine · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2003Rising activity
Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchGeriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealth disparities and outcomesFrailty in Older AdultsPhysical Activity and Health

Publications

74

Citations

487

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

24

Publishing since 2003

Research summary
AI-generated

Yvonne Lu's research focuses on aging, cognitive health, and care for older adults. A central line of work develops and tests behavioral interventions—such as encouraging daily engagement in meaningful activities—for people with cognitive impairment or dementia and their caregivers, often through randomized clinical trials and home-care settings. There is also attention to reaching underserved groups, including efforts to increase African Americans' participation in brain health and Alzheimer's research.

Dementia and cognitive impairmentCare for older adultsBehavioral and activity-based interventionsHealth disparities in aging researchCaregiver support

Publication activity has been steady across the decade with a noticeable increase in 2025, averaging about 5.6 papers per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

Funding
Public award records

No award with a current end date on record.

5 earlier awards
  • NIH R01NR018162Jun 2020 – Mar 2026 · $493k awarded

    Promoting Reengagement in Daily Meaningful Activity Intervention for Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Their Caregivers

  • NIH R24AG071471Sep 2021 – Aug 2025 · $1.1M awarded

    The Collaborative for Aging Research and Engagement (CARE)

  • NIH R61AG070265Sep 2020 – Aug 2022 · $452k awarded

    Daily Engagement in Meaningful Activities Professional (DEMA-Pro) intervention for seniors with subjective cognitive decline and living at home

  • NIH R21NR013755Jul 2012 – Jun 2015 · $185k awarded

    Meaningful Activity Intervention for Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment

  • NIH K01NR010854May 2008 – Feb 2011 · $88k awarded

    Improving Care of Persons with Cognitive Impairment and their Caregivers

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 4,618 mid career Medicine PIs within our index
Citations: 487cohort median 616
h-index: 13cohort median 11
Publications / year (recent): 5.6cohort median 3.4

Typically publishes in teams of ~6 · 14% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 30 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.6/year recently
2017: 5 publications172018: 5 publications182019: 6 publications192020: 6 publications202021: 5 publications212022: 3 publications222023: 5 publications232024: 6 publications242025: 10 publications10252026: 4 publications26
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 0 collaborators at the same institution2018: 0 collaborators at the same institution2019: 0 collaborators at the same institution2020: 0 collaborators at the same institution2021: 2 collaborators at the same institution2022: 0 collaborators at the same institution2023: 0 collaborators at the same institution2024: 0 collaborators at the same institution2025: 0 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Innovation in Aging×8
  • Western Journal of Nursing Research×2
  • Geriatric Nursing×2
  • 45th Biennial Convention (16-20 November 2019)×2
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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