Jia Yao

Statistician II

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Contact

jia.yao@duke.edu

(919) 724-1085

310 Trent Dr., Room 319, Durham, NC 27710

Jia Yao

Statistician II

Since 2011,  Jia has been working with the Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research (CHPIR), namely on and  the Clergy Health Initiative (CHI) team, as a data manager and statistical analyst. She manages the CHI Statewide Longitudinal Survey database and other clergy health databases, as well as analyzes clergy well-being data using statistical approaches, in collaboration with CHI teammates. On the dissemination side, her work contributes to reports for funders and the community, peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and conference presentations. Of note, she is a member of the CHI Writing Group in which researchers across the US and internationally meet regularly to help each other turn research findings on clergy well-being into academic publications. 

Jia is happy to hear from all who have an interest in her research and life at Duke.

  • Position: Statistician II
  • Education: MA, Economics, Duke University, 2010; BS, Biology, Peking University, 2007