Elena S. H. Yu, Ph.D., MPH

CURRICULUM VITAE

Elena S. H. Yu, Ph.D., MPH A. Personal Information Citizenship: U.S.A. Permanent Home Address: 2163 Caminito San Martin Professor of Epidemiology La Jolla, CA. 92037 Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics Graduate School of Public Health Summer Home Address: 5500 Campanile Drive, HT 119 1001 Saint Paul St., #9-G San Diego State University Baltimore, MD. 21202 San Diego, CA 92182

Home Phone: (858) 454-3328 M W Work Phone: (619) 594-2711 Summer Phone: (410) 547-9312 Work Fax: (619) 594-6112 Home Fax: Please phone first Work e-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] B. Education 1988 M.P.H. Epidemiology Columbia University, New York City 1974 Ph.D. Sociology University of Notre Dame, Indiana 1971 M.A. Sociology University of Notre Dame, Indiana 1968 B.A. Economics University of San Carlos, Philippines Summa cum laude C. Faculty Positions & Employment History

1989-date Full Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, California. From 1990-1998, taught the required Introduction to Epidemiology course for students in the Master in Public Health degree program; also taught Writing Epidemiologic Papers, Methodological Issues in Research on Special Populations, and Ethnicity and Health during some semesters in this period. Beginning September 1999, taught courses for the Joint Doctoral Program in Epidemiology with the University of California, San Diego (UCSD): Case-Control Method, Cohort Studies, Grant Writing, and Critical Readings in Epidemiology. In 2001, developed curriculum for a new proposed MS in Epidemiology program, to be offered at some future time at SDSU. During 2000-

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2002, co-organized a school-wide Epidemiology Journal Club for public health students. In 2004, was assigned to teach Introduction to International Health, Introduction to Public Health, Grantwriting, and Cohort Studies.

2002-03 On sabbatical leave from the Graduate School of Public Health,

San Diego State University, CA. Prepared a 600-page report entitled “Developing a Research Agenda to Eliminate Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders’ Disparities in Health” commissioned by the Office of Strategic Planning, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services.

1998-99 On (educational) leave without pay from San Diego State

University, in order to take courses for credit (Psychosocial Measurement, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Social Inequalities in Health, Computer Programming in SAS and Computer Programming in Stata). Also wrote papers for publications.

1996-97 One-year post-doctoral fellow on the Epidemiology and

Biostatistics of Aging Grant, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD. On leave without pay from San Diego State University.

1986-90 Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Community Health

Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago. Taught Asian American Studies, Psychosocial Epidemiology, Advanced Seminar in Depression Research, and Cross-Cultural Studies of Mental Illness.

1983-90 Research Associate at the Pacific/Asian American Mental Health

Research Center, with joint appointment as Adjunct Associate Professor of Sociology in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago.

1981-83 Individual NRSA post-doctoral fellow, Psychiatric Epidemiology

Research Unit, Columbia University, New York City. Took courses on Categorical Data Analysis.

1979-81 Visiting Fellow, Division of Epidemiology and Analysis, National

Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland. Analyzed U.S. infant mortality data for Chinese, compared with Japanese, white, black, and American Indians and Native Alaskans.

1975-80 Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Victoria. Taught

Sociology of Health and Medicine, Marriage and the Family,

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Sociology of the Life Cycle (Sex Roles and Aging), Socialization and Interaction, and Introduction to Sociology.

1974-75 Assistant Professor, Department of Modern and Classical Modern

Chinese Language Languages, University of Notre Dame, Indiana. Taught Conversational Chinese and helped to establish the Junior-Year-in-Taiwan Program.

1973-74 Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences, St. Thomas University,

Fredericton, N.B., Canada. Promoted to Assistant Professor in 1974. Taught Social Psychology, Introductory Statistics, Sociology of Education, and Honors Seminar.

1970-71 Visiting Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Fu-jen University,

Taiwan. Taught Social Psychology and Research Methods.

D. Research Experiences

2002-2003 Reviewed the literature on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders’

health disparities for a report commissioned by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

1999-2000 Analysis of data on smoking among Chinese Americans and Asian

American Cancer Control. 1996-1999 Analysis of data on breast, cervical, and prostate cancer control

among Chinese and Korean Americans. 1992-96 Co-P.I. of a grant from the National Institute on Aging, "The

Incidence and Course of Dementia." Principal Investigator: R. Katzman, M.D. The project will provide precise data on the accuracy of clinician's diagnosis, estimates the age-specific incidence of dementia and AD, examines the effect of education, gender, and differential mortality on the prevalence of dementia, and describe the clinical characteristics and course of dementia in Chinese society.

1991-93 P.I. of a grant from the National Institute on Aging, "The

Epidemiology of Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia in China." This project continues the analysis of data on the health and aging of a cohort of Chinese elderly, 55 years and older, who were interviewed in 1987-90 as part of a population-based epidemiologic survey of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias in China.

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1989-93 P.I. of a grant from the National Cancer Institute, the National Institutes of Health, entitled "Developmental Research in Cancer Control among Asian Americans." The purpose of this project was to develop a culturally appropriate cancer control instrument in the Chinese and Korean languages and to conduct a population-based community survey in Chicago's Chinatown and Koreantown using the instrument developed from this project.

1988-89 Co-P.I. on an NIA-funded project of the acculturation, health,

nutrition, and psychological well being of Asian Americans (Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans) in Chicago's subsidized housing for the elderly.

1988-89 P.I. of a contract to assess the service needs of eleven groups of

non-English speaking ethnic elderly in Chicago (Polish, Greeks, Lithuanians, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, Vietnamese, Ethnic Chinese, and Cambodians), funded by McArthur Foundation, The Retirement Research Foundation, the Chicago Community Trust, and the City of Chicago Department on Aging and Disability. The survey questionnaire was published as an example of minimizing misclassification in the assessment of immigration status. See Loue S, Bunce A. The Assessment of Immigration Status in Health Research. Vital and Health Statistics 1999; 2(127): Appendix 10. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/sr2_127.pdf

1987-90 Co-P.I. on the first phase of a longitudinal study of Alzheimer's

Disease among Chinese elderly populations in Shanghai, China. 1987-89 Analysis of psychiatric epidemiologic data based on 3,000

household interviews in Shanghai using the DIS, conducted in collaboration with the Shanghai Psychiatric Hospital.

1987-89 Comparative analysis of suicides and homicides between Chinese

and white Americans using the 1979-81 U.S. mortality and Census data.

1986-87 P.I. of a contract from the Illinois State Board of Education to

examine and analyze existing data on Asian American education in Illinois. Prepared a report for the State of Illinois Governor's Office on the educational needs and mental health status of Asians in Illinois. The report was intended for the Governor's Office to formulate and guide policies pertaining to the elementary and high school education of Asian Americans.

1985 As a Gerontological Society of America Post-doctoral Fellow,

assisted the University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics in a study of

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the use of emergency room services by the elderly. The project was funded by the Gerontological Society of America, Retirement Research Foundation, and the Department of Medical Social Work, College of Associated Health Professions, University of Illinois at Chicago's Health Sciences Center.

1984-85 P.I. of a contract from the Secretary's Task Force on Black and

Minority Health, to analyze the U.S. death certificate data compiled by the National Center for Health Statistics, 1979- 81, for the purpose of understanding the mortality differentials between Asians and white Americans.

1984 Analysis of the use of health services and mortality differentials by

the Asian/Pacific American elderly using data based on death certificates, the National Health Interview Survey, and the National Ambulatory Medical Care Services Programs managed by the National Center for Health Statistics.

1983 Collaborated in a psychiatric epidemiologic survey in Shanghai,

China using the DIS-Version III as the main instrument for extracting diagnostic information that will meet the DIS/DSM-III Criteria. A total of more than 3,000 households was interviewed.

1981-83 National Institute of Mental Health’s National Health Services

Research Award Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Division of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York City. Studied psychiatric epidemiology and learned the DSM-III Criteria for the classification of mental disorders.

1979-81 Visiting Fellow at the National Center for Health Statistics, U.S.

Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services. Analyses of the 1969-71 health data on Chinese and other Asian minorities in the United States.

1978-79 Co-Investigator and Field Director of the Vietnamese Refugee

Research Project, affiliated with the Department of Sociology, San Diego State University, California.

1974-75 Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of Man in

Contemporary Society, University of Notre Dame. Research on kinship ties, spousal relations and fertility behavior. Analysis of open-ended taped interviews of selected urban families in Cebu, Philippines, to ascertain the significance of bilateral kindred structure in Cebuano fertility behavior.

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1974 Research on Mainland Chinese family and the significance of the external social context in relation to the economic role of women and their fertility behavior.

1972-73 Research Assistant to Anthropologist Florence Kluckhohn and

Historian George E. Taylor. Conducted field work and research in Hong Kong on the variations of value orientation among the Chinese refugees in Hong Kong. The work involved interviews with refugees in various languages and dialects (Hokkien, Cantonese, and Mandarin).

1970-71 Dissertation field work and research in Taiwan on the significance

of filial piety (hsiao) on achievement. The research involved the replication of McClelland's original experiment under Failure, Neutral, and Success conditions. It was followed with an interview with the subject's mother to test out Winterbottom's hypothesis. A complete translation of the McClelland n Ach scoring manual was made. The original TAT figures were redrawn into Chinese Figures.

1969-70 Research Assistant at the Social Science Research and Training

Laboratory, University of Notre Dame. Conducted bibliographic search of the literature and co-authored papers. Began writing the first draft of several chapters of a manuscript using data collected from the Cebu Family Health Project. The manuscript was later published as a book, Fertility and Kinship in the Philippines.

1968-69 Research Assistant on the Cebu Family Health Project based in

Cebu City, Philippines. Developed the codebook for the project; assisted in coding the raw data; translated the in-depth interview data from Cebuano into English and systematize them.

E. Honors, Fellowships, and Awards

2000 Recipient of the Most Outstanding Alumna Award for Community Service on the 85th Anniversary of the Cebu Eastern College [formerly Cebu Chinese High School] and the 20th Anniversary of the Cebu Eastern College Alumni Association, Cebu City, Philippines.

1996-97 Recipient of an NRSA Award through the National Institute on

Aging Post-doctoral Traineeship on the Epidemiology and Biostatistics of Aging, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions.

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1996 Recipient of the Award for the Most Outstanding Faculty in the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, California

1995 The Golden Apple Best Teaching Award, Graduate School of

Public Health, San Diego State University, California. 1995 Vice President's Quest for The Best Faculty Award, San Diego

State University, California. 1995 Special Award for Services to the Filipino Community from

Project Kalusugan, Inc. 1993-95 Recipient of the Shannon Award from the National Institutes of

Health. 1992 Member of the Second Delegation of American Sociologists which

visited China in June and July under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences's Committee on Scholarly Communication with the P.R.C. and funded by the Ford Foundation.

1991 Elected to Phi Beta Delta Honor Society. 1989 Elected to Phi Tau Phi International Honor Society. 1988 & John Nuveen Center for International Affairs Award for

Outstanding Volunteer 1989 Work with the International Scholars and Visiting Faculty of the

University of Illinois at Chicago. 1987 Listed in The World's Who’s Who of Women, ninth edition.

London: International Biographic Centre. 1985 Gerontological Society of America Fellowship Award. 1984 Appreciation Award from Yonsei University College of Medicine

for Contribution to the Kwangha Psychiatric Epidemiological Study.

1981-83 National Health Services Research Fellowship Award, National

Institute of Mental Health. 1977-78 Listed in American Men and Women of Science, published by the

American Association for the Advancement of Science. 1973-74 Arthur Schmidt Dissertation Fellowship Award.

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1968-72 Social Science Training and Research Laboratory Fellowship recipient, University of Notre Dame.

1968 Graduated Summa cum laude in Economics, University of San

Carlos, Philippines. 1964-68 Recipient of University Scholarship, University of San Carlos,

Philippines.

F. Consulting Experiences

2002 Consultant, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services 2000-date Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Public

Health Reports. 1998-date Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Public Health. 1999 Reviewer, National Center for Health Statistics, Minority Health

Research Grants Applications authorized by Congress under the Disadvantaged Minority Act.

1999 Reviewer, Middle East Cancer Consortium, A Scientific Review

Group Affiliated with NIH. 1999 Consultant, ASPH Minority Health Leadership Workshop,

sponsored by the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH), October 20, 1999, School of Public Health and Psychiatric Institute, the University of Illinois-at Chicago.

1997 Consultant to Department of the Army, U.S. Army Medical

Research and Materiel Command, with regards to the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs aimed at strengthening the biomedical/behavioral research infrastructure in the minority scientific community.

1997 Reviewer for Research on Aging. 1996-date Member of the Advisory Board, Asian American and Pacific

Islanders’ Journal of Health. Dublin, Ohio. 1996-date Board of Directors, Kalusugan, Incorporated, San Diego, CA. 1995 Consultant to the National Center for Health Statistics and Office

of Minority Health's Special Secretary's Task Force on Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, and Minority Health.

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1995 Ad Hoc Reviewer for Epidemiology, Journal of American

Medical Association (JAMA), Asian American and Pacific Islander's Journal of Health, American Journal of Public Health, Sociological Perspectives, Health Education Quarterly.

1995 Associate Editor, Asian American and Pacific Islander's Journal of

Health. 1995 Consultant to the Asian/Pacific Islander's Health Promotion, Inc. in

Dublin, Ohio. 1995 Consultant, Retirement Research Foundation. 1994-date Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Gerontology (Hong

Kong). 1994-date Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, The Asian American

and Pacific/Islander's Journal of Health. 1994-97 Regular Member of Internal Review Group (IRG), Epidemiology

and Disease Control I Committee, National Institutes of Health. On leave 1996-97 to do post-doctoral work at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

1993 Consultant to the Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for

Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia, on Race and Ethnicity in Public Health.

1993 Consultant, National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine,

on the Ethical and Legal Issues of Including Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Clinical Trials.

1993 Reviewer of a book manuscript on Epidemiology for Jones and

Bartlett, Publishers. 1992-93 Member of Advisory Board, Journal of Gerontology (Hong Kong). 1992 Consultant in Epidemiology, Project Kalusugan, Towards a

Healthy Filipino Population by the Year 2000, funded by the State of California to O. Dirige of San Diego State University.

1992 Consultant, Retirement Research Foundation. 1992-93 Field Reviewer, Agency for Health Care Policy Research.

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1990-92 Regular Member of the Internal Review Group (IRG), Review Committee for the Life Course Review Committee 2, National Institute of Mental Health.

1989-91 Ad Hoc Reviewer of research proposals, Special Study Section

Reviewer, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health.

1990 Member of the Expert Panel on Health Promotion and Aging,

American Association of Retired Persons. 1990 Consultant, National Institute on Aging. 1988 Ad Hoc Reviewer, Small Grants, National Institute of Mental

Health. 1988 Ad Hoc Reviewer for the journal, Child Development and the

International Migration Review. 1987 Consultant, National Institute of Child Health and Development. 1986 Consultant/Reviewer, Chicago Women Foundation. 1986 Consultant/Reviewer, Retirement Research Foundation. 1986 Consultant, National Institute of Mental Health Task Force on

Youth Suicide. 1986 Reviewer, International Migration Review, Mental Retardation. 1986-92 Reviewer, Journal of Comparative Family Studies. 1985 Special Consultant, National Institutes for Alcohol Abuse and

Alcoholism. 1985 Consultant, Illinois State Board of Education & the Governor's

office. 1985 Ad Hoc Reviewer for IRG of the National Institute of Mental

Health. 1984-85 Consultant, Department of Health and Human Services's

Secretary's Task Force on Black and Minority Health, National Institutes of Health.

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1979-81 Special Reviewer on Grants and Contracts, Epidemiology and Health Services Review Committee, National Institute of Mental Health, Department of Health and Human Services.

1979 Special Reviewer, Special Study Section, National Institute of

Child Health and Development, National Institutes of Health. 1980-83 Special Reviewer, Journal of Comparative Family Studies. 1979-80 Special Reviewer, Social Science and Medicine, Canadian Ethnic

Studies. 1979-82 Advisory Committee Member and Teaching Faculty, Asian

American Research Workshop, jointly sponsored by the University of Michigan Survey Research Center and the Asian American Mental Health Research Center, Chicago, Illinois.

1978 Cultural Awareness Task Force Consultant, County of San Diego

Mental Health Services. 1977-78 Consultant, Vietnamese Refugee Study, Asian American Mental

Health Research Center, University of Illinois at Chicago. 1977 Reviewer of book manuscript in sociology, Harper and Row

Publishers. 1977 Ad Hoc Reviewer for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health

Administration, National Institute of Mental Health. 1975 Working Consultant, U.S. Naval Health Research Center, U.S.

Department of Health an Human Services, on the health and mental health of Vietnamese refugees at Camp Pendleton after the 1974 U.S. withdrawal from Saigon.

G. Positions in Professional Organizations

2002-2003 Member of the Board of Directors, Asian American Film Foundation.

2001-2003 Founder and Editor of Newsletter for San Diego Chinese-

American Science and Engineering Association. 2001-2003 Member of the Board of Directors, San Diego Chinese-American

Science and Engineering Association. 1994-date Fellow, American College of Epidemiology.

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1995-date Ex-Officio Member, North American Chinese Sociologists’

Association. 1993-95 President, North American Chinese Sociologists’ Association.

http://www.nacsaglobal.net 1993 Co-Chair (with Professor Lucie Cheng of UCLA), Conference on

Gender Issues in Chinese Societies, funded to the North American Chinese Sociologists' Association by the Ford Foundation.

1992-93 Coordinator and Member of the Steering Committee, North

American Chinese Sociologist Association. 1989-90 Chair, Research Committee on Aging, Section on Aging of the

American Sociological Association. 1989-90 Nominations Committee, Sociologists for Women in Society. 1988-89 Chair, Membership Committee of the American Sociological

Association, Section on Asia and Asian America. 1989 Program Committee Member, American Sociological Association

Section on Asia and Asian America. 1988-89 Session Organizer on Medical Sociology, 1989 American

Sociological Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco. 1987-90 Council Member, American Sociological Association Section on

Asia and Asian America. 1983-84 Member, Committee on Minorities, Eastern Sociological Society. 1981-82 Member, Papers Committee of the Eastern Sociological Society. 1978-79 Ad Hoc Committee Member, Asian Aging Association (AAA). 1974-75 Newsletter-editor of the North Central Sociological Association,

Sociologists for Women in Society (NCHS-SWS). 1971-74 Student Member of the Board of Publications, National Council on

Family Relations.

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H. Professional Memberships American Public Health Association American Association of University Women American College of Epidemiology American Sociological Association New York Academy of Sciences - Life Member North American Chinese Sociologist Association - Life Member Society for Epidemiologic Research I. Grants Received

1993-95 Recipient of the Shannon Award from the National Institute of Health, for research on caregiving, extended to 1996.

1992-96 Co-P.I. of a grant from the National Institute on Aging, entitled: The

Incidence and Course of Dementia in Shanghai. 1991-93 P.I. of a grant from the National Institute on Aging, entitled: "The

Epidemiology of Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia in China." 1989-93 P.I. of Developmental Research in Cancer Control among Asian

Americans, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes for Heath. 1988-89 Co-P.I. of a pilot grant from the MacArthur Foundation to supplement

a contract from the City of Chicago Department on Aging and Disability for a Needs Assessment Survey of 12 Ethnic Groups in Chicago.

1988-89 Co-P.I. of a pilot grant from the Chicago Community Trust to

supplement a contract from the City of Chicago Department on Aging and Disability for a Needs Assessment Survey of 12 Ethnic Groups in Chicago.

1988-89 Co-P.I. of a pilot grant from the Retirement Research Foundation to

supplement a contract from Chicago Department on Aging and Disability for a Needs Assessment Survey of 12 Ethnic Groups in Chicago.

1988-89 P.I. of a contract from the City of Chicago Department on Aging and

Disability to conduct an Ethnic Elderly Needs Assessment Survey in Chicago. The sample includes Greeks, Lithuanians, Polish, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Chinese, Filipinos, Koreans, Vietnamese, Cambodians, and Ethnic Chinese from Indo-China.

1987-89 Co-Principal Investigator of a Minority Aging Developmental Grant

funded by the National Institute on Aging.

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1985-86 Contract with Illinois State Board of Education. Secondary analysis of

state education data. 1984-85 Co-Principal Investigator for 2 contracts to analyze the 1980 Asian-

White Mortality Differentials. National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services.

1977-78 Canada Council Faculty Research, University of Victoria. For

preparation of the book, Kinship and Fertility in the Philippines. 1976-77 Canada Council Faculty Research, University of Victoria. pilot study

of widows and widowers in Victoria.

J. Language Proficiency

Varying levels of verbal, reading, and writing proficiencies in the following languages: Mandarin - Fluent. Learned from K1 through high school. Cantonese – Moderately well. Learned on a summer job in Hong Kong. Hokkien - Fluent. Second native language spoken at home. English - Fluent. The medium of instruction in college and beyond. Cebuano - Fluent. Mastered as first spoken language at home. Tagalog - Learned as a second language from K1 through high school. Spanish - Good reading knowledge. K. Current Research and Teaching Interests Epidemiology Methods Minority Health and Health Disparities Epidemiology of Aging Psychosocial Epidemiology Epidemiology of Cancer L. Services to the University and the Community

2001-date Member of the University of California at San Diego and San Diego State University Joint Doctoral Program Admissions Committee

2000-2003 Member of Faculty Senate, San Diego State University. 2000-2003 Member of campus-wide Personnel Committee, San Diego State

University.

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2000-2003 Member of campus-wide Faculty Development Subcommittee of the Faculty Senate, San Diego State University.

2000-2003 Library Representative for the Graduate School of Public Health, San

Diego State University. 2000-2001 Member of Search Committee for a Maternal and Child Health

Professor, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University.

2000-date Member of the Commencement Committee, Graduate School of

Public Health, San Diego State University. 1999-date Member of Steering Committee, Joint Doctoral Program in

Epidemiology for San Diego State University and the University of California at San Diego.

1999-2001 Member of Search Committee for an Epidemiologist at the Full

Professor Rank, Joint Doctoral Program in Epidemiology for San Diego State University and the University of California at San Diego.

1999-2001 Member of Search Committee for an Epidemiologist at the Assistant

Professor Rank, Joint Doctoral Program in Epidemiology for San Diego State University and the University of California at San Diego.

1999-2001 Member of Search Committee for a Biostatistician, Graduate School of

Public Health, San Diego State University and the University of California at San Diego.

1999-date Member of Planning Committee for Convocation Reception of GSPH

Graduates, San Diego State University and the University of California at San Diego.

1990-00 Member of Scholarship Committee, Graduate School of Public Health,

San Diego State University. 1999 Graduate Teaching Assistant to Drs. Haroute Armenian and Donald R.

Hoover, in Epidemiology 340.604: Case-Control Studies, Department of Epidemiology, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University.

1998-99 Student Representative, Academic Standards Committee--a school-

wide faculty committee at the School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University.

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1998-99 Student Representative, Deans for Students’ Network Committee--a school-wide faculty committee at the School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University.

1998-99 Organizer and Coordinator of a journal club “chat-list” to discuss U.S.

minority health issues on the internet ([email protected]) at the School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University.

1997-98 Member of the March Task Force, National Cancer Institute, which is

devoted to addressing issues of community outreach in cancer research and preparing for a nation-wide March to Conquer Cancer, scheduled for September of 1998.

1995-96 Member, Personnel Committee (for Faculty Promotion and Tenure

Review) of the Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University.

1995-date Member, Board of Directors, Kalusugan, Inc. 1993-94 Pro bono Consultant to Project Kalusugan (a Health Promotion Project

for Filipinos), San Diego, California. 1993-96 Member of the Institute for Public Health Practice, Graduate School of

Public Health, San Diego State University. 1992 Chairperson of Task Group on The Epidemiology of Minority Health,

National Conference on Behavioral and Sociocultural Perspectives of Ethnicity and Health, September 17-20, Capitol Hyatt Hotel, Washington, D.C.

1992 Member of the Task Group on Population-Based Surveys, National

Task Force on Strategic Planning by NIH, convened by Dr. Bernadine Healy, Director of NIH, June 23-25, at the Ramada Renaissance Hotel, Dulles Airport, Washington, D.C.

1992 Editorial Advisor for the preparation of Statistical Record of Asians in

the U.S. and Canada. Eastword publication Development, Ohio. 1991-92 Member of College of Health and Human Service’s Election

Committee, San Diego State University. 1991-92 Member of the Graduate School of Public Health's Continuing

Education Committee, San Diego State University. 1991 Consultant to the Advisory Panel on Alzheimer's Disease on their

special report, entitled: "Ethnic and Cultural Issues in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias," submitted to the Congress of the

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United States, to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and to the Council on Alzheimer's Disease, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, November.

1990-91 Member of National Research Advisory Committee, Asian American

Health Forum, Inc., San Francisco, California. 1990 Member of the Minority Aging Task Group formed by the

Gerontological Society of American to develop a research agenda for Minority Aging at a meeting held on April 11-12, 1992, Airlie House in Warrenton, Virginia.

1988-91 Pro bono Consultant, Asian American Health Forum, Inc., San

Francisco, California. 1988 Pro bono Consultant in Health Insurance Study to the Chinese

American Service League, Inc., Chicago, Illinois. 1988 Pro bono Consultant in proposal writing to the Korean Self-Help

Center, Chicago. 1988-90 Member of the Steering Committee, Chinatown Neighborhood

Development Program, Chicago and Member of the Health Task Force, Chinatown Neighborhood Development Program.

1986-90 Member of the Behavioral and Social Science Sub-Committee of the

School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago. 1986-90 Member, Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Women, University

of Illinois at Chicago. 1986-89 Pro bono Interpreter for Psychiatric Unit, University of Illinois

Hospital, Chicago. 1986 Member, Asian American Heritage Week Committee for the City of

Chicago.

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M. Publications: Refereed Articles Note: Sometimes one or both middle initials were used; sometimes not. [The numbering counts the number of publications. Papers presented at conferences are not counted.] 117. Cross NA, Kim KK, Yu, ESH, Chen EH, Kim JK.

2002 An assessment of the diet quality of middle-aged and older adult Korean Americans living in Chicago. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 102(4):552-554.

116. Yu ESH, Chen EH, Kim K, Abdulrahim S.

2002 Smoking among Chinese Americans: Knowledge, behavior, and beliefs. American Journal of Public Health 92(6):1007-1012.

115. Yu ESH, Kim K, Chen EH, Brintnall RA.

2001 Breast and cervical cancer screening among Chinese American women. Cancer Practice (published by the American Cancer Society) 9:81-91.

114. Vryheid RE, Yu ESH, Mehta KM, McGhee J.

2001 The declining prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection among Asian and Pacific Islander children. Asian American and Pacific Islander Journal of Health 2001; 9(2): 162-178.

113. Yu ESH, Kim K, Chen EH, Kim JK, Brintnall RA.

2001 Colorectal cancer screening among Chinese Americans. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology (published by the American Cancer Society) 19(3/4):97-112.

112. Kim K, Yu ESH, Chen EH, Kim JK, Brintnall RA.

2000 Nutritional status of Korean Americans: Implications for cancer risk. Oncology Nursing Forum 27(10):1573-1583.


2000 Smoking behavior, knowledge and beliefs among Korean Americans. Cancer Practice (published for the American Cancer Society by Lippincott-Raven Publishers) Cancer Practice 8:223-230.

110. Kim K, Yu ESH, Chen EH, Kim J, Kaufman M, Purkiss J.

1999 Cervical cancer screening knowledge and practices among Korean-American women. Cancer Nursing 1999; 22(4):297-302.

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109. Kim K, Yu ESH, Chen EH, Kim JK, Brintnall RA. 1998 Colorectal Cancer Screening: Knowledge and Practices among

Korean Americans. Cancer Practice (published for the American Cancer Society by Lippincott-Raven Publishers), 6(3): 165-75.

108. Yu ESH, Kean YM, Slymen DJ, Liu WT, Zhang M, Katzman R.

1998 Self perceived health and five-year mortality risks among the elderly in Shanghai, China. American Journal of Epidemiology 147(9):880-890.

107. Zhang M, Katzman R, Yu E, Liu W, Xiao SF, Yan H.

1998 A preliminary analysis of incidence of dementia in Shanghai. Psychiatry Clin. Neurosci. 52 (Suppl):S291-4.

106. Cho JK, Kim K, Yu E.

1998 Knowledge and Beliefs about the association between diet and cancer among Korean immigrants in the U.S.A. The Journal of Korean Society for Health Education 15(1):133 – 147.

105. Moradi T, Delfino RJ, Bergstrom SR, Yu ESH, Adami HO, Yuen J.

1998 Cancer Rates among Scandinavian Immigrants in the U.S. and Residents of Scandinavian Countries Compared to U.S. Whites, 1973-89.” European Journal of Cancer Prevention 7:117-125.

104. Patterson TL, Semple SJ, Shaw WS, Yu E, He Y, Zhang MY, Wu W, Grant I.

1998 The cultural context of caregiving: a comparison of Alzheimer’s caregivers in Shanghai, China and San Diego, California. Psychological Medicine 28(5):1071-84.


1998 Breast cancer screening knowledge and practices among Korean American women. Asian American and Pacific Islander American Journal of Health 6, 2:265-275.

102. Shaw WS, Patterson TL, Semple SJ, Grant I, Yu ESH, Zhang MY, He YL, Wu

WY. 1997 A cross-cultural validation of coping strategies and their

association with caregiving distress. The Gerontologist, 37(4):490-504.

101. Katzman R, Zhang M, Chen P, Saitoh T, Chen X, Klauber M, Thomas R, Liu W, Yu ESH.

1997 Effects of Apolipoprotein E on dementia and aging in the Shanghai survey of dementia. Neurology 49:779-785.

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100. Yu E and Whitted J. 1997 Task Group I. Epidemiology of Minority Health. Journal of

Culture, Gender and Health 2(2):101-112.

99. Lee MS, Crittenden KS, Yu E. 1996 Social Support and Depression among Elderly Korean Immigrants

in the U.S. Aging and Human Development 42(4):313-327.

98. Banerji S, Bellomy, A, Yu ES, Waterman S, Haas EA, Moser KE. 1996 Tuberculosis in San Diego County: a border community

perspective. Public Health Reports 111(5):431-6. 97. Yu ESH, Xie Q, Zhang KL, Lu P, Chan L.

1996 HIV Infection and AIDS in China, 1984-1995. American Journal of Public Health 86, 8 (August): 1116-1122.

96. Yu ESH.

1996 Pacific health dialog and the training of indigenous public health scientists [Letter to the editor’. Pacific Health Dialog, March 1996, in press.

95. Yu ESH

1996 An overview of the U.S. Health Data for APIA: Sources, Limitations, and Potential Solutions. Asian American and Pacific Islander Journal of Health 4(1-3):68-71.

94. Flack JM, Amaro H, Jenkins W, Kunitz S, Mixon M, Yu ESH

1995 The Epidemiology of minority health. [Review.] Health Psychology, 14(7): 592-600.

93. Chen PJ, Yu ESH, Zhang M, Liu W, Hill R, Katzman R

1995 ADL Dependence and medical Conditions in Chinese Older Persons: A population-Based Survey in Shanghai, China. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 43(4), 378-383.

92. Yu ESH.

1995 The Importance of age-adjustment by the direct method in analysis of API health data. Asian American and Pacific Islanders' Journal of Health.

91. Salmon D., Jin H., Zhang M., Grant I., Yu E.

1995 Neuropsychological assessment of Chinese elderly in the Shanghai dementia survey. The Clinical Neuropsychologist 9, 2: 159-168.

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90. Katzman R, Hill R, Yu ESH, Wang ZY, Booth A, Salmon DP, Liu W, Qu GY, Zhang M.

1994 The Malignancy of Dementia: Predictors of Mortality in Clinically Diagnosed Dementia in Population Survey of Shanghai, China. Archives of Neurology, 51, 1220-1225.

89. Warren R, Hahn RA, Bristow L, Yu ESH.

1994 The use of race and ethnicity in public health surveillance. Public Health Reports 109(1):4-6.

88. Hill LR, Klauber MR, Salmon DP, Yu ESH, Liu W, Zhang M, Katzman R.

1993 Functional Status, Education, and the Diagnosis of Dementia in the Shanghai Survey. Neurology 43:138-145.

87. Kim KK, Yu ESH, Liu W, Kim J, Kohrs MB.

1993 Nutritional status of Chinese-, Korean-, and Japanese-American elderly. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 93(12):1416-1422.

86. Yu ESH, Liu W

1992 "U.S. National Health Data on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: A Research Agenda for the 1990s." American Journal of Public Health 82, 12 (December): 1645-1684.

85. Xia Z, Levy PS, Yu ESH, Wang ZY, Zhang M.

1992 "Single Stage Cluster Sampling in Prevalence-Incidence Surveys: Some Issues Suggested by the Shanghai Survey of Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia." Survey Methodology 18, 1 (June): 165-174.

84. Yu ESH, Liu W, Zhang WT, Wang ZY, Qu GY.

1992 "Caregiver's Burden in Shanghai: Study Design and Preliminary Findings." Archives of Psychiatry (published in Shanghai, China) New Vol. 4, Supplement: 72-76.

83. Liu W, Yu E.

1992 “The Functional Significance of Education in Dementia.: Archives of Psychiatry (published in Shanghai, China) New Vol. 4, Supplement: 59-64.

82. Yu ESH

1991 "The Health Risks of Asian Americans." American Journal of Public Health 81, 11: 1391-1393.

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81. Zhang MY, Katzman R, Salmon D, Jin H, Cai G, Wang ZY, Qu GY, Grant I, Yu E, Levy P, 41. Klauber MR, Liu W.

1990 "The Prevalence of Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease (AD) in Shanghai, China: Impact of Age, Gender, and Education." Annals of Neurology 27:428-437.

80. Zhang MY, Qu GY, Wang ZY, Cai GJ, Katzman R, Salmon D, Liu W, Yu E,

Levy P, Chin SR, Wang GY 1990 "A study of the Prevalence of Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease,"

Journal Chinese Medical Association (Zhonghua Yixue Zazhi) 70, 8: 424-428.

79. Yu E, Yan HQ, Liu W, Levy P, Zhang MY, Katzman K et al.

1989 "The Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment among the Elderly in Shanghai." Proceedings of the 4th Scientific Meeting of the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists, Dec.4-8, 1988, Hong Kong. S97-S106.

78. Yu E, Liu W, Levy P, Zhang MY, Katzman R et. al.

1989 "Cognitive Impairment among Elderly Adults in Shanghai." Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences 44, 3 (May): S97.

77. Salmon DP, Riekkinen PJ, Katzman R, Zhang M, Jin H, Yu E.

1989 "Cross-Cultural Studies of Dementia: A Comparison of Mini-Mental State Examination Performance in Finland and China." Archives of Neurology 46:769-772.

76. Jin H, Zhang MY, Qu GY, Wang ZY, Salmon DP, Katzman R, Grant I, Liu W,

Yu E. 1989 "Cross-Cultural Studies of Dementia: Use of a Chinese Version of

the Blessed-Roth Information-Memory-Concentration Test in a Shanghai Dementia Survey." Psychology and Aging 4:471-479.

75. Levy P, Yu E, Liu W, Zhang MY, Wang ZY, Wong SC, Katzman R.

1989 "Single-Stage Cluster Sampling with a Telescopic Respondent Rule: A Variation Motivated by a Survey of Dementia in Elderly Residents of Shanghai." Statistics in Medicine 8: 1537-1544.

74. Zhang MY, Qu GY, Katzman R, Liu W, Yu E, Wang ZY, Cai GJ, Qu GY, Wang

ZY. 1989 "A Survey of Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease," Archives of

Psychiatry (Shanghai Jingshen Yixue (in Chinese) 7 (3): 153-158.

73. Katzman R, Zhang M, Qu GY, Wang ZY, Liu W, Yu et al. 1988 "A Chinese Version of the Mini-Mental State Examination: Impact

of Illiteracy in a Shanghai Dementia Survey." Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 41, 10: 971-978.

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72. Levy P, Yu E, Liu W, Zhang M, Wang Z. et al.

1988 "Sample Design of the Shanghai Elderly Survey." International Journal of Epidemiology 17, 4 (Dec): 931-933.

71. Yu E, Liu W.

1986-7 "Alcohol Use and Abuse among Chinese Americans: Epidemiologic Data." Alcohol Health and Research World 11, 2 (Winter): 14-17; 60-61.

70. Yu ESH, Liu W

1986 "Methodological Problems and Policy Implications in Vietnamese Refugee Research." International Migration Review 20 (Summer): 483-501.

69. Yu E.

1986 "Health of the Chinese Elderly in America." Research on Aging 8, 1(March): 84-109.

68. Yu E, Liu W

1985 "Asian/Pacific American Elderly: Mortality Differentials, Health Status, and Use of Health Services." Journal of Applied Gerontology 4, 1: 35-64.

67. Yu ESH.

1982 "The Low Mortality Rates of Chinese Infants: Some Plausible Explanatory Factors." Social Science and Medicine 16: 253-265.

66. Yu E, Cypress B.

1982 "Visits to Physicians by Asian/Pacific Americans." Medical Care 20, 8 (August): 809-820.

65. Yu ESH.

1980 "Chinese Collective Orientation and Need for Achievement." International Journal of Social Psychiatry 26, 3 (Autumn): 184-189.

64. Yu ESH.

1980 "Filipino Migration and Community Organizations in the United States." California Sociologist 3, 2 (Summer): 76-102.

63. Yu ESH.

1979 "Overseas Remittances in Southeastern China." China Quarterly 78 (June): 339-350.

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62. Yu ESH. 1979 "Family Life and Overseas Remittances in South-Eastern China:

A Research Note." Journal of Comparative Family Studies 10, 3 (Autumn): 445-454.

61. Yu ESH.

1977 "Kinship Structure, Post-marital Residence and Sex-Role Equality in China." Sociological Focus 10, 2 (April): 175-188.

60. Liu W, Yu ESH.

1977 "Variations in Women's Roles and Family Life under the Socialist Regime of China." Journal of Comparative Family Studies 8 (Summer): 201-216.

59. Yu, ESH.

1976 "Variations of the Cebuano Family." Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society 3: 114-130.

58. Yu ESH.

1971 "A Critical Evaluation of McClelland's Theory of Achievement Motivation." Szu yu Yan (Thought and Language, published in Taiwan) 9: 1-13.

57. Liu W, Rubel AJ, Yu ESH.

1969 "The Urban Family of Cebu." Journal of Marriage and the Family 31 (May): 399-402.

56. Liu W, Yu ESH.

1968 "The Lower-Class Cebuano Family: A Preliminary Profile Analysis." Philippine Sociological Review 16 (July-October): 114-123.

N. Publications: Book, Monograph, and Special Reports 55. Yu ESH, Fujita S, Prohaska T, Liu W.

1989 The Ethnic Elderly Needs Assessment Project: A Final Report. Chicago: City of Chicago Department on Aging and Disability. The questionnaire from this study was cited in Loue S, Bunce A. The Assessment of Immigration Status in Health Research. Vital and Health Statistics 1999;2(127): Appendix 10.

54. Yu ESH, Doi M, Chang CF

1987 Asian American Education in Illinois. Chicago: Illinois State Board of Education.

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53. Yu ESH, Murata AK, Lin C 1982 Bibliography of Pacific/Asian American Materials in the Library

of Congress. Chicago: Pacific/Asian American Mental Health Research Center.

52. Yu ESH, Liu W

1980 Fertility and Kinship in the Philippines. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press.

51. Yu ESH, Liu W, Tung TM

1979 Interviewing Conduct. Manual for Training Vietnamese Interviewers. San Diego: Vietnamese Refugee Research Project Publication.

O. Publications: Chapters in Books 50. Yu ESH, Lai S, Wen Z, Liu WT.

2000 Caregiving survey in Guangzhou: A Preliminary Report. Pp. 322-338 in WT Liu and H Kendig, Who Should Care for the Elderly? Singapore: Singapore University Press.

49. Lee RPL, Lee JJ, Yu ESH, Sun SG, Liu WT.

2000 Living arrangement and elderly care: The case of Hong Kong. Pp. 269-296 in WT Liu and H Kendig, Who Should Care for the Elderly? Singapore: Singapore University Press.

48. Liu W, Yu ESH

1999 "Asian American Studies." [An update.] Pp. 109-117 in Encyclopedia of Sociology, vol. I. Edgar F. Borgatta, Editor-in-Chief, and Marie L. Borgatta, Managing Editor. N.Y.: Macmillan Publishing Co.

47. Yu ESH

1999 Ethical and legal issues relating to the inclusion of Asian/Pacific Islanders in clinical studies. Pp. 216-231 in Anna C. Mastroianni, Ruth Faden, and Daniel Federman (Eds.), The Institute of Medicine, Women and Health Research. Ethical and Legal Aspects of Including Women in Clinical Trials, vol. 2, Workshop and Commissioned Papers. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

46. Yu ESH, Liu W, Wang Z et al. 1994 "Caregivers of the Cognitively Impaired and the Disabled in

Shanghai, China." Pp. 5-30 in S. Zarit, L. Pearlin, and K.W. Schaie (Eds.), Caregiving Systems: Informal and Formal Helpers. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum.

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45. Yu ESH, Liu W

1993 "Methodological Issues in Studying the Health of Asian/Pacific Islanders." To be published in D. Takeuchi and N. Zane (Eds.), Asian American Health. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, in press.

44. Yu ESH, Kim K, Liu W, Wong SC

1993 "Functional Abilities of Chinese and Korean Elders in Congregate Housing." In Charles Barresi and Donald E. Stull (Eds.), Ethnic Elderly and Long-Term Care. N.Y.: Springer Publishing Co.

43. Liu W, Yu ESH

1992 "Asian American Studies." Pp. 109-117 in Encyclopedia of Sociology, vol. I. Edgar F. Borgatta, Editor-in-Chief, and Marie L. Borgatta, Managing Editor. N.Y.: Macmillan Publishing Co.

42. Yu ESH, Liu W, Katzman R. et al. 1992 "The Epidemiology of Alzheimer's Disease in Shanghai, China."

In C. Molgaard (ed.), Neuroepidemiology. N.Y.: Academic Press.

41. Wang CH, Liu W, Zhang M, Yu ESH et al. 1992 "Alcohol Use, Abuse, and Dependency in Shanghai." Pp. 264-286

in John Helzer (ed.), Cross-National Studies of Alcoholism. London: Oxford University Press.

40. Liu W, Yu ESH, Chang CF, Fernandez M

1990 "The Mental Health of Asian American Teenagers: A Research Challenge." Pp. 92-114 in A.R. Stiffman and L. E. Davis (Eds.), Ethnic Issues in Adolescent Mental Health. London: Sage Publications.

39. Liu W, Yu E, Zhang MY, Yang SC

1989 "Informal Social Support Systems in China." Pp. 195-202 in Steven J. Lewis and Patricia Baran (Eds.), Aging and Health. Linking Research and Public Policy. Chelsea, Michigan: Lewis Publishers.

38. Yu ESH, Liu W

1989 "Alcohol Use, Abuse, and Alcoholism among Chinese Americans: A Review of Epidemiologic Data." National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Research. Monograph No. 18. Alcohol Use among U.S. Ethnic Minorities. DHHS Pub. No. (ADM) 89-1435. Washington, D.C.

37. Yu E, Chang CF, Liu W, Fernandez M 1989 "Suicide among Asian American Youth." Pp. 157-176 in Alcohol,

Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, Report of the

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Secretary's Task Force on Youth Suicide, Volume 3: Preventions and Interventions of Youth Suicide. DHHS Pub. No. (ADM) 89-1623. Washington, D. C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.

36. Liu W, Yu E, Zhang M, Yang S

1989 "Informal Social Support Systems in China." Aging and Health: Linking Research and Public Policy. Chelsea, MI.: Lewis Publishers, Inc.

35. Yu E

1988 "The Epidemiology of Suicide among Asian Americans." In Peter Muehrer (Ed.), Research Perspectives on Depression and Suicide in Minorities. Washington, D. C.: Department of Health and Human Services.

34. Yu E

1988 "Assessment Issues with Minority Clients." In Peter Muehrer (Ed.), Research Perspectives on Depression and Suicide in Minorities. Washington, D. C.: Department of Health and Human Services.

33. Yu E, Chang C, Liu, W, Kan S

1985 "Asian-White Mortality Differentials: Are There Excess Deaths?" Pages 209-254 in Margaret M. Heckler (ed.), Report of the Secretary's Task Force on Black and Minority Health, Volume II: Crosscutting Issues in Minority Health. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Washington, D. C.

32. Yu E, Liu W, Kurzeja P

1985 "Physical and Mental Health Status Indicators for Asian/Pacific Americans." Pages 255-286 in Margaret M. Heckler (ed.), Report of the Secretary's Task Force on Black and Minority Health, Volume II: Crosscutting Issues in Minority Health. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D. C.

31. Yu E 1985 "Studying Vietnamese Refugees: Methodological Lessons in

Transcultural Research." Pp. 517-542 in Tom Owan (ed.), Southeast Asian Mental Health: A Focus on Treatment, Services, Training, Research, Prevention, and the Federal Perspective. Washington, D. C.: U. S. Government Printing Office.

30. Liu W, Yu E

1985 "Ethnicity, Mental Health, and the Urban Delivery System." Pp. 211-248 in Lionel Maldonaldo and Joane Moore (eds.), Urban Ethnicity in the United States: New Immigrants and Old

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Minorities, Volume 29, Urban Affairs Annual Reviews. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications.

29. Yu E

1982 "Problems in Pacific/Asian American Community Research." Pp. 93-118 in William T. Liu (Ed.), Methodological Problems in Minority Research. Chicago: Pacific/Asian American Mental Health Research Center.

28. Liu W, Yu ESH

1975 "Asian-American Youth." Pp. 367-89 in Robert Havighurst (ed.), Youth. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

27. Strodtbeck FL, Moodey RW, Yu E

1974 "Dominant Dyads in Hindu and Confucian Families: The Uneasy Case Relating Unconscious Masculinity and Pragmatism." Pp. 90-98 in T. Yuan and F. D. Bean (eds.), Comparative Family and Fertility Research. Leiden, Netherlands: E. J. Brill.

P. Publications: Special Reports and Proceedings 26. Yu E, Huber WL, Wong SC et al.

1990 The Chinese American Service League, Inc. Survey of Health Coverage Needs in Chicago's Chinatown: A Final Report. Chicago: Pacific/Asian American Mental Health Research Center.

25. Yu ESH, Yan H, Liu W et al.

1989 "The Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment among the Elderly in Shanghai." Proceedings of the 4th Scientific Meeting of the pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists. December 4-8, 1988, Hong Kong Sheraton Hotel. Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong.

24. Yu E, Fujita S, Prohaska T, Liu W

1988 Ethnic Elderly Needs Assessment Project: A Final Report. Chicago: Pacific/Asian American Mental Health Research Center.

23. Liu W, Yu E

1988 "Government Policies and Elderly Needs in the People's Republic of China." Proceedings of the International Symposium on Research and Public Policies on Aging and Health. University of Saskatchewan Press.

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22. Yu E 1988 Interview Manual for the Asian American Elderly Project.

(Available in Chinese and English languages.)

21. Yu E 1988 Specification Manual for the NIA Study of Asian Elderly.

(Available in Chinese and English languages.)

20. Yu E 1988 Interview Manual for the City of Chicago Elderly Project.

Chicago: Pacific/Asian American Mental Health Research Center. 19. Yu E

1988 Specification Manual for the City of Chicago Elderly Project. Chicago: Pacific/Asian American Mental Health Research Center.

18. Liu W, Yu ESH

1987 "Ethnicity and Mental Health: An Overview." Pp. 3-18 in William T. Liu (Ed.), A Decade Review of Mental Health Research, Training, and Services. A Report to the National Institute of Mental Health. Chicago: The University of Illinois at Chicago.

17. Yu E, Liu W

1987 "The Underutilization of Mental Health Services by Asian Americans: Implications for Manpower Training." Pp. 19-28 in William T. Liu (Ed.), A Decade Review of Mental Health Research, Training, and Services. A Report to the National Institute of Mental Health. Chicago: The University of Illinois at Chicago.

16. Liu W, Yu E

1987 "The Pacific/Asian American Elderly: Mortality Differentials, Health Status, and Use of Services." Pp. 35-50 in William T. Liu (Ed.), A Decade Review of Mental Health Research, Training, and Services. A Report to the National Institute of Mental Health. Chicago: The University of Illinois at Chicago.

15. Yu ESH

1987 "The Health of Asian Americans." Pp. 51-58 in William T. Liu (Ed.), A Decade Review of Mental Health Research, Training, and Services. A Report to the National Institute of Mental Health. Chicago: The University of Illinois at Chicago.

14. Yu ESH, Cypress BK

1987 "Visits to Physicians by Pacific/Asian Americans." Pp. 59-62 in William T. Liu (Ed.), A Decade Review of Mental Health Research, Training, and Services. A Report to the National

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Institute of Mental Health. Chicago: The University of Illinois at Chicago.

13. Liu W, Katzman R, Zhang M, Yu ESH et al.

1987 "The Shanghai Psychiatric Epidemiologic Survey." Pp. 65-70 in William T. Liu (Ed.), A Decade Review of Mental Health Research, Training, and Services. A Report to the National Institute of Mental Health. Chicago: The University of Illinois at Chicago.

12. Liu W, Zhang M, Yu ESH et al.

1987 "The Shanghai Survey of the Elderly and Epidemiology of Alzheimer's Disease." (Co-authored with Katzman et al.) Pp. 71-74 in William T. Liu (Ed.), A Decade Review of Mental Health Research, Training, and Services. A Report to the National Institute of Mental Health. Chicago: Pacific/Asian American Mental Health Research Center.

11. Yu ESH, Zhang M et al.

1986 "Translation of Instruments: Procedures, Issues, and Dilemmas." Pp. 75-85 in William T. Liu (Ed.), A Decade Review of Mental Health Research, Training, and Services. A Report to the National Institute of Mental Health. Chicago: The University of Illinois at Chicago.

10. Yu ESH et al.

1987 "Measurement of Depression in a Chinatown Health Clinic." Pp. 95-100 in William T. Liu (Ed.), A Decade Review of Mental Health Research, Training, and Services. A Report to the National Institute of Mental Health. Chicago: The University of Illinois at Chicago.

9. Yu E, Doi M, Chang C

1986 Asian American Education in Illinois: A Review of the Data. A Special Report prepared for the Illinois State Board of Education and The Governor of Illinois. 170 pages. Chicago: Pacific/Asian American Mental Health Research Center.

8. Yu E, Drury T, Liu W

1982 "Estimating the Health Status of Asian/Pacific Americans: Conceptual and Methodological Problems." Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Statistical Association, Detroit, Michigan, 1981.

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7. Yu E, Cypress BK 1982 "Visits to Physicians by Asian/Pacific Americans (Abridged

version)." P/AAMHRC RESEARCH REVIEW 1, 2 (March): in press.

Q. Publications: Book Reviews 6. Janet Salaff's STATE AND FAMILY IN SINGAPORE: RESTRUCTURING OF

A DEVELOPING SOCIETY. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. By request, Contemporary Sociology, vol. 19 (July 1990): 541-543.

5. Stanley Sue and James K. Morishima's THE MENTAL HEALTH OF ASIAN

AMERICANS: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN IDENTIFYING AND TREATING MENTAL PROBLEMS. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1982. By request, International Migration Review 18, 3 (1984) :826-828.

4. Joseph Chun-Kit Wong's THE CHANGING CHINESE FAMILY PATTERN IN

TAIWAN. Taipei,: Southern Materials Center, 1981. By request, Contemporary Sociology 12, 5 (September 1983): 545-546.

3. Janet Salaff's WORKING DAUGHTERS OF HONG KONG. ASA Arnold Rose

Series Monograph, 1981. By request. Contemporary Sociology 11, 4 (July 1982): 431-432.

2. Ruth Sidel's WOMEN AND CHILD CARE IN CHINA. Maryland: Penguin

Books, Inc. By request. The Family Coordinator 23 (October): 433-434. 1. Margery Wolf and Roxanne Witke's WOMEN IN CHINESE SOCIETY. Stanford

University Press, 1975. By request. Journal of Comparative Family Studies IX (Summer): 269.

R. Paper Presentations, Public Lectures, and Testimonies Yu, ESH

2004 “Do Health Disparities Really Exist for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders?” Public lecture, Taiwanese American Community Center, San Diego, California on November 20, 2004. Sponsored by San Diego Alliance for Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. Co-sponsored by Mayor’s Asian/Pacific Islander Advisory Board, Taiwanese American Community Center, Kaiser Permanente in San Diego, Asian Pacific Health Center, Dr. Liu’s Family Medicine Clinic, Asia – The Journal of Culture & Commerce, Asian Business Association, Family Consultation Service, SDSU Cross-Cultural Center, The Korean-American of San Diego National University International Program Office, Lao Parents Students Teachers Association, Buddha’s Light International Association of San Diego, O’Hungry’s Restaurant, San Diego Taiwanese American Cultural Association, San Diego Chinese Academy.

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Yu, ESH 2004 “Health Disparities among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.” Public

lecture given during the Conference, VOICES from the Community: Taking Action on Health and Wealth Disparities--The largest gathering of professionals and community leaders dedicated to Asian and Pacific Islander American health. May 23-25, 2004, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Yu ESH 2003 “ANHOPI Measurement and Classifcation.” Testimony to the Subcommittee on

Population, National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, Hearing on Health Data Needs of ANHOPIS. Palace Hotel, San Francisco, November 13.

Yu ESH 2003 “AAPI Race and Ethnicity: Health Disparities and Methodologic Issues.” Plenary

Session of the Minority Health Workshop, Annual Meeting of the American College of Epidemiology, Chicago, IL.

Yu ESH 2000 “Asian American and Pacific Islander Health Research: Application of

Epidemiologic Methods.” Summer Public Health Research Videoconference and Institute on Minority Health, June 14-18, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Sponsored by The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health, in collaboration with the National Center for Health Statistics (a component of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), and the Association of Schools of Public Health.

Yu ESH 1999 “Minority Health Research: Application of Epidemiologic Methods.”

Summer Public Health Research Videoconference and Institute on Minority Health, June 14-18, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Sponsored by The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health, in collaboration with the National Center for Health Statistics (a component of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), and the Association of Schools of Public Health.

Yu ESH, Kim K, Chen E, Liu WT.

1997 “Asian American Cancer Control: Results for Community Advocacy and Research Development.” Data presented at the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Concerns for Asian/Pacific Islander Americans, Colonnade Hotel, Boston, December 4-5.

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Yu ESH 1995 "Health data on Asian/Pacific Islanders: Problems and Solutions." Paper

presented at the First National Health Summit of Asian American and Pacific Islanders Leaders, San Francisco Hilton Hotel, June 22, 1995.

Yu ESH

1993 Presented a paper entitled, "Race and Ethnicity in Public Health," at the Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia.

Yu ESH

1992 Presented a paper entitled, "Assessing cognitive impairment and depression across cultures" at the Ethnogeriatrics Advisory Committee Symposium, sponsored jointly by the American Geriatrics Society and the Gerontological Society of America Meeting, November 18, Washington Hilton and Towers, Washington, D.C.

Yu ESH

1990 Presented a paper on "The Epidemiology of Asian American health," at the National Conference on Behavioral and Sociocultural Perspectives on Ethnicity and Health, September 17-20, Capitol Hyatt Hotel in Washington, D.C. The conference was sponsored by the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, National Institutes of Health, and the National Institute of Mental Health.

Yu ESH

1992 Presented a paper on "Health Problems of the Filipino Americans," at a workshop on Community Assessment of the Health Needs of Filipino Americans in San Diego County, sponsored by Project Kalusugan (P.I.: O. Dirige), August 29, Radisson Inn, National City.

Yu ESH

1992 Presented paper on "Cancer Control Survey in Chicago's Chinatown," at the Conference on Developmental Research on Special Populations, sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, July 28-29, Rockville, Maryland.

Yu ESH

1992 "Asian/Pacific Islanders: Ethnogeriatric Issues in Health," presented at the Conference on Ethnogeriatric Curriculum: What should we teach? Held at San Jose State University, January 10, under the sponsorship of the Stanford Geriatric Education Center.

Yu ESH, Liu WT

1991 Presented paper on "Critical Issues in Cross-Cultural and Cross-National Research," at the Cross-National Conference on Elderly Asians and North American Asians, University of California Los Angeles, August 15-17, 1991.

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Yu ESH, Kim KK, Liu WT

1990 Presented paper on "Equivalence in Cross-Cultural Research: An Examination of the Korean Versions of the CES-D" at the American Psychiatric Association Meeting, Hilton Hotel, May 12-17.

Yu ESH

1990 Facilitator at The 1990 Mary J. Herrick Forum Series: "Images of Aging," sponsored by the Metropolitan Chicago Coalition on Aging, March 16.

Yu ESH

1989 "Patterns of Asian Immigration to the U.S.: A Comparative Sociohistorical Perspective." Lecture presented at the Illinois Resource Center Workshop, "Educating Students of Asian Heritage: School and Social Issues." Lincolnwood Hyatt Hotel, August 14.

Yu ESH, Liu WT, Zhang M et al.

1989 "The Burden of Caring for the Disabled and the Demented in China." Paper presented at the Midwest Sociological Association Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, April 8.

Yu ESH

1989 "Psychosocial Aspects of Chronicity and Aging." Lecture presented at the Applied Sociology Workshop sponsored by Loyola University, Chicago, March 16.

Yu ESH

1989 "Child Socialization in Asian Families." Lecture presented at the Children's Center, the University of Illinois at Chicago, March 14.

Yu ESH, Liu WT, Zhang M et al.

1988 "The Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment among Chinese 65 years and older in Shanghai, China." Paper presented at the 4th Scientific Meeting of the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists, Hong Kong Sheraton Hotel, December 4-8.

Yu ESH

1988 "Asian American Education: Myths and Realities." A lecture presented at the Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, December 22.

Yu ESH

1988 "Cognitive Impairment in Shanghai, China." Paper presented at the Gerontological Society of American Annual Meeting, San Francisco Hilton Square, November 18-22, 1988.

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Yu ESH and Jin H 1988 "Health and Mental Health of the Chinese Elderly in Shanghai, China."

Paper presented at the Asia-U.S. Conference on Social Services and Aging Policies, Pensacola Hilton, August 8-11, 1988.

Yu ESH

1988 "Health of the Chinese Elderly in America." Paper presented at the Chinese Elderly in America Meeting organized by the Chicago Public Library, February 20.

Liu WT, Yu ESH

1988 "Asian American Teenagers: A Research Challenge." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of Society for Research in Adolescence. March 25-27, Old Town Alexandria, VA.

Yu ESH

1987 "The Works of Maxine Hong Kingston--Being ethnic, Becoming Americans: Struggles, Successes, and Symbols." A public lecture sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, and assisted by the Indiana Committee for the Humanities and the Indiana State Library. Westchester Public Library, Chesterton, Indiana, May 31.

Yu ESH

1986 "Asian American Education in Illinois: A Review of the Data." Public lecture at the Conference on Issues in Asian American Education: Culture, Family, and School, sponsored by the Illinois State Board of Education and the Office of the Governor of Illinois, American Congress Hotel, Chicago, November 21.

Yu ESH

1986 "Health Problems of Special Populations." Paper presented at the 1986 Governor's Conference for the Aging Network, sponsored by the Illinois Department on Aging, October 26-28.

Yu ESH

1986 "Alcoholism among Asian Americans." Paper presented at the 1986 Conference on Substance Abuse, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 14-16.

Yu ESH, Chang C, Liu WT

1986 "Suicide among Asian American Youth." Paper presented at the National Conference on Prevention and Intervention in Youth Suicide, San Francisco, May.

Yu ESH, Chang C, Liu WT

1986 “Chinese American Mortality Patterns: 1860-1980." A lecture presented at Washington University, Seattle, Washington, April 1.

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Liu WT, Yu ESH, Fernandez M 1986 "Asian American Families." Paper presented at the American

Sociological Association Meeting, New York, August.

Yu ESH, Liu WT 1985 "Alcohol Use, Abuse, and Alcoholism among Chinese Americans: A

Review of the Epidemiologic Data." Paper presented at the NIAAA Conference on the Epidemiology of Alcohol Use and Abuse among U.S. Ethnic Minorities, Wilson Hall, National Institutes for Health, September 11-14.

Yu ESH

1985 "Comments on Lee Robin's Paper on the DIS." Paper presented at the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Fort McAfee, New Jersey, May 16-19.

Yu ESH

1985 "The Significance of the Kang-Hwa Island Project." Paper presented at the College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, April 26.

Yu ESH, Carol Goldbaum, Nathan Linsk, Carolyn Black, and Natalie Seltzer

1985 "The Emergency Room as a Gatekeeper for the Elderly." Paper presented at the American Public Health Association Meeting, Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D. C., November 17-21.

Yu ESH, Zhang M, Xia Z, Liu WT

1984 "Instrument Translation in Cross-Cultural Research: Issues and Dilemmas." Paper presented at the First Conference in Cross-Cultural Psychiatric Epidemiology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, May 10-12.

Liu WT, Xu C, Zhang M, Wang C, Xia C, Yu ESH et al.

1984 "The 1983 Shanghai Psychiatric Epidemiologic Survey: Research Objectives, Procedures, and Field Operations." Paper presented at the Shanghai Psychiatric Hospital, China, May 30-31.

Yu ESH

1983 "A Pilot Study of Depression in New York's Chinatown." Lecture presented at the Beijing Institute of Mental Health, China, June 7-8.

Rice D, Yu ESH

1982 "Health of the Chinese in America." Paper presented at the Conference on the Health of the Chinese in the United States, San Francisco, May 23.

Yu ESH

1981 "Health Status of Elderly Asian/Pacific Americans." Paper presented at the Conference on the Health of Minority Elderly, the University of Illinois Medical Center, June 4-7.

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Yu ESH

1980 "Dilemmas in Asian American Research." Paper presented at the American Association of Public Opinion Research, King's Island Inn, Ohio, May 29-June 1.

Yu ESH

1980 "The Low Mortality Rates of Chinese Infants: Facts or Errors?" Paper presented at the Fifth Biennial National Convention of the Organization of Chinese Americans, St. Louis, Missouri, June 27-29.

Yu ESH

1980 "Asians in the United States: 1820-1980." Paper presented at the Sixth Annual Third World Conference, Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, March 26-29.

Yu ESH

1979 "Economic Adaptation of the Vietnamese Refugees in San Diego." Paper presented in the Annual Symposium of the Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, October 23-24.

Yu ESH

1979 "A Sociodemographic Profile of Asian Americans: 1820-1976." Paper presented at the Ethnic Resources Institute of Rosary College. River Forest, Illinois, October 19-20.

Yu ESH

1979 "Changes in the Vietnamese Family and Resettlement Policy." Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Meeting in New York, N.Y., September 1-5.

Yu ESH

1979 "Parent-Child Relationship in Asian Cultures." Public Lecture Series of the Women's Studies Program, San Diego State University, May 9.

Yu ESH

1979 "Methodological Problems in the Study of Vietnamese Refugees." Paper presented at the Midwest Sociological Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota, April 25-28.

Yu ESH

1979 "Family Change and Individual Adjustment of Vietnamese Refugees." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Council on Social Work Education, Boston, March 5.

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Yu ESH 1979 "Ethno-Cultural Diversity in Asian Families." Paper presented at the

Conference on Families and Social Policies: Building Consensus and Reducing Conflicts. Sponsored by the White House Conference on Families, the Johnson Foundation, Coalition for the White House Conference on Families, and the Institute on Pluralism and Group Identity, Winspread, Racine, Wisconsin, November 1-3.

Yu ESH

1979 "The Vietnamese Family and Mental Health." Paper presented at the National Conference on Social Welfare, Los Angeles, May 21-24.

Yu ESH 1979 "Bilingual Instrumentation in Survey Research." Lecture presented at the

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, during a special two-week training (24 July to 4 August) workshop in Asian American Survey Research Methodology, sponsored by ICPSR, SRC, ISR and the AAMHRC of UICC. The participants were Asian American university professors and scholars from different disciplines, mainly sociology, psychology, history, and education.

Yu ESH

1978 "IndoChinese Refugee Mental Health Problems." Paper presented at the Conference on Culture and Mental Health: The IndoChinese Experience in America. Sponsored by the State of Illinois Governor's Information Center for Asian Assistance, Pick Congress Hotel, April 26-27.

Yu ESH

1978 "The Significance of the Vietnamese Refugee Study in San Diego." Paper presented at the National Conference on Asians in America and Asian Americans, sponsored by the Asian American Assembly for Policy Research, New York City, May 12-13.

Yu ESH

1978 "The Utilization of Human Care Services among Asians: Background Problems." Paper presented at the Union of Pan Asian Communities of San Diego County, Conference on Human Care Services, May 20. Funded by the California Council for Humanities in Public Policy and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Yu ESH

1977 "Bereavement and Kin Interaction." Paper presented at the 30th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of San Francisco, November 18-22.

Yu ESH

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1977 "Chinese and American Values: Comparison and Contrast." Paper presented at the Northwest Regional Seminar on China, University of Washington, Seattle, May 7.

Yu ESH

1976 "Women's Roles in the Wider Social Context of a Rural Community in Southeastern China." Paper presented at the National Council on Family Relations, New York City, October 19-23.

Yu ESH

1976 "Women and Family in Southeastern China." Paper presented at the Sociology Department Lecture Series, University of Victoria, B.C., Canada.

Liu W, Yu ESH

1976 "Career Goals and Homemaking: Implications on Fertility Behavior in the People's Republic of China." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Seattle, Washington, April 17-19.

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Elena S. H. Yu, Ph.D., MPH