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Yanran Yang

Assistant Professor of Sustainability Studies at Duke Kunshan University
DKU Faculty

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of Sustainability Studies at Duke Kunshan University · 2023 - Present DKU Faculty
Assistant Professor of the Practice of DKU Studies at Duke University · 2023 - Present DKU Studies

Recent Publications


Achieving Goals of Care Decisions in Chronic Critical Illness: A Multi-Institutional Qualitative Study.

Journal Article Chest · July 2024 BackgroundPhysicians, patients, and families alike perceive a need to improve how goals of care (GOC) decisions occur in chronic critical illness (CCI), but little is currently known about this decision-making process.Research questionHow ... Full text Cite

Clinicians' approach to predicting post-cardiac arrest outcomes for patients enrolled in a United States clinical trial.

Journal Article Resuscitation · June 2024 PurposePerceived poor prognosis can lead to withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies (WLST) in patients who might otherwise recover. We characterized clinicians' approach to post-arrest prognostication in a multicenter clinical trial.Methods Full text Cite

Communicating health information with visual displays.

Journal Article Nature medicine · May 2023 Well-designed visual displays have the power to convey health messages in clear, effective ways to non-experts, including journalists, patients and policymakers. Poorly designed visual displays, however, can confuse and alienate recipients, undermining hea ... Full text Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


Carnegie Mellon University · 2021 Ph.D.