Background

Yinzong Xiao is a PhD student of University of Melbourne who joined Burnet Institute in 2017 to complete her PhD.

She completed her MBBS and Master of Internal Medicine (specialising in Infectious Diseases) in China. During her post-graduate study she studied molecular biological science in the department of Infectious Diseases, with a focus on blood-borne virus research.

She has a specific interest in public health problems concerning hepatitis B at both a regional and global level. Her PhD research is primarily concerned with improving hepatitis B screening among high-risk populations, and retention in care among people living with chronic hepatitis B through community and clinic-based interventions in Australia.

Positions

2016 – current: PhD student

Qualifications

2016: Master of Internal Medicine(Infectious Diseases), Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China

2014: MBBS, Central South University, China

Awards

2016-2019: Melbourne Research Scholarship

Projects (1)

Current (1)

• Identifying the structural enablers to the clinical management of people with hepatitis B in general practice: a qualitative investigation
  This research seeks to identify elements that support the provision of hepatitis B related clinical management in primary care settings.

Publications (2)

2020 (2)

• Enhancing the hepatitis B care cascade in Australia: a cost-effectiveness model.
  Xiao Y, Howell J, van Gemert C, Thompson AJ, Seaman CP, McCulloch K, Scott N, Hellard ME
  J Viral Hepat. 2020 Jan
• 'Think Hep B' in primary care: A before-and-after evaluation of a self-guided learning package.
  Xiao Y, van Gemert C, Howell J, Adamson E, Towell V, Cowie BC, Thompson AJ, Hellard M
  Aust J Gen Pract. 2020 Jan; 49(1-2):66-69