Professor at the School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences at Peking University
Yiqun Gan is a professor at the School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences at Peking University, China. She received her Ph.D. from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1998. As the first or corresponding author, she has published over 160 research papers, some in top journals such as Psychological Medicine, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, Health Psychology, Journal of Personality. The National Natural Science Foundation of China funded a number of research projects with her as principal investigator. She currently serves as the co-Editor-in-Chief for “Applied Psychology: Health and Well-being” (IF=7.521) and is the President of Division 8 of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP). She is also an Associate Editor for the top local journals “Acta Psychologica Sinica”,“Advances in Psychological Science”, and “Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology.” Her research on stress, coping, and health psychology has embraced numerous state-of-the-art techniques such as laboratory experiments, molecular genetics, physiological indexes, ERP, and fMRI. As the winner of the Chinese Psychological Society’s title, “Recognized Psychologist,” she has been awarded a fellowship of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP) and Distinguished International Affiliate (fellow equivalent) of the Society for Health Psychology (Division 38) of the American Psychological Association (APA).