Rujia Xie (she/her) researches health behaviors and social determinants of health using quantitative, geospatial, and machine learning methods. Her work in Community Nutrition at Cornell University draws on training in Demography and City and Regional Planning. In Dr. Laura Bellows’ Health Behaviors Lab, she examines how structural stressors shape maternal and child well-being. Before joining Cornell, Rujia earned a bachelor’s degree in Public Policy and Global Health from Duke University. She aims to translate complex population-level data into actionable insights for health, policy, and social impact.

  • Xie, R., Cao, Y., Yang, J.-A., Tribby, C.P., Voong, C., & Jankowska, M.M. (2025). Measuring access to culturally appropriate food and associations with diabetes among Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians or Pacific Islanders. Public Health Nutrition, 28(1), e197. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980025101444.
  • Xie, R. (2025). Beyond supermarkets: ethnic stores, food environments, and the limits of the Food Access Research Atlas. Frontiers in Public Health, 13, 1655436. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1655436.
  • Wood, A., Daly, J., Folger, J., Xie, R., & Wilson, N.L.W. (2025). Cultivating an ethos of “everyday convergence”: insights from the Multiscale RECIPES Network for food waste reduction. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 12(1), 1658. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-05905-6. 
2024, B.A., Public Policy, Global Health, Gender and Sexuality Studies (minor), Duke University