Mingming Cui | Life Pandemic | Best Researcher Award

Ms. Mingming Cui | Life Pandemic | Best Researcher Award

Capital Medical University | China

Dr. Mingming Cui, Assistant Research Fellow at the Capital Center for Children’s Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, is an accomplished public health researcher specializing in child eye health, myopia prevention, and early childhood development. With a Master’s degree in Epidemiology and Health Statistics from Jilin University, she has accumulated over 15 years of research experience and has published 8 papers in SCI/Scopus-indexed journals such as BMC Ophthalmology, Frontiers in Public Health, and Scientific Reports. Her scholarly impact is reflected in 79 citations across indexed databases, supported by an h-index of 6 and a total of 14 documents, highlighting the relevance of her work in pediatric epidemiology. Dr. Cui has also contributed to six consultancy projects focused on child eye health and has two patents related to myopia intervention. Her international collaborations, including a multi-country COVID-19 physical-activity study, demonstrate her ability to integrate public health and vision science globally. Through her evidence-based research and outreach, she has advanced understanding of childhood myopia etiology and prevention, earning recognition such as the Excellence Award (2022) from the Society of Child Health Care, China, for her video “Myopia Prevention and Control: Start Early.”

Featured Publications

Cui, M., Zhou, Y., Shaoli, L., Junting, L., Fangfang, C., Xinnan, Z., Yuting, G., Tao, Y., & Hao, Z. (2025, October 9). Prevalence and associated factors of myopia and axial length-related visual impairment in children and adolescents aged 4–18 years. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-18400-4

Cui, M., Zhongxin, Z., Yuting, G., Xinnan, Z., Shaoli, L., Junting, L., Fangfang, C., Zhou, Y., Tao, Y., & Yanyu, L. (2025, April 10). Research on the predictive performance of using ROC curve to evaluate axial length for myopia in children and adolescents. BMC Ophthalmology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886-025-04017-8

Cui, M., Wang, X., Lu, Z., Okely, A. D., Kariippanon, K., Taylor, E. K., Zhang, T., & Guan, H. (2024, September 5). Preschool-aged children 24-hour movement behaviours before and during COVID-19. Sports Medicine and Health Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smhs.2024.09.001

Zhang, H., Cui, M., Jie, Y., Chen, T., Kang, M., Bai, W., Wang, B., & Wang, Y. (2024, May 11). Efficacy of repeated low-level red-light therapy in the prevention and control of myopia in children. Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdpdt.2024.104216

Lyu, Y., Cui, M., Zhang, L., Zheng, G., Zuo, H., Xiu, Q., & Shah, P. S. (2024, March 11). Pre-pregnancy body mass index, gestational diabetes mellitus, and gestational weight gain: Individual and combined effects on fetal growth. Frontiers in Public Health