Yang Ye
Associate Research Scientist in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)About
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2026
Evaluating peer navigation in promoting digital secondary distribution of HIV self-testing among men who have sex with men in China: study protocol for a two-arm randomized controlled trial
Ren H, Jing F, Zhang X, Hu S, Luo Z, Li R, Luo J, Han Y, Xie Y, Cheng W, He X, Ye Y, Wang C, Fan J, Wu D, Zhou Y, Tang W. Evaluating peer navigation in promoting digital secondary distribution of HIV self-testing among men who have sex with men in China: study protocol for a two-arm randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health 2026, 26: 825. PMID: 41639850, PMCID: PMC12973893, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-026-26441-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV self-testingPeer navigatorsIntervention groupDistribution of HIV self-testingSecondary distribution of HIV self-testingTesting servicesHIV self-test kitsSecondary distributionHIV testing uptakePeer navigation interventionFollow-up surveySelf-testingTrial registrationThe studyProportion of peopleRandomized Controlled TrialsNavigation interventionTesting uptakeHIV careHIV prevalenceBaseline surveyControl groupTargeted interventionsTesting ratesRegistrationThe studyMSMEstimating US savings on outpatient prescription pharmaceuticals from international reference pricing
Ye Y, Pandey A, Fitzpatrick M, Potter-Schwartz L, Bawden C, Bilori B, Singer B, Galvani A. Estimating US savings on outpatient prescription pharmaceuticals from international reference pricing. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2026, 123: e2520871122. PMID: 41490483, PMCID: PMC12799144, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2520871122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInternal reference priceReference priceNational savingCosts of prescription pharmaceuticalsAnnual national savingsPrescription pharmaceuticalsUS savingsPrice differentialsEquity gainsPharmaceutical expenditurePolicy optionsPriceHigh-income countriesDrug pricesPrivate insuranceUnited StatesSavingsFinancial burdenCostUnited KingdomEquityExpenditureInsurancePolicyDrug costs
2025
Quantifying the mortality and morbidity impact of medicaid work requirements: a modeling study
Pandey A, Ye Y, Bawden C, Singer B, Galvani A. Quantifying the mortality and morbidity impact of medicaid work requirements: a modeling study. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2025, 51: 101232. PMID: 41113513, PMCID: PMC12528913, DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2025.101232.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMedicaid work requirementsAdministrative capacityExcess deathsMorbidity impactsChronic disease burdenState administrative capacityCongressional Budget Office projectionsLow-income adultsHigh cholesterolWork requirementsDistrict of ColumbiaPublic health costsUncontrolled diabetesDisenrollment patternsPublic health consequencesUninsured adultsInsurance accessExpansion enrolleesMorbidity estimatesExcess mortalityHazard ratioHealth consequencesHealth costsDisease burdenAdministrative variationsGame theory of pandemic control: Can collaborative vaccine allocation strategies lead to better outcomes?
Wang Y, Ye Y, Su X, Zhang Q, Yuan H. Game theory of pandemic control: Can collaborative vaccine allocation strategies lead to better outcomes? IJID Regions 2025, 14: 100535. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijregi.2024.100535.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-cooperative strategyNash equilibriumIndividual countriesNon-cooperative decisionsGame theory approachVaccine donationsAllocation strategyLow-income countriesHigher inequalityLow inequalityHigh-income countriesInequality scenarioCooperation strategyNashCountriesGameGlobal costInequalityEquilibriumCostOptimal outcomesDecision-makingDecisionEffective global controlVaccine inequityImpact of disease severity, age, sex, comorbidity, and vaccination on secondary attack rates of SARS-CoV-2: a global systematic review and meta-analysis
Sumsuzzman D, Ye Y, Wang Z, Pandey A, Langley J, Galvani A, Moghadas S. Impact of disease severity, age, sex, comorbidity, and vaccination on secondary attack rates of SARS-CoV-2: a global systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Infectious Diseases 2025, 25: 215. PMID: 39948450, PMCID: PMC11827239, DOI: 10.1186/s12879-025-10610-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPopulation settingEffective public health strategiesConfidence intervalsImpact of disease severityModified Newcastle-Ottawa ScalePublic health strategiesHigher secondary attack rateRisk of biasNewcastle-Ottawa ScalePandemic responseGlobal systematic reviewRandom-effects modelFreeman-Tukey double arcsine transformationWeb of ScienceNo significant associationDrivers of SARS-CoV-2 transmissionHealth strategiesSecondary attack rateSARS-CoV-2Disease severityEffective pandemic responseTargeted interventionsDouble arcsine transformationOvid MEDLINESystematic reviewIntegrating artificial intelligence with mechanistic epidemiological modeling: a scoping review of opportunities and challenges
Ye Y, Pandey A, Bawden C, Sumsuzzman D, Rajput R, Shoukat A, Singer B, Moghadas S, Galvani A. Integrating artificial intelligence with mechanistic epidemiological modeling: a scoping review of opportunities and challenges. Nature Communications 2025, 16: 581. PMID: 39794317, PMCID: PMC11724045, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55461-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsArtificial intelligenceEffective public health planningPublic health planningMechanistic modelSystematic search strategyCapabilities of artificial intelligenceData-mining capabilitiesReview of opportunitiesFusion of AIPotential of AIHealth plansSpectrum of infectious diseasesDisease dynamics
2024
Estimating the lives that could be saved by expanded access to weight-loss drugs
Pandey A, Ye Y, Wells C, Singer B, Galvani A. Estimating the lives that could be saved by expanded access to weight-loss drugs. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2024, 121: e2412872121. PMID: 39405358, PMCID: PMC11513960, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2412872121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlucagon-like peptide-1Body mass index categoriesObesity prevalence dataGlucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonistsHazard ratio of mortalityRatio of mortalityPublic health impactWeight loss drugsInsurance coverage issuesGastric inhibitory polypeptideHealthcare accessType 2 diabetesUnited StatesPublic health crisisObesity epidemicReceptor agonistsIndex categoriesHazard ratioPrevalence dataInhibitory polypeptidePeptide-1Health impactsNovel treatmentObesityHealth crisisThe futility of economic sanctions in a globalized and interdependent world: a data-driven game theoretical study
Ye Y, Zhang Q. The futility of economic sanctions in a globalized and interdependent world: a data-driven game theoretical study. Humanities And Social Sciences Communications 2024, 11: 1034. DOI: 10.1057/s41599-024-03518-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGame-theoretic frameworkEconomic sanctionsCountry's capabilityInternational trade dataGame-theoretic studyEconomic opennessTrade dataInternational tradeTrade relationshipsVulnerable economiesGiant economiesPolitical stabilityEconomic interdependenceSanction riskPolitical conflictReal world conflictsInterdependent worldSanctionsEconomyTheoretical frameworkConflictCountriesData-driven evidenceIneffective strategiesTradeSupply chain loss from easing COVID-19 restrictions: an evolutionary economic-epidemiological modelling study
Ye Y, Cao Z, Zeng D, Zhang Q. Supply chain loss from easing COVID-19 restrictions: an evolutionary economic-epidemiological modelling study. Proceedings Of The Royal Society A 2024, 480: 20230803. DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2023.0803.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGlobal supply networksSupply chain lossesSupply networkProfitability of firmsSupply-chain disruptionsSupply chainReal worldSupply-chainMacroeconomic dataGlobal economyHuman movementFirmsCOVID-19 pandemicChain lossNetworkReopening scenariosCOVID-19Restrictive countriesCountriesStringent control measuresProfit
2023
Identification of Key Influencers for Secondary Distribution of HIV Self-Testing Kits Among Chinese Men Who Have Sex With Men: Development of an Ensemble Machine Learning Approach
Jing F, Ye Y, Zhou Y, Ni Y, Yan X, Lu Y, Ong J, Tucker J, Wu D, Xiong Y, Xu C, He X, Huang S, Li X, Jiang H, Wang C, Dai W, Huang L, Mei W, Cheng W, Zhang Q, Tang W. Identification of Key Influencers for Secondary Distribution of HIV Self-Testing Kits Among Chinese Men Who Have Sex With Men: Development of an Ensemble Machine Learning Approach. Journal Of Medical Internet Research 2023, 25: e37719. PMID: 37995110, PMCID: PMC10704319, DOI: 10.2196/37719.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman identification approachMachine learning modelsLearning modelsMachine learning approachLearning approachEnsemble learning algorithmHuman identificationEnsemble learning modelMachine learning classificationEnsemble machine learning approachIdentification approachSecondary distribution of HIVST kitsDistribution of HIVST kitsHIV self-testingFirst-time testingLearning algorithmsAverage accuracyLearning classificationPerformance evaluationHIVST kitsSocial networksSimulation experimentsDistribution of HIV self-testing kitsMachineHIV self-test kits
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