Assistant Professor XU, Yao

Faculty, Affiliation
Faculty of Transdisciplinary Sciences, Institute of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Sciences
Assistant Professor
College and School Educational Field
College of Human and Social Sciences
College of Transdisciplinary Sciences for Innovation
Laboratory
Academic Background
Career
Institute of Transdisciplinary Sciences, Kanazawa University
Zhuhai Disease Prevention and Control Center
School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University
Orygen: The National Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne
Jean Hailes Research Unit, Monash University
Zhuhai Women and Children Hospital
Year & Month of Birth
Academic Society
Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health
International Association for Suicide Prevention
Award
Specialities
Hygiene and public health、General internal medicine (including psychosomatic medicine)
Speciality Keywords
Gender studies,Trauma studies,Public health,Mental health
Research Themes
Books
- Xu, Y., Herrman, H., Tsutsumi, A., Fisher, J. The Strangled Cry: The communication and experience of trauma 2013
Papers
- Intimate Partner Support as a Critical Source of Social Support on Women’s Post-Trauma Mental Recovery: A cross-sectional study Yao Xu , Helen Herrman , Rebecca Bentley , Atsuro Tsutsumi , Thach Duc Tran, Jane Fisher Journal of Death and Dying 2025
- International perspective on research priorities and outcome measures of importance in the care of children with acute exacerbations of asthma: a qualitative interview study Gray CS, Xu Y, Babl FE, Dalziel S, Powell CVE, Chong SL, Roland D, Lyttle MD, Fernandes RM, Benito J, Johnson M, Yock-Corrales A, Santhanam I, Schuh S, Cheema B, Couper J, Craig S; Pediatric Emergency Research Network (PERN) BMJ Open Respir Res. 10 1 2023
- Core outcomes and factors influencing the experience of care for children with severe acute exacerbations of asthma: a qualitative study Craig S, Xu Y, Robas K, Iramain R, Yock-Corrales A, Soto-Martinez ME, Rino P, Ricciardi MBA, Piantanida S, Mahant S, Ubuane PO, Odusote O, Kwok M, Johnson MD, Paniagua N, Fernandez JB, Ong GY, Lyttle MD, Gong J, Roland D, Dalziel SR, Nixon GM, Powell CVE, Graudins A, Babl FZ. BMJ Open Respir Res. 10 1 2023
- Comparison between HIV self-testing and facility-based HIV testing approach on HIV early detection among men who have sex with men: A cross-sectional study Zhou Y, Huang S, Cui M, Guo Z, Tang H, Lyu H, Ni Y, Lu Y, Feng Y, Wang Y, Jing F, Huang S, Li J, Xu Y, Mei W. Front Immunol. 13 13 857-905 2022
- Effect of having a subsequent baby on the mental health of women who lost a child in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake: a cross-sectional study Xu, Y., Herrman, H. Bentley, R., Tsutsumi, A., Fisher, J. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 92 5 348-355 2014
- Psychological and social consequences of losing a child in a natural or human-made disaster: A review of the evidence Xu, Y., Herrman, H., Tsutsumi, A., Fisher, J. Asia-Pacific Psychiatry 5 4 237-248 2013
- Gender Equity and Contraceptive Use in China: An ecological analysis Xu, Y., Bentley, R. and Kavanagh, A. M. Women & Health 51 8 739-758 2011
Conference Presentations
- The impact of different sources of social support on women’s mental recovery after exposed to multiple traumatic events(conference:PRCP & WACP Joint Congress 2025 Tokyo)(2025/09)
- Effect of having a subsequent child on the mental health of women who lost a child in a natural disaster(conference:5th World Congress of Asian Psychiatry)(2015/03)
- Psychological morbidity in women thirty months after a death of a child in the 2008 Sichuan, China earthquake, Oral presentation(conference:10th International Conference on Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society)(2014/06)
- Psychological morbidity in women thirty months after a death of a child in the 2008 Sichuan, China earthquake(conference:9th APRU Research Symposium on Multi-Hazards around the Pacific Rim)(2013/10)
- Mental health morbidity in women thirty months after the death of a child in the 2008 Sichuan, China earthquake(conference:Second ISA Forum of Sociology: Social justice and democratisation)(2012/08)
- Mental health morbidity in women thirty months after the death of a child in the 2008 Sichuan, China earthquake(conference:13th World Congress on Public Health (2012 World Congress on Public Health))(2012/04)
- Mental health morbidity in women thirty months after the death of a child in the 2008 Sichuan, China earthquake(conference:2nd Global Conference: Trauma: Theory and Practice)(2012/03)
Others
Arts and Fieldwork
Patent
Theme to the desired joint research
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Competitive research funding,Contribution
Collaborative research,Consignment study
Classes (Bachelors)
○Public Health and Tourism (2025)
○International Practical English I(2025)


