Tingting Yao

Tingting Yao is a second year postdoctoral fellow. She received her Ph.D. in Health Economics and B.A. in Public Health from the West China University of Medical Science (now Sichuan University) in 2009 and 2003, respectively. She was a visiting student at the University of California, Berkeley during 2007-2008, and completed the Global Tobacco Control Leadership Training at the Johns Hopkins University in 2009. Her research focuses on the economic impact of tobacco on health and healthcare expenditures.

Dr. Yao’s current studies include estimating the economic costs of secondhand smoke exposure in China, and analyzing smoking expenditure and behavior in different socio-economic Chinese. As a research assistant, she has worked on the U.S. National Institute of Health, Fogarty International Center funded project entitled “Tobacco Control Policy Analysis and Evaluation in China” since 2006. Specifically, she worked on the design, implementation and evaluation of the smoke-free prenatal household intervention project in China, which was part of her Ph.D. dissertation.  In addition, she has collaborated with the National Tobacco Control Office, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention on the report, “MPOWER Policy Package’s Implementation in China and Its Potential Costs and Benefits” funded by the World Health Organization.

Peer Reviewed Publications:

1.    Yao T, Sung HY, Mao Z, Hu TW, Max W. (2012). Secondhand Smoke Exposure at Home in Rural China. Cancer Causes Control. DOI 10.1007/s10552-012-9900-6. PMID:22327886

2.    Yao T, Mao Z , Hu T. (2010). Effects of Price and Income on Cigarette Demand and Tobacco Control in China. Modern Preventive Medicine. 2010,Vol 37,No.10:1890-1892. (in Chinese)

3.    Yao T, Lee  A , Mao  Z. (2009). Potential Unintended Consequences of Smoke-free Policies in Public Places on Pregnant Women in China. Am J Prev Med    2009;37(2S):S159-S164. NIHMSID: NIHMS134229

4.    Yao T, Ong M., Lee A, Jiang Y, Mao Z. (2009). Smoking Knowledge, Attitudes, Behavior, and Associated Factors among Chinese Male Surgeons. World Journal of Surgery 2009,33:910-917. NIHMSID: NIHMS 191862

5.    Yao T, Li Q, Jiang Y, Mao Z. (2009). MPOWER Tobacco Control Strategies in China. Chinese J Prev and Cont  Chronic Non-communicable Dise. 2009,Vol 17,No.3:110-112.(in Chinese)

6.    Yao T, Lee A, Hu T, Mao Z. (2008). Interventions on the Exposure of Non-smoking Pregnant Women to Passive Smoking. J Sichuan Univ (Med Sci Edi). 2008; 39(5):784-787. PMID:19024314. (in Chinese)

7.    Yao T, Mao Z, Lee A, Hu T. (2008). Investigation on the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Passive Smoking of Non-smoking Pregnant Women. Modern Preventive Medicine.  2008,Vol.35, N0.7:1290-1291. (in Chinese)