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photo Lan Yu, PhD

General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine, Psychiatry, and Clinical and Translational Science

Email: Lan.Yu@pitt.edu

Phone: 412-864-3020
Contact
Office: 200 Meyran Ave
Suite 300
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
Phone: 412-864-3020
Fax: 412-586-9672
E-mail: Lan.Yu@pitt.edu
Education and Training
Education
BA, Renmin University of China, 1999
MS, Penn State University, 2006
PhD, Penn State University, 2007
Research Interest
Dr. Yu's research has focused on applying advanced psychometric theories such as item response theory and structural equation modeling to health related outcomes. She has been the lead psychometrician for the NIH Roadmap Initiative, Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Pittsburgh research site since 2007. Her research interests include large survey data, secondary data analysis, psychometrics, and item bank development for various patient reported outcomes.
Educational Interest
Dr. Yu teaches Survey Design and Data Analysis (CLRES 2045). It is offered twice a year currently. She is also interested in teaching advanced psychometric theories which can be applied to develop and improve patient reported outcome measures.
Publications
For my complete bibliography, Click Here.
Selected Publications:
Yu, L., Buysse, D. J., Moul, D. E., Germain, A., Stover, A., Dodds, N.E., Johnston, K. L., Pilkonis, P.A. Development of 8-item PROMIS short forms for patient-reported sleep disturbance and sleep-related impairment. Behavioral Sleep Medicine. 2011; 10 (1): 6-24.
Pilkonis, P.A., Yu, L., Dodds, N.E., Johnston, K. L., Maihoefer, C.C., Lawrence, S.M. Validation of the depression item bank from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) in a three-month observational study. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 2014; 56: 112-9.
Lindhiem, O., Yu, L., Grasso, D. J., Kolko, D. J., Youngstrom, E.A. Adapting the posterior probability of diagnosis index to enhance evidence-based screening: an application to ADHD in primary care. Assessment. 2015; 22(2): 198-207.
Pilkonis, P.A., Yu, L., Dodds, N.E., Johnston, K. L., Lawrence, S.M., Hilton, T. F., Daley, D. C., Patkar, A. A., McCarty, D. Item banks for substance use from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS): Severity of use and positive appeal of use. Drug Alcohol Dependence. 2015; 156: 184-92.
Sponsored Research/Activities
Title: Alzheimer's Biomarker Consortium - Down Syndrome (ABC-DS)
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding Agency: National Institute of Health
Grant Number: U19 AG068054
Start Year: 2020
End Year: 2025
Title: HEALing LB3P: Profiling Biomechanical, Biological and Behavioral phenotypes
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding Agency: National Institute of Health
Grant Number: U19 AR076725
Start Year: 2019
End Year: 2024
Title: Creating and Optimizing Mindfulness Measures to Enhance and Normalize Clinical Evaluation (COMMENCE)
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding Agency: Northwestern University
Grant Number: R01 AT009539
Start Year: 2018
End Year: 2019
Title: Reducing Cardiometabolic Risk and Promoting Functional Health in Community-Based Elders with Obesity and Pre-Diabetes: Evaluating Sustainable DPP Follow-up Strategies
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding Agency: National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, & Kidney Disease
Grant Number: R01 DK114115
Start Year: 2018
End Year: 2019
Title: Creating and Optimizing Mindfulness Measures to Enhance and Normalize Clinical Evaluation
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding Agency: National Institute of Health
Start Year: 2017
End Year: 2022
Title: Using Technology to Deliver Evidence-Based Interventions to Underserved Patients with Pain
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding Agency: National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute
Grant Number: K23 HL135396
Start Year: 2017
End Year: 2020
Title: Sleep Health Profiles and Mortality Risk in Older Adults: A Multi-Cohort Application of Novel Statistical Methods
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding Agency: National Institute of Aging
Grant Number: R01 AG056331
Start Year: 2017
End Year: 2020
Title: University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute (Workplace Development)
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding Agency: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Grant Number: UL1 TR001857
Start Year: 2016
End Year: 2021
Title: Improving the Availability of Younger Unrelated Hematopoietic Stem Cell Donors
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding Agency: National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute
Grant Number: R01 HL130388
Start Year: 2016
End Year: 2019
Title: Change-Sensitive Measurement of Emotion Dysregulation in ASD
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding Agency: National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
Grant Number: R01 HD079512
Start Year: 2014
End Year: 2019
Notable Achievements
Early Career Distinguished Research Award, 2012
Outstanding Poster Presentation/Faculty, WPIC Tenth Annual Research Day, 2010
Finalist of International Society For Quality for Life Research New Investigator Award, 2009

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