Yingwei Yao, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Department:
Biobehavioral Nursing Science
Business Phone:
(352) 273-6524
Business Email:
y.yao@ufl.edu
About Yingwei Yao
SERVICE
Dr. Yao is a biostatistical reviewer for the Cancer Prevention and Control Subcommittee of the Cancer Center’s Scientific Review and Monitoring Committee.
RESEARCH
Dr. Yao’s research interests include:Statistical analysis, including statistical inference, regression, multi-level modeling, longitudinal analysis, study design and power analysisMachine learning, including clustering, classification, decision tree, splines, kernel methods, and various other supervised and unsupervised learning techniques
Teaching Profile
Courses Taught
2017-2018
NGR7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation
2017-2018
NGR7979 Advanced Research
Research Profile
Dr. Yao has expertise in study design, power analysis, including longitudinal analysis and missing data processing; machine learning, including dimensionality reduction, model estimation, selection, validation, and testing.
Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)
0000-0001-5389-2717
Publications
2024
The impact of spiritual care delivered by nurses on patients’ comfort: A propensity score matched cohort utilizing electronic health record data
International Journal of Medical Informatics.
183
[DOI] 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2023.105319.
[PMID] 38163394.
2023
Examining Care Planning Efficiency and Clinical Decision Support Adoption in a System Tailoring to Nurses’ Graph Literacy: National, Web-Based Randomized Controlled Trial
Journal of Medical Internet Research.
25
[DOI] 10.2196/45043.
[PMID] 37566456.
2023
The relationship between electronic health records user interface features and data quality of patient clinical information: an integrative review
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
31(1):240-255
[DOI] 10.1093/jamia/ocad188.
[PMID] 37740937.
2022
A Novel Measure of Pain Location in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease
Pain Management Nursing.
23(6):693-702
[DOI] 10.1016/j.pmn.2022.09.004.
[PMID] 36261305.
2022
A Stress and Pain Self-management mHealth App for Adult Outpatients With Sickle Cell Disease: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Study
JMIR Research Protocols.
11(7)
[DOI] 10.2196/33818.
[PMID] 35904878.
2022
Adherence to Analgesics Among Outpatients Seriously Ill With Cancer
Cancer Nursing.
45(5):337-344
[DOI] 10.1097/NCC.0000000000001064.
2022
Medication Adherence and Cardiometabolic Control Indicators Among American Indian Adults Receiving Tribal Health Services: Protocol for a Longitudinal Electronic Health Records Study
JMIR Research Protocols.
11(10)
[DOI] 10.2196/39193.
[PMID] 36279173.
2022
Protocol for double-blind RCT of acupuncture for vulvodynia
Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications.
30
[DOI] 10.1016/j.conctc.2022.101029.
[PMID] 36387991.
2022
Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics Associated With Worst Pain Intensity Among Cancer Patients
Pain Management Nursing.
23(4):424-429
[DOI] 10.1016/j.pmn.2021.11.006.
[PMID] 35227646.
2021
Feasibility of the Web-Based Intervention Designed to Educate and Improve Adherence Through Learning to Use Continuous Glucose Monitor (IDEAL CGM) Training and Follow-Up Support Intervention: Randomized Controlled Pilot Study
JMIR Diabetes.
6(1)
[DOI] 10.2196/15410.
[PMID] 33560234.
2021
Reflections of Healthcare Experiences of African Americans With Sickle Cell Disease or Cancer: A Qualitative Study
Cancer Nursing.
44(1):E53-E61
[DOI] 10.1097/NCC.0000000000000750.
2020
Elderly Medication Adherence Intervention Using the My Interventional Drug-Eluting Stent Educational App: Multisite Randomized Feasibility Trial
JMIR mHealth and uHealth.
8(6)
[DOI] 10.2196/15900.
[PMID] 32579120.
2020
Patients and Caregivers Rate the PAINReportIt Wireless Internet-Enabled Tablet as a Method for Reporting Pain During End-of-Life Cancer Care
Cancer Nursing.
43(5):419-424
[DOI] 10.1097/NCC.0000000000000743.
2019
Beta2-Adrenergic Receptor Polymorphisms and Haplotypes Associate With Chronic Pain in Sickle Cell Disease.
Frontiers in pharmacology.
10
[DOI] 10.3389/fphar.2019.00084.
[PMID] 30837870.
2019
Dignity Therapy Led by Nurses or Chaplains for Elderly Cancer Palliative Care Outpatients: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
JMIR Research Protocols.
8(4)
[DOI] 10.2196/12213.
[PMID] 30994466.
2019
Keys to Recruiting and Retaining Seriously Ill African Americans With Sickle Cell Disease in Longitudinal Studies: Respectful Engagement and Persistence
The American Journal Of Hospice & Palliative Care.
37(2):123-128
[DOI] 10.1177/1049909119868657.
[PMID] 31394904.
2019
Metabolomic Differentials in Women With and Without Fibromyalgia
Cts-Clinical and Translational Science.
13(1):67-77
[DOI] 10.1111/cts.12679.
[PMID] 31411365.
2019
Pain Quality by Location in Outpatients with Cancer
Pain Management Nursing.
20(5):425-431
[DOI] 10.1016/j.pmn.2019.04.007.
[PMID] 31160180.
2019
Randomized clinical trial of computerized PAINRelieveIt® for patients with sickle cell disease: PAINReportIt® and PAINUCope®
Patient Education and Counseling.
103(1):136-144
[DOI] 10.1016/j.pec.2019.08.021.
[PMID] 31451364.
2019
Relationship of Pain Quality Descriptors and Quantitative Sensory Testing Sickle Cell Disease
Nursing Research.
68(5):365-373
[DOI] 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000375.
2019
Sensory pain characteristics of vulvodynia and their association with nociceptive and neuropathic pain: an online survey pilot study.
Pain reports.
4(2)
[DOI] 10.1097/PR9.0000000000000713.
[PMID] 31041417.
2019
Thermal and mechanical quantitative sensory testing values among healthy African American adults
Journal of Pain Research.
12:2511-2527
[DOI] 10.2147/JPR.S211855.
[PMID] 31496792.
2018
Acceptability of Clinical Decision Support Interface Prototypes for a Nursing Electronic Health Record to Facilitate Supportive Care Outcomes.
International journal of nursing knowledge.
29(4):242-252
[DOI] 10.1111/2047-3095.12178.
[PMID] 28926204.
2018
Differences in Sensory Pain, Expectation, and Satisfaction Reported by Outpatients with Cancer or Sickle Cell Disease.
Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses.
19(4):322-332
[DOI] 10.1016/j.pmn.2017.11.010.
[PMID] 29501359.
2018
Dignity Impact as a Primary Outcome Measure for Dignity Therapy.
The American journal of hospice & palliative care.
35(11):1417-1420
[DOI] 10.1177/1049909118777987.
[PMID] 29793345.
2018
Genetic variants of GCH1 associate with chronic and acute crisis pain in African Americans with sickle cell disease.
Experimental hematology.
66:42-49
[DOI] 10.1016/j.exphem.2018.07.004.
[PMID] 30031848.
2018
Glucocorticoid receptor single nucleotide polymorphisms are associated with acute crisis pain in sickle cell disease.
Pharmacogenomics.
19(13):1003-1011
[DOI] 10.2217/pgs-2018-0064.
[PMID] 30079801.
2018
Opioid doses and acute care utilization outcomes for adults with sickle cell disease: ED versus acute care unit.
The American journal of emergency medicine.
36(1):88-92
[DOI] 10.1016/j.ajem.2017.07.037.
[PMID] 28802541.
2018
Transient receptor potential polymorphism and haplotype associate with crisis pain in sickle cell disease.
Pharmacogenomics.
19(5):401-411
[DOI] 10.2217/pgs-2017-0198.
[PMID] 29620434.
2017
Coping with Pain in the Face of Healthcare Injustice in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health.
19(6):1449-1456
[DOI] 10.1007/s10903-016-0432-0.
[PMID] 27215766.
2017
Evidence of Progress in Making Nursing Practice Visible Using Standardized Nursing Data: a Systematic Review.
AMIA … Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium.
2017:1205-1214
[PMID] 29854189.
2017
Implementing the Painrelieveit Randomized Controlled Trial in Hospice Care: Mechanisms for Success and Meeting Pcori Methodology Standards
Western Journal of Nursing Research.
39(7):924-941
[DOI] 10.1177/0193945916668328.
2017
Management of Sickle Cell Pain Using Pregabalin: A Pilot Study.
Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses.
18(6):391-400
[DOI] 10.1016/j.pmn.2017.07.003.
[PMID] 28843636.
2017
Outcomes for End-Of-Life Patients With Anticipatory Grieving: Insights From Practice With Standardized Nursing Terminologies Within An Interoperable Internet-Based Electronic Health Record
Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing.
19(3):223-231
[DOI] 10.1097/NJH.0000000000000333.
2017
Toward Meaningful Care Plan Clinical Decision Support: Feasibility and Effects of a Simulated Pilot Study.
Nursing research.
66(5):388-398
[DOI] 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000234.
[PMID] 28858147.
2016
Caregivers’ perspectives on oral health problems of end-of-life cancer patients.
Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer.
24(11):4769-77
[DOI] 10.1007/s00520-016-3328-6.
[PMID] 27358170.
2016
IL1A rs1800587 associates with chronic noncrisis pain in sickle cell disease.
Pharmacogenomics.
17(18):1999-2006
[PMID] 27883292.
2016
Nurses’ Numeracy and Graphical Literacy: Informing Studies of Clinical Decision Support Interfaces.
Journal of nursing care quality.
31(2):124-30
[DOI] 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000149.
[PMID] 26323050.
2016
Patient-Centered Tablet Application for Improving Medication Adherence after a Drug-Eluting Stent.
Frontiers in public health.
4
[DOI] 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00272.
[PMID] 28018897.
2016
Safety and Utility of Quantitative Sensory Testing Among Adults With Sickle Cell Disease: Indicators of Neuropathic Pain?
Pain Practice.
16(3):282-293
[DOI] 10.1111/papr.12279.
[PMID] 25581383.
2016
Toward understanding family-related characteristics of young adults with sickle-cell disease or sickle-cell trait in the USA.
Journal of clinical nursing.
25(11-12):1587-97
[DOI] 10.1111/jocn.13144.
[PMID] 26970444.
2015
Nurse Continuity and Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers: A Comparative Analysis Using an Electronic Health Record “Big Data” Set.
Nursing research.
64(5):361-71
[DOI] 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000112.
[PMID] 26325278.
2015
Prevalence of pain-related single nucleotide polymorphisms in patients of African origin with sickle cell disease
Pharmacogenomics.
16(16):1795-806
[DOI] 10.2217/pgs.15.126.
[PMID] 26555434.
2015
Proposing a New Conceptual Model and an Exemplar Measure Using Health Information: Technology to Examine the Impact of Relational Nurse Continuity on Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers.
ANS. Advances in nursing science.
38(3):241-51
[DOI] 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000081.
[PMID] 26244480.
Grants
Jun 2023
ACTIVE
Harmonizing and Integrating Nursing Data into Multidisciplinary Datasets to Evaluate Hospital Care and Readmissions of Older Adults with Alzheimers Disease and Alzheimers Disease-Related Dementias
Role: Co-Project Director/Principal Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NIA
Mar 2022
ACTIVE
Medication Adherence and Cardio-Metabolic Control Indicators among Adult American Indians Receiving Tribal Health Services
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NINR
Sep 2021
ACTIVE
Dignity Therapy for Older Cancer Patients: Identifying Mechanisms and Moderators
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NCI
Sep 2021
ACTIVE
CHOICES for Sickle Cell Reproductive Health: RCT of a Preconception Intervention Model for a Single Gene Disorder
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NHGRI
May 2021
– Apr 2023
Harmonizing and Integrating Nursing Data into Multidisciplinary Datasets to Evaluate Hospital Care and Readmissions of Older Adults with Alzheimers Disease and Alzheimers Disease-Related Dementias
Role: Co-Project Director/Principal Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NIA
Sep 2020
ACTIVE
A Stress and Pain Self-management m-Health App for Adult Outpatients with Sickle Cell Disease
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NINR
Sep 2019
– Jul 2023
Tailored Clinical Decision Support Formats Designed to Improve Palliative Care for Cancer and Chronically Ill Patients: A Pre-Clinical Test
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NINR
Apr 2019
– Mar 2021
Advancing Interdisciplinary Science of Aging through Identification of Iatrogenic Complications: The UF EHR Clinical Data Infrastructure for Enhanced Patient Safety among the Elderly (UF-ECLIPSE)
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NIA
Sep 2018
– Aug 2023
2/3 Florida-California Cancer Research, Education & Engagement (CaRE2) Health Equity Center
Role: Project Manager
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NCI
Sep 2017
– Mar 2021
Evaluating the Tablet-based Turkish-PAINReportIt for Assessing Pain of Lung Cancer Patients Post Thoracotomy in TURKEY
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NCI
Sep 2016
– Aug 2022
Dignity Therapy RCT led by Nurses or Chaplains for Elderly Cancer Outpatients
Role: Other
Funding: NATL INST OF HLTH NCI
Feb 2015
– May 2019
PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF CHRONIC PAIN IN ADULTS WITHSICKLE CELL DISEASE
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding: UNIV OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
via NATL INST OF HLTH NHLBI
Education
Ph.D. – Electrical Engineering (Statistical Signal/data Analysis)
2002
·
Princeton University
Master of Science – Electronics
1997
·
Beijing University
Bachelor of Science – Electronics
1994
·
Beijing University
Contact Details
Phones:
- Business:
- (352) 273-6524
Emails:
- Business:
- y.yao@ufl.edu
Addresses:
- Business Mailing:
-
PO Box 100197
GAINESVILLE FL 32610