Tingting Yao, PhD

Assistant Professor
Institute for Health & Aging
+1 415 502-5200

Dr. Yao is an associate professor in the Institute for Health and Aging at the University of California, San Francisco. Her research focuses on the economic impact of cannabis use and tobacco product use including cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and secondhand smoke exposure. Dr. Yao has a broad background in public health, with specific training and expertise in health economics research and secondary data analysis on economic aspects of tobacco and cannabis use. Her research has also been addressing health disparity by focusing on vulnerable populations including adolescents, racial/ethnic minorities, people living in rural areas, people in low socioeconomic status, and pregnant women. In addition, Dr. Yao has extensive experience developing econometric models using both longitudinal and cross-sectional data.

Publications: 

Smoking-Attributable Health Care Expenditures for US Adults With Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease.

JAMA network open

Gu D, Sung HY, Calfee CS, Wang Y, Yao T, Max W

Association between tobacco product use and respiratory health and asthma-related interference with activities among U.S. Adolescents.

Preventive medicine reports

Yao T, Lea Watkins S, Sung HY, Wang Y, Gu D, Chen Lyu J, Lightwood J, Max W

Cigarette gifting among non-smokers in China: Findings from the International Tobacco Control China Survey.

Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco

Lyu JC, Sung HY, Yao T, Jiang N, Quah ACK, Meng G, Jiang Y, Fong GT, Max W

Sexual Behavior Transition and Acute and Early HIV Infection Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Evidence from an Open Cohort in China, 2011-2019.

Archives of sexual behavior

Zhang T, Yu Z, Song D, Chen Y, Yao T, Peixoto E, Huang H, Zhang H, Yang J, Gong H, Chen J, Liu Y, Li C, Yu M, Cui Z, Ma J

High risks of HIV transmission for men sex worker - a comparison of profile and risk factors of HIV infection between MSM and MSW in China.

BMC public health

Yu M, Song D, Zhang T, Yao T, Chen Y, Liu Y, Peixoto E, Xu J, Li Z, Yang J, Li C, Cui Z

Receiving and giving electronic cigarettes as gifts in China: Findings from International Tobacco Control China Survey.

Preventive medicine reports

Lyu JC, Sung HY, Yao T, Quah ACK, Jiang Y, Fong GT, Max W

Association between e-cigarette use and food insecurity among low-income adults.

Tobacco control

Gu D, Max WB, Yao T, Wang Y, Keeler C, Sung HY

Electronic cigarette knowledge, attitudes and use among students at a university in Hangzhou, China.

Tobacco induced diseases

Fang J, Ren J, Ren L, Max W, Yao T, Zhao F

The association of California's Proposition 56 tobacco tax increase with smoking behavior across racial and ethnic groups and by income.

Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco

Keeler C, Wang Y, Max W, Yao T, Gu D, Sung HY

Factors related to HIV testing frequency in MSM based on the 2011-2018 survey in Tianjin, China: a hint for risk reduction strategy.

BMC public health

Liu Z, Chen Y, Yao T, Zhang T, Song D, Liu Y, Yu M, Xu J, Li Z, Yang J, Cui Z, Li C, Ma J

Prognostic value of PCSK9 levels in patients with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Hellenic journal of cardiology : HJC = Hellenike kardiologike epitheorese

Wang J, Han P, Gao M, Xiao J, Li X, Zhang N, Ma J, Cui Z, Yao T, Chen Y, Gao J, Liu Y

The impact of smoking on annual healthcare cost: an econometric model analysis in China, 2015.

BMC health services research

Huang S, Wei H, Yao T, Mao Z, Sun Q, Yang L

Healthcare Utilization of Menthol and Non-menthol Cigarette Smokers.

Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco

Wang Y, Watkins SL, Sung HY, Yao T, Lightwood J, Max W

Low awareness of and willingness to use PrEP in the Chinese YMSM: An alert in YMSM HIV prevention.

HIV medicine

Cui Z, Huang H, Zhang T, Yu Z, Zhang H, Yao T, Song D, Chen Y, Peixoto E, Wang C, Wang X, Yang J, Liu Y, Li C, Ma J

The impact of e-cigarette and cigarette prices on e-cigarette and cigarette sales in California.

Preventive medicine reports

Yao T, Sung HY, Huang J, Chu L, St Helen G, Max W

Effects of cigarette prices on intention to quit, quit attempts, and successful cessation among African American smokers.

Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco

Keeler C, Max W, Yerger VB, Yao T, Wang Y, Ong MK, Sung HY

Smoking Behavior in Low- and High-Income Adults Immediately Following California Proposition 56 Tobacco Tax Increase.

American Journal of Public Health

Keeler C, Max W, Yao T, Wang Y, Zhang X, Sung HY

Healthcare Costs of Secondhand Smoke Exposure at Home for U.S. Children.

American journal of preventive medicine

Yao T, Sung HY, Wang Y, Lightwood J, Max W

Healthcare Utilization and Expenditures Attributable to Smokeless Tobacco Use among US Adults.

Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco

Wang Y, Sung HY, Lightwood J, Chaffee BW, Yao T, Max W

Polytobacco Use and Nicotine Dependence Symptoms Among US Adults, 2012-2014.

Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco

Sung HY, Wang Y, Yao T, Lightwood J, Max W

Infrequent and Frequent Nondaily Smokers and Daily Smokers: Their Characteristics and Other Tobacco Use Patterns.

Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco

Wang Y, Sung HY, Yao T, Lightwood J, Max W

Health Care Utilization and Expenditures Attributable to Cigar Smoking Among US Adults, 2000-2015.

Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)

Wang Y, Sung HY, Yao T, Lightwood J, Max W

Healthcare costs attributable to secondhand smoke exposure at home for U.S. adults.

Tobacco induced diseases

Tingting Yao, Hai-Yen Sung, Yingning Wang, James Lightwood, Wendy Max

Healthcare costs attributable to secondhand smoke exposure at home for U.S. adults.

Preventive medicine

Yao T, Sung HY, Wang Y, Lightwood J, Max W

Relationship between spending on electronic cigarettes, 30-day use, and disease symptoms among current adult cigarette smokers in the U.S.

PloS one

Yao T, Max W, Sung HY, Glantz SA, Goldberg RL, Wang JB, Wang Y, Lightwood J, Cataldo J

The Association of Menthol Cigarette Use With Quit Attempts, Successful Cessation, and Intention to Quit Across Racial/Ethnic Groups in the United States.

Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco

Keeler C, Max W, Yerger V, Yao T, Ong MK, Sung HY

Responsiveness to cigarette prices by different racial/ethnic groups of US adults.

Tobacco control

Yao T, Ong MK, Max W, Keeler C, Wang Y, Yerger VB, Sung HY

Enhancing the Performance of Amorphous-Silicon Photoanodes for Photoelectrocatalytic Water Oxidation.

ChemSusChem

Qin W, Wang N, Yao T, Wang S, Wang H, Cao Y, Liu SF, Li C

Polytobacco Use of Cigarettes, Cigars, Chewing Tobacco, and Snuff Among US Adults.

Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco

Sung HY, Wang Y, Yao T, Lightwood J, Max W

A content analysis of electronic cigarette manufacturer websites in China.

Tobacco control

Yao T, Jiang N, Grana R, Ling PM, Glantz SA

The healthcare costs of secondhand smoke exposure in rural China.

Tobacco control

Yao T, Sung HY, Mao Z, Hu TW, Max W

Overexpression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α is a predictor of poor prognosis in cervical cancer: a clinicopathologic study and a meta-analysis.

International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society

Huang M, Chen Q, Xiao J, Yao T, Bian L, Liu C, Lin Z

Determinants of smoking-induced deprivation in China.

Tobacco control

Yao T, Huang J, Sung HY, Ong MK, Mao Z, Jiang Y, Fong GT, Max W

Who purchases cigarettes from cheaper sources in China? Findings from the ITC China Survey.

Tobacco control

Yao T, Huang J, Sung HY, Ong MK, Mao Z, Jiang Y, Fong GT, Max W

Secondhand smoke exposure at home in rural China.

Cancer causes & control : CCC

Yao T, Sung HY, Mao Z, Hu TW, Max W

Smoking knowledge, attitudes, behavior, and associated factors among Chinese male surgeons.

World journal of surgery

Yao T, Ong M, Lee A, Jiang Y, Mao Z

[Interventions on the exposure of non-smoking pregnant women to passive smoking].

Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition

Yao TT, Chen XY, Hu DW, Mao ZZ