Yu Lung

Yu joined the Institute for Research on Migration and Society (IRMS) at Concordia University in 2026. She earned her PhD from the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto, her Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Bristol, and her Master’s degree in Health Policy and Management from National Taiwan University. 

Her research addresses social and environmental factors that influence people’s health, mental health, and substance use. Her doctoral thesis focuses on precarious employment, immigration, and the psychological distress experienced by workers in Canada. Yu primarily uses quantitative methods to analyze nationally representative data. Her current research focuses on understanding the social and economic integration and health of temporary residents, with particular attention to the impacts of immigration policies and processes

Yu is also a registered social worker in Ontario with over ten years of practice experience in Taiwan and Canada, supporting individuals with mental health challenges, HIV/AIDS, and immigration-related stressors.

Selected publications

• Fernandes, E., Lung, Y., Jhumi, M. & Stephenson, E. (2026) Changes in Alcohol Consumption from 2015 to 2024. Statistics Canada: Insights on Canadian Society
• MacNeil, A., Lung, Y., & Fuller-Thomson, E. (2026). Binge drinking and mortality among older adults: Findings from the Canadian Community Health Survey linked to the Canadian Vital Statistics Death Database. Alcohol, 131, 38–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.alcohol.2026.02.002
• Fang, L., Lung, Y., Hui, G., Pang, N., Smith, M., & Azizi, T. (2024). Service Utilisation of an Innovative Mental Health Counselling Clinic. The British Journal of Social Work, 54(6), 2603–2622. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcae053
• Tong, H., Lung, Y., Lin, S., Kobayashi, K. M., Davison, K. M., Agbeyaka, S., & Fuller-Thomson, E. (2021). Refugee status is associated with double the odds of psychological distress in mid-to-late life: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 67(6), 747–760. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020764020971003
• Fuller-Thomson, E., Lung, Y., West, K. J., Keyes, C. L. M., & Baiden, P. (2020). Suboptimal baseline mental health associated with 4-month premature all-cause mortality: Findings from 18 years of follow-up of the Canadian National Population Health Survey. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 136, 110176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2020.110176
• Lung, Y., Chang, S. S., Hsu, C. Y., Wu, S. C., Chen, C. Y., & Chen, W. J. (2020). Residential Socioeconomic Environments and Areca Nut Use in Taiwan: A Comparison with Alcohol and Tobacco Use in Multilevel Analysis. Substance Use and Misuse, 55(12), 2025–2034. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2020.1788089
• Davison, K. M., Lung, Y., Lin, S., Tong, H., Kobayashi, K. M., & Fuller-Thomson, E. (2020). Psychological distress in older adults linked to immigrant status, dietary intake, and physical health conditions in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). Journal of Affective Disorders, 265, 526–537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.01.024