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Research interests
Public health; sustainable development; transportation planning; urban and regional planning; land use planning; income inequality and poverty
Personal profile
Professor Yingling Fan is a faculty member in the Humphrey School's urban and regional planning area. She also serves as the School's associate dean for faculty. In that role, she plays a crucial role in setting faculty recruitment and retention strategies, contributing to the strategic direction of the School, and representing the School within the University of Minnesota community.
Fan's research focuses on urban land use, transportation planning, and the impacts of urban planning on human health and social equity. Her recent work focuses on public transportation development, emotional well-being in cities, and community-engaged transportation equity research.
She has published over 100 refereed articles, book chapters, and research reports in high-impact outlets across multiple disciplines, including Transportation Research Part A, Part C & Part F and Transportation in the field of transportation; Environment and Planning A & B, Journal of Planning Literature, Journal of Planning Education and Research, and Urban Studies in the field of urban planning; and Social Science & Medicine and American Journal of Preventive Medicine in the field of public health.
She has directed and co-directed over 40 research projects, attracting more than 20 million U.S. dollars in research funding. She was an invited speaker for over 90 events. Her award-winning work appeared in leading media outlets including the Time Magazine, National Geographic, and the Atlantic.
Fan was the director of the School's PhD program from 2019 to 2022. She was responsible for strategic direction, academic personnel, and curriculum planning of the school-wide PhD program that involves over 20 faculty members and 35-40 PhD students.
Fan is also the founding director of the Global Transit Innovation program (GTI) at the University of Minnesota since 2015. GTI is a global research and education program that promotes international collaboration opportunities for students, researchers, and practitioners in the field of public transportation planning. In addition, Fan serves as Co-Chair of the Global Planning Education Committee at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) since 2019. ACSP is the scholarly association of over 100 university planning departments in the U.S. and Canada.
Fan holds multiple editorial leadership positions. She has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Transport and Land Use (JTLU) since 2019 and Managing Editor of the Urban Studies journal since 2020. Established in 2008, JTLU is a flagship journal at the intersection of transportation and land use planning. Established in 1964, Urban Studies is the leading international journal for urban scholarship. As one of the four Managing Editors at Urban Studies, Fan will serve as the Editor-in-Chief of the Urban Studies journal every four years starting in 2022.
Besides being an accomplished academic scholar and leader, Fan is a successful inventor and entrepreneur. She is the lead inventor of the Daynamica technology, featuring a smartphone-human hybrid intelligence system to measure and shape human behavior and well-being. The technology was granted a US Patent (#9763055B2) in 2017. In 2018, she co-founded Daynamica, Inc. and served as the company’s founding CEO. Since its establishment, Daynamica, Inc. has had a track record of developing smartphone apps to collect human behavior and well-being data for academic institutions and government agencies.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
BS, Transportation Engineering, Southeast University
… → 2001
Research Interest Keywords
- public health
- sustainable development
- transportation planning
- urban and regional planning
- land use planning
- income inequality
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Mobility, Access, and Transportation Insecurity Program.
Shelton, K. (PI) & Fan, Y. (CoI)
US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
6/13/23 → 6/30/27
Project: Research project
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Neighborhood Park Youth Sports Program Fee Waiver and Intensive Family Outreach to Promote Physical Activity in Low-Income Children Ages 6-12 Years
French, S. A. (PI), Barr-Anderson, D. J. (CoI), Fan, Y. (CoI), Maclehose, R. F. (CoI) & Sherwood, N. E. (CoI)
NIH NAT'L HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITU
7/1/21 → 6/30/26
Project: Research project
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Improving Transportation Equity for all by Centering the Needs of Marginalized and Underserved Communities
Fan, Y. (PI), Anderson, C. T. (CoI) & Ryan, G. (CoI)
MN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, US DOT FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
7/13/21 → 9/30/23
Project: Research project
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Assessing the Effects of Highway Improvements on Adjacent Businesses
MN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, US DOT FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
6/4/21 → 8/31/23
Project: Research project
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Logistic burdens of cancer care: A qualitative study
Dona, A. C., Jewett, P. I., Hwee, S., Brown, K., Solomon, M., Gupta, A., Teoh, D., Yang, G., Wolfson, J., Fan, Y., Blaes, A. H. & Vogel, R. I., Apr 2024, In: PloS one. 19, 4 April, e0300852.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Scopus citations -
Personalizing the dichotomy of fixed and flexible activities in everyday life: deriving prism anchors from GPS-enabled survey data
Zhang, Y., Li, C., Song, Y., Chai, Y. & Fan, Y., Jun 2024, In: Transportation. 51, 3, p. 1063-1088 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations -
Comparing happiness associated with household and community gardening: Implications for food action planning
Ambrose, G., Das, K. V., Fan, Y. & Ramaswami, A., Feb 2023, In: Landscape and Urban Planning. 230, 104593.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access8 Scopus citations -
Exploring the Nonlinear Relationship between the Built Environment and Active Travel in the Twin Cities
Tao, T., Wu, X., Cao, J., Fan, Y., Das, K. & Ramaswami, A., Sep 2023, In: Journal of Planning Education and Research. 43, 3, p. 637-652 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access88 Scopus citations -
Urban public health emergencies and the COVID-19 pandemic. Part 1: Social and spatial inequalities in the COVID-city
Orford, S., Fan, Y. & Hubbard, P., Jun 2023, In: Urban Studies. 60, 8, p. 1329-1345 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access10 Scopus citations
Press/Media
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Gardening Made Me Happier. It Will Work for You, Too.
Das, K. V., Fan, Y. & Ramaswami, A.
7/15/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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U Of M Research Shows Urban Gardening Has Positive Impact On Emotional Well-Being
7/6/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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In Minneapolis and NYC, Bus Drivers Are Refusing to Drive Arrested Protesters
5/29/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment or Interview