Dr Michael Kwan Leung Yu
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Research interests
- Psychiatry, psychology and neuroscience
Contact details
Biography
Michael Yu is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London.
He leads research on people with learning disabilities and autistic individuals through the Learning from Lives and Deaths (LeDeR) program. By analysing population-based, real-world data from LeDeR, his work aims to improve care, reduce health inequalities, and prevent early deaths among these populations.
Before joining King's, Michael was a Postdoctoral Fellow and PhD student in the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at the University of Hong Kong. He contributed to both quantitative and qualitative clinical studies on various paediatric conditions, including neuromuscular disorders, influenza, and asthma. His research has resulted in five first-authored publications.
Research Interests
- Autism
- Intellectual disabilities
- Health inequities
- Real-world data
Research
Learning from Lives and Deaths – people with a learning disability and autistic people (LeDeR)
The latest annual LeDeR report in collaboration with our academic partners on behalf of NHS England.
News
People with severe intellectual disability are dying 24 years younger than the general population
A new study has found that adults with severe or profound intellectual disability are dying at a median age of 57.9, 24 years younger than the general...
Fewer people with a learning disability dying from avoidable causes, but still almost twice as high as the general population
New report from King's College London, University of Lancashire and Kingston University London, has found that the proportion of avoidable deaths among adults...
Research
Learning from Lives and Deaths – people with a learning disability and autistic people (LeDeR)
The latest annual LeDeR report in collaboration with our academic partners on behalf of NHS England.
News
People with severe intellectual disability are dying 24 years younger than the general population
A new study has found that adults with severe or profound intellectual disability are dying at a median age of 57.9, 24 years younger than the general...
Fewer people with a learning disability dying from avoidable causes, but still almost twice as high as the general population
New report from King's College London, University of Lancashire and Kingston University London, has found that the proportion of avoidable deaths among adults...