Global Research Team
Research Scientist; Empirical Research Associate and Data Scientist, Human Flourishing Program
Harvard University, Epidemiology
Ying Chen is a research scientist in the Department of Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an empirical research associate and data scientist at the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard. She holds a doctorate (Sc.D.) from Harvard's Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences and completed her postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Epidemiology. Her research focuses on social determinants of health and human flourishing, including the role of religious participation, childhood experiences, and social support in shaping long-term health outcomes.
A cross-national analysis of sociodemographic variation in educational attainment
Scientific Reports · 2025
Analytic methodology for childhood predictor analyses for wave 1 of the Global Flourishing Study
BMC Global and Public Health · 2025
Analytic methodology for demographic variation analyses for wave 1 of the global flourishing study
BMC Global and Public Health · 2025
Characterizing the childhood roots of adult sense of mastery across 22 countries in the global flourishing study
Scientific Reports · 2025
Childhood experiences and adult community participation in secular and religious contexts in 22 countries
Scientific Reports · 2025 · First author
Community participation in secular and religious contexts across sociodemographic groups in 22 countries
Scientific Reports · 2025 · First author
Early life experiences and adult orientation to promote good in 22 countries
Scientific Reports · 2025 · First author
Flourishing in Argentina: Evidence from the Global Flourishing Study (GFS) across socioeconomic groups and levels of religiosity
International Journal of Wellbeing · 2025
Flourishing in Hong Kong: An analysis of wellbeing-related outcomes in the Global Flourishing Study
International Journal of Wellbeing · 2025
Flourishing in South Africa: Benchmarks and sociodemographic variation across 69 health, wellbeing, and related factors in the Global Flourishing Study
International Journal of Wellbeing · 2025
Flourishing in Sweden: Great overall—but not for all
International Journal of Wellbeing · 2025
Flourishing in the Philippines: Country-specific insights from the Global Flourishing Study
International Journal of Wellbeing · 2025
Flourishing in Türkiye: A comprehensive country-specific analysis of wellbeing-related outcomes in the Global Flourishing Study
International Journal of Wellbeing · 2025
Identifying childhood correlates of adult purpose and meaning across 22 countries (Global Flourishing Study)
npj Mental Health Research · 2025
Life course insights into social relationship quality: a cross-national analysis of 22 countries
Scientific Reports · 2025
Mapping demographic variations in sense of mastery across the world a cross-national analysis of 22 countries in the global flourishing study
Scientific Reports · 2025
Strangers, Friends, and Everything Between: Sociodemographic Variation in Social Relationship Quality Across 22 Countries
Social Indicators Research · 2025
The distribution of optimism across sociodemographic groups in 22 countries
Scientific Reports · 2025 · First author
The Global Flourishing Study: Study Profile and Initial Results on Flourishing
Nature Mental Health · 2025
Variations in character involving an orientation to promote good across sociodemographic groups in 22 countries
Scientific Reports · 2025 · First author
Well-being in the United States: Insights from the Global Flourishing Study
International Journal of Wellbeing · 2025
When the glass is half full: early life experiences and adult optimism in 22 countries
npj Mental Health Research · 2025 · First author