Associate Professor, Ph.D., B.Med., and graduate supervisor, with three years of full-time clinical experience in the ICU and respiratory medicine, leading multiple research projects in psychiatry, neuroscience, and behavioral medicine. Published 40+ SCI papers, including 30+ as first or corresponding author in top journals such as Lancet Psychiatry and Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. Experienced mentor, guiding students to national awards and top graduate programs.   

Main research directions :

Neuropsychiatric disorders and behavioral epidemiology, non-pharmacological interventions for mental health disorders, digital health, clinical research design, and evidence-based medicine.

Representative academic achievements (* Corresponding author)：

Xiong, P.*, Chen, Y., Liu, M., Han, Z., & Liu, Y. (2026). Global burden of diseases attributable to childhood sexual abuse and bullying: findings from 1990 to 2019 and predictions to 2035. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 61(1), 133–150.

Lai, Y., & Xiong, P.* (2025). Analysis of gut microbiota and depression and anxiety: Mendelian randomization from three datasets. General hospital psychiatry, 94, 206–218.

Xiong, P.*, Feng, W., & Lin, Y. (2025). Child maltreatment and insomnia symptoms among Chinese university students: the buffering role of self-efficacy. Journal of sleep research, 34(3), e14358.

Chen, Y., Zhou, Z., Cao, M., Liu, M., Lin, Z., Yang, W., ... & Xiong, P.* (2022). Extended Reality (XR) and Telehealth Interventions for Children or Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Systematic Review of Qualitative and Quantitative Studies. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 104683.

Xiong, P.*, Liu, M., Liu, B., & Hall, B. J. (2022). Trends in the incidence and DALYs of anxiety disorders at the global, regional, and national levels: Estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Journal of Affective Disorders, 297, 83-93.

Main academic positions:

Editorial board member of journals including BMC Public Health and Scientific Reports; reviewer for over 40 SCI journals, including Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences; expert reviewer for the Guangdong Natural Science Foundation and for theses at the Center for Degree and Graduate Education Development, Ministry of Education, China; member of the Hong Kong Society of Health Behavior and various international medical associations; member of the Pediatric Health Committee, Guangdong Health Statistics Society; and member of the Maternal and Child Health Branch, Guangdong Health Science Promotion Association.

E-mail：paulxiongwhu（google邮箱）, pengxiong@jnu.edu.cn