Yanqing Yi, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Research

Clinical trial Dependent data estimation efficiency Information gathering process Markov process Optimal randomization Population heterogeneity Q-learning

Latest papers

In-store beverage pricing and marketing before and after a sugar-sweetened beverage tax in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Public health nutrition · 2026
Exploring the relationship between boil water advisories and beverage attitudes and intake in adults in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme · 2026
Evaluating sugar-sweetened beverage tax effects: online price and sales data from grocers in Canada.
Health promotion international · 2025

All 42 publications

Latest funding

Evaluating the impact of Newfoundland and Labrador’s sugar sweetened beverage tax on price, promotion, and consumption
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Evaluating the efficacy of intranasal oxytocin on pain and function among individuals who experience chronic pain: A multi-site, placebo-controlled, blinded, sequential, within-subjects crossover trial
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$696,152
Investigating the cost and correlates of a healthy diet in Canada
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$76,500

All 8 grants and awards

42 publications.

01

In-store beverage pricing and marketing before and after a sugar-sweetened beverage tax in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Dooley K, Zaltz DA, Harding SV, Crichton K, Hammond D, Yi Y, Paquette MC, Wang PP, Raine KD, Prowse R

Public health nutrition2026

DOI: 10.1017/s1368980026102146 PMID: 41693641

02

Exploring the relationship between boil water advisories and beverage attitudes and intake in adults in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Pomeroy M, Prowse R, Dooley K, Yi Y, Zaltz D, Crichton K, Harding S

Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme2026

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2025-0192 PMID: 41297026

03

Evaluating sugar-sweetened beverage tax effects: online price and sales data from grocers in Canada.

Prowse R, Zaltz D, Crichton K, Dooley K, Hammond D, Yi Y, Paquette MC, Wang PP, Raine K, Harding SV

Health promotion international2025

DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daaf203 PMID: 41328516

04

Developing a Health System Literacy Measure for Chinese Immigrants in Canada: Adapting the HLS19-NAV Scale.

Vo AT, Cao Y, Yang L, Urquhart R, Yi Y, Wang PP

Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2025

DOI: 10.3390/healthcare13192410 PMID: 41095502

05

Assessment of psychometric properties of instruments for measuring health system literacy: A systematic review study protocol using COSMIN guidelines.

Vo AT, Fang L, Yang L, Urquhart R, Yi Y, Wang PP

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-102788 PMID: 40953873

06

Approximation to the optimal allocation for response adaptive designs.

Yi Y, Wang X

Statistical methods in medical research2025First author

DOI: 10.1177/09622802241293750 PMID: 39668612

07

Beverage consumption among adults in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada prior to the implementation of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax.

Zaltz DA, Prowse R, Yi Y, O'Dea J, Harding SV

BMC public health2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-22432-w PMID: 40165161

08

Rural Canadian emergency physician experiences using point-of-care ultrasound.

Andani R, Jacques Q, Yi Y, Jelic T, Micks T, Bradbury-Squires D, Stone-McLean J, Parsons M, Sheppard G

CJEM2025

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00829-7 PMID: 39776068

09

The Relationship between Diet Costs and Dietary Adequacy: A Scoping Review of Measures and Methods with a Focus on Cost Estimation using Food Supply Data.

Luongo G, Mah CL, Cahill LE, Hajizadeh M, Kennedy LJ, Wong H, Yi Y, Tarasuk V

The Journal of nutrition2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2024.12.009 PMID: 39724962

10

Recording and reporting of adverse events during a randomized controlled trial of cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) among cancer survivors.

Greeley KM, Lee RM, Tulk J, Harding SV, Yi Y, Aubrey-Bassler K, Garland SN

Sleep science and practice2025

DOI: 10.1186/s41606-025-00129-8 PMID: 40352744

Evaluating the impact of Newfoundland and Labrador’s sugar sweetened beverage tax on price, promotion, and consumption

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Operating Grant: CCS/CIHR Action Grants

Principal investigators: Prowse, Rachel; Harding, Scott V

Keywords: Cancer

$100,000

Evaluating the efficacy of intranasal oxytocin on pain and function among individuals who experience chronic pain: A multi-site, placebo-controlled, blinded, sequential, within-subjects crossover trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Rash, Josh A; Campbell, Tavis S

Keywords: Chronic Pain; Chronic Pain Management; Clinical Trial; Neuropeptides; Oxytocin; Pain & Function; Randomized Controlled Trial

$696,152

Investigating the cost and correlates of a healthy diet in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Mah, Catherine L

Keywords: Atlantic Canada; Diet Costs; Dietary Adequacy; Dietary Intake; Population Nutrition Policy

$76,500

Statistical Modelling for Adaptive Design of Clinical Trials: Optimality and Efficiency

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Yi, Yanqing

Keywords: Clinical trial; Dependent data; estimation efficiency; Information gathering process; Markov process; Optimal randomization; Population heterogeneity; Q-learning; Response adaptive design; Statistical inference

$108,000

The Contribution of Visa Trainees and Post-Graduate Medical Fellows to Canada's Physician Supply

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Mathews, Maria

Keywords: Administrative Data; Case Study; Health Human Resource Policy; Health Workforce; International Medical Graduates; Internationally Educated Health Professionals; Medical Education; Mixed Methods; Physician Supply; Professional Self Regulation

$100,000

Entry-to-Practice and Retention of International Medical Graduates in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Mathews, Maria

Keywords: Canadian Studying Abroad; Health Human Resources; International Medical Graduate; Licensure; Physician Supply; Physician Workforce; Post Graduate Training; Qualifying Examination; Residency; Retention

$188,624

A Multi-level Model of the Effects of Primary Healthcare Reform on Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospital Outcomes

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Operating Grant - PA: Regional Partnership Program - Newfoundland and Labrador

Principal investigators: Aubrey-Bassler, Kris; Godwin, Marshall S

Keywords: Ambulatory Care Sensitive Outcomes; Data Linkage; Geospatial Access To Care; Multi-Level Modelling; Physician Reimbursement Models; Primary Healthcare Reform

$60,000

Statistical methodology for the adaptive design and analysis of clinical trials

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Yi, Yanqing

$90,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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1 shared papers, latest 2025

David Flusk

Psychology

1 shared papers, latest 2021

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