NENGLIANG (AARON) YAO The Pennsylvania State University Voice: (814)-863-8666 Department of Health Policy and Administration Fax: (814)-863-2905 604 Ford Bldg, University Park, PA 16802 Email: ayao@psu.edu EDUCATION 2013 Ph.D., Health Policy and Administration, The Pennsylvania State University 2007 M.S., Technology Management, Peking University 2004 B.S., Marketing, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics POSITIONS 2013- Instructor Department of Healthcare Policy and Research School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University 2012-2013 Graduate Assistant (full time) Center for Health Care and Policy Research & Department of Health Policy and Administration at Penn State 2008-2012 Graduate Assistant (half time) Department of Health Policy and Administration at Penn State 2006-2008 Project Director, China Ministry of Health and Family Planning PUBLICATIONS (* denotes PRI associate) Peer Reviewed Publications 1. Steve Fleming, Wenke Hwang, Eric Seiber, Fabian Camacho, Niraj Gusani, Nengliang Yao. Clinical, Sociodemographic, and Service Provider Determinants of Guideline Concordant Colorectal Cancer Care for Appalachian Residents. Journal of Rural Health (In Press) 2. John Varlotto, Achilles Fakiris, John Flickinger, Laura Medford-Davis, Adam Liss, Julia Shelkey, Chandra Belani, Jill DeLuca, Abram Recht, Neelabh Maheshwari, Robert Barriger, Nengliang Yao, Malcolm DeCamp. Matched-Pair Comparison of Outcomes of Patients with Clinical Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated with Resection or Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Cancer (In Press) 3. Nengliang Yao, Stephen Matthews*, Marianne Hillemeier*, Roger Anderson. Radiation Therapy Resources and Guideline-Concordant Radiotherapy For Early Stage Breast Cancer Patients in Appalachia. Health Service Research. 2013. DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12047 4. Nengliang Yao, Heath Mackley, Roger Anderson, Abram Recht. Survival after Partial Breast Brachytherapy in Elderly Patients with Non-Metastatic Breast Cancer. Brachytherapy (In Press) 5. John Varlotto, Laura N. Medford-Davis, Abram Recht, John Flickinger, Nengliang Yao, Clayton Hess, Dani S. Zander, Malcolm M. DeCamp. Preoperative Identification of Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients at High Risk for Local Recurrence Following Limited Resection. CHEST Journal. 2012.doi:10.1378/chest.12-0710 1 of 5
6. Nengliang Yao, Marianne Hillemeier*. Disparities in Mammography Rate among Immigrant and Native-Born Women in the U.S.: Progress and Challenges. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 2013. doi 10.1007/s10903-013-9798-4 7. Nengliang Yao, Eugene Lengerich, Marianne Hillemeier*. Breast Cancer Mortality in Appalachia: A Reversing Disparity? Journal of Health Care For The Poor and Underserved. 2012; 23(2): 718 728 8. Nengliang Yao, Stephen Matthews*, Marianne Hillemeier*. White Infant Mortality in Appalachian States, 1976-1980 and 1996-2000: Changing Patterns and Persistent Disparities. The Journal of Rural Health. 2012; 28(2): 174-182 9. Nengliang Yao, Marianne Hillemeier*. Maternal Recognition and Self-assessment of Weight Status in Chinese School-age Children. World Journal of Pediatrics 2012; 8(2): 129-135 Manuscripts Under Review 1. Roger Anderson, Tse-Chuan Yang*, Stephen Matthews*, Fabian Camacho, Nengliang Yao, Teresa Kern, Christopher Louis, Heath B. Mackley, Gretchen Kimmick. Breast Cancer Screening Rates, Area Deprivation, and Percentage of Later Stage Breast Cancer in Appalachia: Does Geography Matter? Revise and Resubmit at Health Service Research 2. Nengliang Yao, Roger Anderson, Fabian Camacho, Gretchen Kimmick, Steve Fleming. Regular Use of Screening Mammography and Stage at Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in a Medically Underserved Area. Under Review at Journal of Oncology Practice Manuscripts in Progress 1. John Varlotto, Malcolm M. DeCamp, John Flickinger, Jessica Lake, Abram Recht, Chandra Belani, Michael F. Reed, Jennifer W. Toth, Heath B. Mackley, Christopher Sciamanna, Allan Lipton, Suhail Ali, Rickhesvar Mahraj, Nengliang Yao. Would screening for lung cancer benefit 75- to 84-year-old residents of the United States? 2. Patricia Miranda*, Nengliang Yao, Rhonda BeLue, S. Amy Snipes, Marianne Hillemeier*, Eugene Lengerich, Carol Weisman*. Pathways to cancer prevention: Citizenship as a promoter of cancer screening 3. Patricia Miranda*, Darrell Hudson, Adriana Reyes, Nengliang Yao. Measurement of Socioeconomic Status in Health Service Research 4. Patricia Miranda*, Nengliang Yao, Rhonda BeLue, S. Amy Snipes, Marianne Hillemeier*, Eugene Lengerich, Carol Weisman*. Citizenship as a modifier of health behaviors 5. Pamela Short*, Jonathan Clark, Nengliang Yao, Fabian Camecho, Roger Anderson. Provider Social Networks and Quality of Colorectal Cancer Care in Four States. 6. Nengliang Yao, Pamela Short*, Gretchen Kimmick. Potential Cost Savings From Coordinated Cancer Survivorship Care. 7. Nengliang Yao, Wenke Hwang, Fabian Camacho, Roger Anderson. Care Coordination for Diabetic Breast Cancer Patients. 8. Steve Fleming, Wenke Hwang, Eric Seiber, Fabian Camacho, Niraj Gusani, Nengliang Yao. Clinical, Sociodemographic, and Service Provider Determinants of Guideline Concordant Care for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients. 2 of 5
9. Christopher Louis, Jonathan R. Clark, Marianne Hillemeier*, Fabian Camacho, Nengliang Yao, Roger Anderson. The Effects of Organization-level Characteristics on Delays in Breast Cancer Diagnosis: A Population-based Study Selected Presentations 1. Nengliang Yao. Availability of Radiotherapy Services and Guideline-Concordant Radiotherapy among Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients. Oral presentation at AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting 2012, Orlando, FL; June 2012. 2. Nengliang Yao, Heath Mackley, Roger Anderson. Survival without Recurrence After Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation in Elderly Patients with Early Stage Breast Cancer. Invited talk at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. April 2012 in New York, NY. 3. Nengliang Yao. Treatment Choice in Old Patients with Early Stage Breast Cancer. Invited talk at Mathematica Policy Research Inc. February 2012 in Washington D.C. 4. Nengliang Yao. Breast Cancer Screening Resources and Stage at Diagnosis in Appalachia: A Geospatial Perspective. Poster presented at 34th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Dec. 6-10, 2011 in San Antonio, Texas. 5. Nengliang Yao. Cancer Care Resources in Appalachia: Breast Cancer as an Example. Oral presentation at the American Public Health Association 2011 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC; October 2011. 6. Nengliang Yao, Marianne Hillemeier. Mammography Use Among Immigrants and Native- Born Women: Changes Over Time. Presented at the press conference and poster session at AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities; Washington DC, September 2011. 7. Christopher Louis, Roger Anderson, Marianne Hillemeier, Tareq Fabian Camacho, Nengliang Yao. Disparities in Time-to-Diagnosis and Time-to-Treatment of Breast Cancer in Four Appalachian States. Poster presented at AACR International Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities; Washington DC, September 2011. 8. Nengliang Yao, Marianne Hillemeier and Eugene Lengerich. Breast cancer mortality declined more slowly in Appalachia than in non-appalachia: 1969-2007. Poster presented at AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities, Miami, FL; Sept. 30-Oct. 3, 2010 Awards and Honors 2010-2013 Pre-doctoral Trainee Fellowship supporting tuition and stipend (Susan G. Komen for the Cure Breast Cancer Foundation) 2012 Scholar-in-training Award to attend the 5th AACR Science of Cancer Health Disparities Conference supporting travel expense (American Association for Cancer Research & Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation) 3 of 5
2010 Scholar-in-training Award to attend the 3 rd AACR Science of Cancer Health Disparities Conference supporting travel expense (American Association for Cancer Research & Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation) 2010 Public Health Systems Research Student Scholarship to attend the 2010 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (AcademyHealth & Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) 2009 Scholarship to participate in the Penn State/University of Jena summer exchange program in Germany (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst) Grants and Fellowships 2014-2016 Co-PI, Patterns of Cancer Screening, Incidence, and Treatment and Disparities, Open Competition project submitted to the China Medical Board 2014-2016 Co-investigator, Modifiable cancer disparity risk in Appalachia. (PI Roger Anderson). R01 in preparation for resubmission to the National Cancer Institute 2012-2013 Research Assistant (coauthor of three papers), Patterns of Modifiable Behaviors for Cancer Prevention among U.S.- and Foreign-Born Vulnerable Populations (PI Patricia Miranda). Cancer Control and Population Health Pilot Project funded by the Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute. 2010-2012 Research Assistant (lead author of two papers, coauthor of four papers), Patterns of Cancer Care in Appalachia (PI Roger Anderson). (1R01CA140335) funded by the National Cancer Institute. 2007 2010 Co-Investigator, The selection behavior and its alteration of contraception and reproductive health adapted technology (PI Cai JH), funded by China Ministry of Science and Technology (Comparable to R01), $558,800 2007 Principal-Investigator, Appropriate ultrasound systems for the family planning service stations, funded by PHILIPS Healthcare, $44,118 Reviewer for Journals Medical Care Cancer Journal of Rural Health Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved Department/University Service 2011 2012 Alumni committee, Penn State, Department of Health Policy and Administration 2010 2011 Ph.D. committee, Penn State, Department of Health Policy and Administration 2009 2010 Associate Member, Penn State Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity 2008 2011 Treasurer, Penn State Student Chapter of AcademyHealth 4 of 5
Membership AcademyHealth American Public Health Association International Health Economics Association American Society of Clinical Oncology American Association of Cancer Research References Marianne M. Hillemeier, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration and Demography, Penn State Associate Director of Population Research Institute, Penn State Phone: 814-863-0873, Fax: 814-863-2905, Email: mmh18@psu.edu Pamela Farley Short, Ph.D. Professor of Health Policy and Administration and Demography, Penn State Director of the Center for Health Care and Policy Research, Penn State Phone: 814-863-8786, Fax: 814-863-2905, Email: pxs46@psu.edu Roger T Anderson, Ph.D. Professor and Division Chief of Health Services Research, Penn State College of Medicine Director of Data and Informatics Center, Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute Phone: 717-531-2044, Fax: 717-531-5779, Email: rtanders@psu.edu 5 of 5