Weili Ding, Queen's University

Research

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Latest papers

The impact of poor health on academic performance: New evidence using genetic markers.
Journal of health economics · 2009 · first author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

A peek inside the black box of how air pollution affects adolescent academic performance: Incorporating changes in brain development
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$41,176
Access Activations: Advancing cultural accessibility
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$45,534
less than ideal education experiments: new strategies to analyze data from randomized experiments in education
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$91,020

All 4 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

The impact of poor health on academic performance: New evidence using genetic markers.

Ding W, Lehrer SF, Rosenquist JN, Audrain-McGovern J

Journal of health economics2009First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2008.11.006 PMID: 19217678

A peek inside the black box of how air pollution affects adolescent academic performance: Incorporating changes in brain development

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lehrer, Steven F.

Keywords: Academic performance; Air pollution; adolescent development; synaptic pruning; indirect effects; functional imaging; panel data; skills

$41,176

Access Activations: Advancing cultural accessibility

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Chandler, Eliza

Keywords: disability arts; action research; organizational change

$45,534

less than ideal education experiments: new strategies to analyze data from randomized experiments in education

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lehrer, Steven F.

Keywords: causal effects; external validity; class size; heterogeneity; instrumental variables; education; human capital; experiment; machine learning;

$91,020

School assignment rule change and residential sorting in urban China

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Ding, Weili

Keywords: education; school admission; China; migrants; residential segregation; hedonics; sorting; amenities; housing prices; peer group composition

$35,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Ding, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "The impact of poor health on academic performance: New evidence using genetic markers." (2009), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]