Publications

  1. Chen J*, Liang Y*, Hu M, Verguet S, Jiao B. Catastrophic Health Expenditure Underestimates Financial Hardship in Chronic Disease Households. Am J Manag Care. In press. (*Equal contribution.)

  2. Liang Y, Jiao B. Evaluating Policy Options for New Treatments Under Uncertain External Evidence. Value Health. 2026 Apr 16. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2026.03.2240. Online ahead of print. PMID: 42000135.

  3. Rönn MM, Kourtis AP, Liang Y, Zheng L, Puente T, Huang YA, Zhu W, Patel RR, Wiener J, Hoover KW, Van Handel M, Menzies NA, Salomon JA. Quantifying the number of people who would benefit from HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the United States: a comparison of behavioral, acquisition-risk based, and economic metrics. Ann Epidemiol. 2026;118:110079. PMID: 41856300.

  4. Liang Y, Menzies NA, Rönn MM. Trends in syphilis prevalence by race and ethnicity among people who are pregnant in the United States 2016-2023. Sex Transm Dis. 2025;52(9):535-541. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000002187. PMID: 40417976.

  5. Rao M, Chen SY, Liang Y, Yu J. Underdiagnosis of Allergic Contact Dermatitis in Under-Represented Groups: An All of Us Database Analysis. Dermatitis. 2025 Mar-Apr;36(2):170-172. doi: 10.1089/derm.2023.0263. Epub 2023 Dec 29. PMID: 38156811.

  6. Wu Y, Liang Y, Cai Z, Li L, Sun C, Sylvia S, Zhou H, Feng J, Rozelle S. Process quality, diagnosis quality, and patient satisfaction of primary care in Rural Western China: A study using standardized patients. Patient Educ Couns. 2024 Jun;123:108208. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2024.108208. Epub 2024 Feb 15. PMID: 38377708.

  7. Liang Y, Lin Y, Jiao B. Health Interventions May Have Divergent Impacts on Health and Economic Equity: A Case Study of the Community-Based Hypertension Improvement Project in Ghana. Appl Health Econ Health Policy. 2024 May;22(3):353-362. doi: 10.1007/s40258-024-00871-7. Epub 2024 Jan 24. PMID: 38267804.

  8. Rao M, Chen SY, Liang Y, Yu J. Underdiagnosis of psoriasis in underrepresented groups: An “All of Us” database analysis. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2023 Dec;89(6):1279-1282. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2023.08.011. Epub 2023 Aug 12. PMID: 37579839.

  9. Du Y, Zhou Q, Cheng W, Zhang Z, Hoelzer S, Liang Y, Xue H, Ma X, Sylvia S, Tian J, Tang W. Factors Influencing Adoption and Use of Telemedicine Services in Rural Areas of China: Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2022 Dec 23;8(12):e40771. doi: 10.2196/40771. PMID: 36563026; PMCID: PMC9823570.

  10. Cheng W, Zhang Z, Hoelzer S, Tang W, Liang Y, Du Y, Xue H, Zhou Q, Yip W, Ma X, Tian J, Sylvia S. Evaluation of a village-based digital health kiosks program: A protocol for a cluster randomized clinical trial. Digit Health. 2022 Oct 5;8:20552076221129100. doi: 10.1177/20552076221129100. PMID: 36211797; PMCID: PMC9537487.

  11. He R, Liang Y, Lin C, Guo B. Association between Passive Smoking Exposure and Insomnia in a Tibetan Non-Smoking Population Based on the Propensity Score. Chinese Journal of Disease Control & Prevention. 2022;26(7):815-819. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.07.012.

  12. Lyu H, Tang H, Liang Y, Huang S, Wang Y, Huang W, Zhou Y. Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Liver Fibrosis in People Living With HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Front Immunol. 2022 Mar 18;13:841314. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.841314. PMID: 35371091; PMCID: PMC8971654.

Preprints

  1. Rönn MM, Liang Y, Bronsard M, et al. Racial and ethnic differences in congenital syphilis: mathematical modeling study analyzing the role of prenatal care. medRxiv 2026.01.30.26345236.