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Yu Bai

Statistician II

Yu Bai, a statistician, has been with the Center since 2008. He is working with his colleagues on two projects, America’s Promise Alliance and the Child and Family Support Teams Initiative. His duties include data preparation and analysis; drafting the method and results sections of peer-review manuscripts; and independently preparing manuscripts for publication as the lead author.

Bai is interested in using advanced methodology to answer research questions, such as proportionate hazard model, multilevel modeling, multiple imputation approach, survey-design data analysis, propensity score approach, Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition approach, and semi-parametric modeling.

Originally from China, Bai earned a Ph.D. in Health Policy & Administration at The Pennsylvania State University.

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Gifford, E.J., Wells, R.S, Miller, S., Troop, T.O., Bai, Y., Babinski, L. (2010). Pairing nurses and social workers in schools: North Carolina’s school-based child and family support teams.. Journal of School Health.


2. Wells, R., Hillemeier, M. M., Bai, Y., and Belue, R. (2009). Health service access across racial/ethnic groups among children in the child welfare system. Child Abuse & Neglect, 33(5), 282-292.


3. Bai, Y., Wells, R., and Hillemeier, M. (2009). Coordination between child welfare agencies and mental health providers, children’s service use, and outcomes. Child Abuse and Neglect, 33(6), 372-381.


4. Berlin, L. J., Malone, P. S., Ayoub, C. A, Ispa, J., Fine, M., Brooks-Gunn, J., Brady-Smith, C., & Bai, Y. (2009). Correlates and Consequences of Spanking and Verbal Punishment for Low-Income White, African American, and Mexican American Toddlers. Child Development, 80(5), 1403-1420. [PDFSTART]


5. Bai Y., Hillemeier M.M., and Lengerich, E.J. (2007). Race/ethnic disparities in symptom severity among children hospitalized with asthma. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 18(1), 54-61.

1. Putting Youth and Families First., Building on Family Strengths Conferences. Portland, Oregon., June, 2009
2. Do mental health needs affect safety or permanence for children?, National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect. Portland, Oregon., April, 2007
3. Mental health services utilization for Pennsylvania children involved in child welfare., The 133rd Annual Meeting of American Public Health Association, New Orleans, LA., November, 2005
4. Communication with school nurses about asthma and perceived obstacles to care, Pediatric Academic Society’s Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, May, 2005
5. Effects of insurance status on length of stay among hospitalized children with asthma in Pennsylvania, 2001, The 132nd Annual Meeting of American Public Health Association. Washington, DC, November, 2004