Yong Yi Lee
Research Officer
School of Public Health
The University of Queensland
Australia
Biography
Yong Yi is a health economist with the Policy and Epidemiology Group (PEG) at the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research (QCMHR); which is affiliated with the UQ School of Public Health. He has qualifications in both health economics and public health, having been awarded a Master of Health Economics (Advanced) from the University of Queensland in 2011 and a Bachelor of Health Sciences (Hons) from the University of Western Australia in 2008. Yong Yi is a current PhD student enrolled at the UQ School of Public Health with an interest in developing models and methods to investigate the cost-effectiveness of interventions for the prevention and treatment of major depressive disorder in Australia. Yong Yi's previous work experience includes: an internship with the Health Systems Financing team at the World Health Organization; investigating the cost-effectiveness of bariatric surgery for ACE Prevention at the former UQ Centre for Burden of Disease and Cost-effectiveness (BODCE); and calculating Years Lived with Disability for various conditions under the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2010 study.
Research Interest
His main research focus is on applying economic evaluation methods and modelling techniques to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of interventions for mental disorders and other non-communicable diseases.
Publications
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Charlson FJ, Lee YY, Diminic S, Whiteford H (2016) Applications of the epidemiological modelling outputs for targeted mental health planning in conflict-affected populations: the Syria case-study. Global Mental Health 3: e8: e8.1-e8.13.
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Lee YY, Barendregt JJ, Stockings EA, Ferrari AJ, Whiteford HA, et al. (2016) The population cost-effectiveness of delivering universal and indicated school-based interventions to prevent the onset of major depression among youth in Australia. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences 1-20.
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Kate G, Hebe G, Yong Yi L, Sonja F, Bermejo III, et al. (2017) Monitoring and evaluation of disaster response efforts undertaken by local health departments: a rapid realist review. BMC Health Services Research, 17 450: .
