Yixia Li, M.P.H.
Working Experience
Breathe California of the Bay Area, San Jose, CA USA
Program Intern 10/2012 - present
• “EPA Open Airway” asthma training for local elementary schools.
• Coordinated “Lets Get Moving to School-Obesity Prevention” program in local elementary schools.
• Durable medical equipment assistance for sleep apnea patients.
• Provided community health presentations to local senior centers.
• Office administrative assistant: greeting donors/visitors, answering incoming donation/query calls, preparing/mailing organization brochures and other general office tasks.
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA
Intern 02/2013 - present
• Projects: “Chinese Community Internet Stop Smoking Project” and “Family Intervention to Reduce Smoking Project”.
• Developed “Web-based intervention for Chinese immigrants to stop smoking” Chinese interface.
• Conference abstract: “Household Smoking Increases Depressive Symptoms In Chinese Americans” (2014 Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco).
Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI), San Jose, CA USA
Volunteer 12/2012 - present
• Medical billing management: medical insurance eligibility check and medical billing.
• Medical record management.
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV USA
School of Public Health
Graduate Research Assistant 08/2010 - 06/2012
• Developed research analysis on lung cancer epidemiology and tobacco control.
• Proposal: “Diabetes, Metformin Use and Endometrial Cancer for Women Health Initiative (WHI)”.
• Project: “The Relationship between Smoking and Body Shape among US Adults: NHANES 1999-2006”.
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV USA
Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Office Assistant 06/2010 - 08/2010
• Preparing admission letters for future students.
• Records management.
• Preparing certificates for Intensive English Program graduates.
First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning China
Medical Intern (Full Time) 01/2008 - 12/2008
• Practising medicine under supervision.
• Advising patients on drug usage.
• Assisting to the surgeon during operations.
• Rotated through various specialties.
Education
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV USA 01/2010 - 08/2012
Master of Public Health (Epidemiology and Biostatistics Track)
Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning China 08/2004 - 07/2009
Bachelor of Medical Science in Clinical Medicine
Publication
Yixia Li, Yea-Jyh Chen, Li-Jung Chang, Michael Hendryx, and Juhua Luo, Clinical Biomarkers and Prognosis in Taiwanese Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), Journal of Cancer Therapy, Vol.3 No.4A, September 2012, PP. 412-423
Abstracts for Conference
Yixia Li, Juhua Luo, and Michael Hendryx, Determinants of Nicotine Dependence among Adolescent Smokers, 2012 National Conference on Tobacco or Health, August 15-17, 2012, Kansas City MO, USA.
Juhua Luo, Yixia Li, and Michael Hendryx, Toxic Metal Exposures and C-Reactive Protein among US non-smoking adults: NHANES 1999-2010, the 140th APHA Annual Meeting, October 27-31, 2012, San Francisco CA, USA.
Janice Y. Tsoh and Yixia Li, Household Smoking Increases Depressive Symptoms In Chinese Americans, the 20th SRNT Annual Meeting, February 5-8, 2014, Seattle WA, USA
Computer Skills
Statistics Software: SAS (SAS Certified Base Programmer)
Microsoft Office programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint