Yichen Chiu

B.A., International Studies-Sociology, University of California San Diego, 2009
M.A., Bioethics, New York University, 2010

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Areas of Research/Interest:
Disparities in access to healthcare, genetic screening and enhancement, medical resource allocation, social justice, public health policy, doctor-patient relationships, health law

Bio:
I was born in Shanghai, China and came to the U.S. early in my childhood. Attended high school in Riverside spending senior year in Germany with the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange. Afterwards I went onto UCSD and NYU for undergraduate and graduate studies, respectively. I hope to eventually go into health law or work in conjunction with an IRB.

External Affiliations
University of California, San Diego
Dancesport Team
Harvard Undergraduate Bioethics Society

Fellowships/Honors
2005-2006 U.S. Department of State and German Bundestag, Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program (CBYX) Scholarship.

Publications
Sandeep Kadimpatia, Jennifer B. McCormicka, Yichen Chiua, Ashley B. Parkerb, Aliya Z. Iftikharc, Randall P. Flicka & David O. Warnera. Utilizing Focus Groups with Potential Participants and Their Parents: An Approach to Inform Study Design in a Large Clinical Trial. AJOB Empirical Bioethics. Volume 5, Issue 3, 2014.

Other
Participant, Yale University’s Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics Summer Program, Summer 2012

Former Employment
Health Services Analyst II at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

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