Professor Huso YI

BA (Yonsei University), PhD (New York University), MS (Columbia University)
Assistant Professor, The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care

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Professor Huso Yi has been trained in the field of health psychology, philosophy, anthropology, epidemiology, and biostatistics. Before joining the CUHK, he was an US NIH postdoctoral research fellow at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University (2007-2010); Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology at the School of Sociology and Populations Study, Renmin University of China (2009-2010); Senior Research Associate at the Institute on International Research on Youth at Risk, National Development and Research Institute (2002-2007); Consultant at the Chemical Dependency Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center (2005-2007); Clinical Research Intern at the Comprehensive HIV Center, Department of Psychiatry, St. Vincent Medical Centers of NY (2001-2002). He has served on the boards of a number of international organizations and conferences addressing social-medical sciences in sexualities, gender, and HIV/AIDS, including the Executive Board and Chair of Training Committee at the International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture, and Society (IASSCS) (2007-present).

Since 2002, he has been involved over ten US NIH and CDC research projects for studies with homeless people, drug users, men who have sex with men, migrants, and sex workers in the US, China, Vietnam, and South Africa. In collaboration with a wide range of research institutions, he has presented more than 50 research papers at national and international scientific meetings, and has co-authored more than 30 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.

Professor Yi’s research has focused on social-ecological determinants of health risks, ethno-epidemiology, medical humanities, public health ethics and bioethics, qualitative and quantitative assessment development, mixed-methods, cross-cultural aspects of sexualities and gender, community-based participatory interventions among disadvantaged populations, and social inequality in health.

He is currently developing the CUHK Health and Humanities and leading several international research projects, including ethical, legal, and social issues (ELSI) in genomics, comparative study on autism, social-cultural representations on illness and stigma, and participatory research on community engagement. He participates in School of Public Health and Primary Care to expand his opportunities for social-ecological health research and to teach and mentor students who will lead the next generation of global health in Asia. 

Graduate 
  PBHT5001: Qualitative Research Methods (module coordinator)
  PBHT5804: Ethics, Social Justice, and Global Health (module coordinator)
  PBHT6900: MPH Research Capstone Project (qualitative research)

Undergraduate
  PHPC2008: Lifestyle and Health
  PHPC3012: Public Health Ethics and Law (module coordinator)
  PHPC3027: Qualitative Research (module coordinator)
  PHPC4014/4015: BSc Research and Practice Based Project (qualitative research)

Prof. Huso Yi’s research has focused on advancing theories, research methods, and policies in the field of global population health through ethnography and empirical research with an emphasis of contextual mixed-methods analyses. His interests include:  

• Urban health ecology and social inequality in health
• Mixed-methods assessments
• Social-cultural conductions of illness and disability
• Public health ethics and practices
• Theories and practices of community-based participatory research (CBPR)
• Multilevel intervention and evaluation: health systems
• Social and sexual risk networks in hidden at-risk populations
• Psychological anthropology of gender, sexuality, race/ethnicity, and mobility
• Social movements in relation to health and science

Yi, H., & Lau, J. T. F. (2011). Emerging issues, challenges and aspirations in the HIV/AIDS epidemic in China. Public Health, 125(5), 257-259.

Yi, H., Zheng, T., Mantell, J., Park, M., Wan, Y. H., & Csete, J. (in press). Occupational safety and HIV risk among female sex workers in China: A mixed-methods analysis of sex work harms and mommies. Global Public Health.

Knox, J., Yi, H., Reddy, V., Maimane, S., & Sandfort, T. (in press). Social vulnerability and HIV testing among men who have sex with men (MSM) in South Africa. International Journal of STD & AIDS.

Yi, H., & Lau, J. T. F. (in press). Emerging issues, challenges and aspirations in the HIV/AIDS epidemic in China. Public Health.

Yi, H., Shidlo, A., & Sandfort, T. G. (2011). Assessing maladaptive responses to the stress of being at-risk of HIV infection among HIV-negative gay men in New York City. Journal of Sex Research, 48(1), 62-73.
 
Li, H., Lau, J. T. F., Holroyd, E., & Yi, H. (2010). Socio-cultural facilitators and barriers to condom use during anal sex among men who have sex with men in China: An ethnographic study. AIDS Care, 22(12), 1481-1486

Knox, J., Yi, H., Reddy, V., Maimane, S., & Sandfort, T. (2010). The fallacy of intimacy: Sexual risk behaviour and beliefs about trust and condom use among men who have sex with men in South Africa. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 15(6), 660-671.

Yi, H., Mantell, J.E., Zhao, L., Zeng, J., Wan, Y.H. (2010). A profile of HIV risk factors in the context of sex work environments among migrant female sex workers in Beijing, China. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 15(2), 172-187.

Yi, H., Sandfort, T. G. & Shidlo, A. (2010). Effects of disengagement coping with HIV risk on unprotected sex among HIV-negative gay men in New York City. Health Psychology. 29(2), 205-214.
 
Munoz-Laboy, M, Sandfort, T. G., & Yi, H. (2009). Introduction to special issue global perspectives on same-sex sexualities: Desires, practices, and identities Part 1. Negotiating global sexual identities in local contexts. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 6(2), 1-3. [Guest Editor]

Munoz-Laboy, M, Sandfort, T. G., & Yi, H. (2009). Introduction to special issue global perspectives on same-sex sexualities: Desires, practices, and identities Part 2. Negotiating gender ideologies and sexual rights in local contexts. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 6(3), 1-3. [Guest Editor]
 
Yi, H. (2008). Korea. In Louise-George TIN (Ed.). The dictionary of homophobia: A global history of gay and lesbian experience (pp. 274-276). [Translation by Mark Redburn] Vancouver, Canada: Arsenal pulp Press.
 
Yi, H. (2003). Homophobia/heterosexism in South Korea In Louise-George TIN (Ed.) Dictionnaire de l'homophobie (pp. 109-110). Paris, France: Les Presses Universitaires de France.

Sandfort, T. G., Nel, J., Rich, E., Reddy, V., & Yi, H. (2008). HIV testing and self-reported HIV status in South African MSM: Results from a community-based survey. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 84(6), 425-429.

Braine, N., Acker, C., Goldblatt, C., Yi, H., DesJarlais, D. C., & Friedman, S. (2008). Neighborhood history as a factor shaping syringe distribution networks among drug users at a U.S. syringe exchange. Social Networks, 30(3), 235-246.

Clatts, M. C., Le, G. M., Goldsamt, L. A., & Yi, H. (2007). Male sex work and HIV risk among young heroin users in Hanoi, Vietnam. Sexual Health, 4(4), 261-267.

Clatts, M. C., Le, G. M., Goldsamt, L. A., & Yi, H. (2007). Novel heroin injection practices: Implications for transmission of HIV and other bloodborne pathogens. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 32(6, supplement 1), S226-S233.

DesJarlais, D. C., Braine, N., Yi, H., & Turner, C. (2007). Residual injection risk behavior, HIV infection and the evaluation of syringe exchange programs. AIDS Education and Prevention, 19(2), 111-123.

Yi, H. (2006, Aug 23). “I know, but…”: Complexity of gay men’s sexual decision making in the third decade of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. PsycCRITIQUES—Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 51 (34), Article 2.

Gwadz, M. V., Clatts, M. C., Yi, H., Leonard, N. R., Goldsamt, L.A., & Lankenau, S.E. (2006). Resilience among young men who have sex with men: The role of attachment in the context of adversity. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 3(1), 13-21.

Clatts, M. C., Goldsamt, L. A., & Yi, H. (2005). Emerging HIV risk environments: A preliminary epidemiological profile of an MSM POZ party. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 81, 373-376.

Clatts, M. C., Goldsamt, L., & Yi, H. (2005). Club drug use in young men who have sex with men in New York City:  A preliminary epidemiological profile. Substance Use and Misuse, 40(9-10), 1317-1330.

Shidlo, A., Yi, H., & Dalit, B. (2005). Attitudes toward unprotected anal intercourse: Assessing HIV-negative gay or bisexual men. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy, 9(3/4), 111-132.
 
Shidlo, A., Yi, H., & Dalit, B. (2005, Jan). Assessing HIV-negative gay and bisexual men In P.N. Halkitis, L. Wilton, & J. Drescher (Eds.). Barebacking: Psychosocial and public health approaches. Haworth Press: New York.

Yi, H. (2005). A condition of queerness at Queer Matters: Localizing discourse at a “global” conference. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 6(2), 307-308.

Clatts, M. C., Goldsamt, L. A., Yi, H., & Gwadz, M. (2005). Homelessness and drug abuse among young men who have sex with men in New York City: A preliminary epidemiological trajectory. Journal of Adolescence, 28(2), 201-214.

Clatts, M. C., Goldsamt, L. A., & Yi, H. (2005). Drug and sexual risk in four MSM populations: Evidence for a sustained HIV epidemic in New York City. Journal of Urban Health, 82(1, supplement 1), i9-i17.

Yi, H., Cheng, J-F, Yoshikawa, H. (2005, Aug). Focus group interview with participants of the “Gay Asians Anonymous” group-level intervention program, Asian Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS. Interim Report. Asian Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS, New York.

Kimmel, D. C., & Yi, H. (2004). Characteristics of gay, lesbian, and bisexual, Asians, Asian Americans, and immigrants from Asia to the US. Journal of Homosexuality, 47(2), 143-172.

Dworkin, S. H., & Yi, H. (2003). LGBT identity, violence, and social justice: The psychological is political. International Journal for the Advancement of Counseling, 25(4), 269-279.
 
Choi, H. K., Yi, H., et al. (2003). Chapter of South Korea. In R. Francoeur & J. Roonan (Ed.). Continuum complete international encyclopedia of sexuality (pp. 933-959). New York: Continuum Press.

Yi, H. (2002, Oct.) HIV subtype as “lie detector”: Comments on National Institute on Health in South Korea’s report on HIV-subtype among AIDS patients.

Choi, H. K., Yi, H., et al. (2001). Chapter of South Korea. In R. Francoeur. (Ed.). International encyclopedia of sexuality Vol. 4 (pp. 547-601). New York: Continuum Press.
 
Yi, H. (2000). Coming out: 300 Q&A about Korean gay and lesbian people. Seoul, Korea: Park Young-Yul Publishing House.  [In addition to the translation of E. Marcus. (1999). Is it a choice?: Answers to 300 of the most frequently asked questions about gay and lesbian people. San Francisco: HarperCollins, the author wrote parts on Korean homosexuality]

Selected Presentations

Chin, J.J., Li, M.Y., Chen, P-C, Behar, E., Kang, E., Mantell, J.E., Weiss, L., Yi, H. (2010, November).  Barriers to and facilitators of HIV involvement among Chinese immigrant religious institutions in New York City. Presented at the 138th American Public Health Association Meeting, Denver, Colorado.

Yi, H., Zheng, T. Wu, R., Guo, R., Wan, Y., & Mantell, J. E. (2010, July). Sex work-related harms and “mommies” in HIV risk and protection among migrant female sex workers in Beijing, China. Presented at the XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, Austria.

Yi, H., Li, X., Wang, W., Guo, R., Wan, Y., & Sandfort, T. G. (2010, July). Understanding MSM HIV risk in context: Mapping social and sexual networks among MSM in a cruising park in Beijing, China. Presented at the XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, Austria.

Liau, A., Yi, H., Lau, J. T. F., & Gu, J. (2010, July). A systematic review of interventions for men who have sex with men (MSM) in China: In need of theory-driven, community-based, and sustainable HIV prevention. Presented at the XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, Austria.

Li, H., Sheng, G., & Yi, H. (2010, July). A grassroots’ response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the MSM communities in Shenzhen, China: Social action theory to create the integration of prevention and care. Presented at the XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, Austria.

Xu, Y., Mantell, J. E., Kelvin, E. A., Yi, H, Sandfort, T. G., Leu, C-S., & Lin, X. (2010, July). Trends in sexual risk behavior and HIV and syphilis prevalence among men who have sex with men in Nanning, China, 2008-2009. Presented at the XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, Austria.

Knox, J., Sandfort, T. G., Yi, H., Reddy, V., & Maimane, S. (2010, July). Social vulnerability and HIV testing among MSM in South Africa. Presented at the XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, Austria.

Sandfort, T. G., Yi, H., Reddy, V., Maimane, S., & Knox, J., (under review). Characteristics of sexual partnerships as key determinants of HIV risk in MSM: Outcomes of an event-level cluster analysis. Presented at The XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, Austria.

Yi, H. (2010, June). The role of “mommies” in sexual risk and protection among female sex workers in China: Exploratory network analysis of sex work structure. Presented at the International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Italy.

Yi, H. (2009, December). HIV risk in the context of female sex work environments in Beijing: Structural interventions for health equality. Presented at Renmin University of China. [Invited Lecture]

Yi, H. (2009, May). Sexuality/prevention vs. AIDS/treatment: A comparative analysis of social movements in China and South Korea. Presented at the HIV/AIDS Social Movements: Protest, Power, and Policy, Columbia University, US.

Yi, H., & Sandfort, T. (2009, April). Assessing meaning and practice of sexual risk taking: A methodological consideration. Present at the 7th International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture, and Society, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Wu, R., Yi, H. Guo, R., Zhao, L., & Wan, Y. H. (2009, April). Occupational hazards and HIV risks in sexual economic exchanges. Present at the 7th International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture, and Society, Hanoi, Vietnam.
 
Reddy, V., Sandfort, T., Maimane, S., Yi, H., & Dolezal, C. (2006, March). Is AIDS a death sentence? Presented at the South African AIDS MSM Conference, Durban, South Africa.

Sandfort, T.G.M, Nel, J., Rich, E., Reddy, V., Yi, H., & the South African LGBT Joint Working Group. (2008, Aug). Differential rates of HIV testing and infection status in South African MSM. Presented at the XVII International AIDS Conference, Mexico City, Mexico.

Sandfort, T.G.M, Rich, E., Nel, J., Reddy, V., Yi, H., & the South African LGBT Joint Working Group. (2008, Aug). “Too scared to get tested”: Anxiety as a barrier for HIV testing among South African MSM. Presented at the XVII International AIDS Conference, Mexico City, Mexico.

Yi, H. (2008, Jan) Changing society, markets, and epidemic: Identifying emergent HIV risk factors in context. Presented at the School of Public Health, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Yi, H. (2007, Aug). “Why are we at risk?”: Structural factors for HIV prevention/care in developed Asian countries. Presented at the 8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP), Colombo, Sri Lanka. Abstract # 1332.

Yi, H., & Kimmel, D.C. (2007, Aug). HIV testing and safer sex among gay Asian men. Presented at the 115th American Psychological Association Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Yi, H. (2007, June). “Killed twice”: Sexuality, AIDS, and nationalism in South Korea. Presented at the 6th International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture, and Society, Lima, Peru.

Le, G. M., Clatts, M. C., Goldsamt, L. A., & Yi, H. (2006, Aug). HIV risks among young male migrants using heroin in Hanoi, Vietnam. Presented at the XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, CA. Abstract #WEAD0204.

Clatts, M.C., Goldsamt, L. A., Volsky, D., Nitkiewicz, J., & Yi, H. (2006, Aug). Effects of exposure time and pH on inactivating HIV-1 in crack injection. Presented at the XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, CA. Abstract #TUPE0385.

Clatts, M. C., Le, G. M., Goldsamt, L. A., & Yi, H. (2006, Aug). Identification of new sources of HIV transmission in young IDU’s in Vietnam. Presented at the XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, CA. Abstract #TUPE0386.

Braine, N., Acker, C., Goldblatt, C., Yi, H., Friedman, S., & Des Jarlais, D.C. (2006, Aug). Historical factors shaping drug user networks. Presented at the 56th Society for the Study of Social Problems, Montreal, Canada.

Braine, N., Yi, H., Friedman, S., Goldblatt, C. & Des Jarlais, D.C. (2006, April). Description of Syringe distribution networks in medium sized US city. Presented at the 17th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm, Vancouver, Canada.

Yi, H. (2005, Nov). Human rights and health disparities among people living with HIV/AIDS in Korea. Presented at the National Human Rights Commission of Korea. Seoul, Korea. [Invited Lecture]

Yi, H. (2005, Nov). Mainstreaming LGBTQ rights and health in queer politics. Presented at the 2005 International Dialogue on Sexuality, Gender, HIV/AIDS, and Human Rights: Focused on Asia. Seoul, Korea.

Yi, H. (2005, July). No more déjà vu: Western nostalgia meets eastern queerness. Presented at the 1st International Conference on Sexuality, Gender, and Rights in Asia. Bangkok, Thailand.

Yi, H. (2005, June). A decade of social organizations movement toward sexual equality in Korea. Presented at the 5th International Association for The Study Of Sexuality, Culture and Society Conference. San Francisco, USA.

Yi, H. (2004, Nov) “We are not everywhere”: Sexual minority politics in Korea. Presented at the 1st Korean Sexual-Minority Culture and Rights Center Symposium, Seoul, Korea.

Clatts, M. C., Yi, H., Goldsamt, L. A., & Messina, M. (2004, Nov). Sero-sorting and sexual practices among HIV+ MSM in NYC: Implications for epidemiology and prevention of HIV. Oral presentation will be given at the 132nd Annual Meeting of American Public Health Association, Washington, DC. Abstract #86047.

Yi, H., Han, C. Y., Song, S. H., & Lee, J. (2004, July). Sexual health policy and practice: View from a decade of sexual minorities rights movements in Korea. Presented at the 15th International AIDS Conference, Bangkok Thailand. Abstract #ThPeE7955.

Shidlo, A., Baney, M., & Yi, H. (2004. July). Attitudes toward unprotected anal intercourse: Assessing HIV-negative gay or bisexual men. Presented at the 15th International AIDS Conference, Bangkok Thailand. Abstract #WePeC6147.

Yi, H., Shidlo, A., & Koegel, H. (2004, July). Thematic analysis of HIV-negative identity and sexual risk among gay men in New York City. Presented at the 15th International AIDS Conference, Bangkok Thailand.

Yi, H. (2004, May). A decade of queer formation/movements in South Korea (1995 – 2004). Presented at the Queer Matters Conference, King’s College, London, UK.

Yi, H., Shidlo, A., & Koegel, H. M. (2003, May) “Constant” and “consistent” in sexuality: Construct analyses of HIV-negative identity among gay men. Presented at the 10th Society for Research on Identity Formation, Vancouver, Canada.

Han, C., & Yi, H. (2003, Apr). Understanding lesbian, gay, and bisexual youths. Presented and published at the conference of Homosexuality, Freedom of Expression and Youth, Youth Protection Committee, Sejong Cultural Center, Seoul, Korea.

Gwadz, M., Clatts, M., Yi, H., Goldsamt, L., & Lankenau, S.E. (2002, Nov) Risk and resilience among street involved young men who have sex with men. Presented at the 130th American Public Health Association Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Yi, H. (2002, Nov). “What’s HIV-negative got to do with it?” Dimensions of HIV-negative gay/bi male experience. Presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Montreal, Canada.

Han, C., & Yi, H. (2002, Oct). Nature of discrimination against sexual minorities and its resolution. Presented and published at the BK 21 Conference, “Sexual Minority: Difference, Discrimination, and Human Rights”, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

Yi, H. (2002, July). Online censorship and the impact on community: A response to Korea's internet content filtering ordinance. Presented at the 52nd International Communication Association Conference, Seoul, Korea.

Koegel, H. M., Yi, H., Godfrey, C. J., Shidlo, A., & Dalit, B. J. (2002, July). Impacts of HAART on perceptions of HIV risk and sexual behavior of gay and bisexual men in New York City. Presented at the 14th International AIDS Conference, Barcelona, Spain.

Koegel, H. M., Godfrey, C. J., Yi, H., Shidlo, A., & Dalit, B. J. (2002, July). Negative thinking: A model HIV/STI prevention peer counseling program for gay/bisexual men. Presented at the 14th International AIDS Conference, Barcelona, Spain.

Godfrey, C. J., Koegel, H. M., Yi, H., Shidlo, A., & Dalit, B. J. (2002, July). What I mean is...:The content of HIV risk counseling sessions with gay/bisexual men. Presented at the 14th International AIDS Conference, Barcelona, Spain.

Welle, D. L, Clatts, M. C. & Yi, H. (2002, July). Globalization and market-level sources of risk among YMSM in New York City. Presented at the 14th International AIDS Conference, Barcelona, Spain.

Yi, H. (2002, April). Histography of sexual identity construction in South Korea. Presented at the G2002: Globalizations: Cultural, Economic, Democratic, University of Maryland, MD.

Yi, H., Koegel, H. M., Godfrey, C. J., Shidlo, & Dalit, B. J. (2001, Dec). Impacts of HAART on the sexual behavior and perception of HIV risk among gay and bisexual men in New York City. Poster Presented at the CDC Eastern Region Meeting, New York.

Yi, H. (2001, Nov). The construction of Korean sexual identities in the era of post-war and globalization. Presented at the 100th American Anthropological Association Conference, Washington, DC.

Yi, H. (2001, Aug). Asian regional report on the status of LGBT. Presented in the symposium of Sexual Orientation and Mental Health: Toward global perspectives on practice and policy at the 106th American Psychological Association Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Taub, A., Beric, B., Yi, H., & Honda, K. (2001, May). Reviewing the evidence on the effectiveness of health education: Methodological considerations. Presented at the 2nd International Symposium on the Effectiveness of Health Promotion, Toronto, Canada. 

Yi, H. (2000, Aug). Homophile yet homophobic: 3 year Internet counseling experience for Korean lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals. Presented at the Discussion of Division 44 of the 105th American Psychological Association Conference, Washington, DC.

Yi, H., & Newman, R. (2000, May). “Read who I am”: Sexual intimacy and body image in transgendered people. Presented at the Eastern Region 23rd Annual Meeting of The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Philadelphia, PA.

Yi, H. (1999, Aug). Ethonosexual mythology and its interpretation: Sexual identity and stereotyping vs. stereotypes among East Asian gay men. Presented at the 14th World Congress of Sexology, Hong Kong.

Yi, H. (1998, Nov). Growing up lesbian, gay, or bisexual in Korea: Historical aspect of homosexuality, sexual Identity, and mental health issues. Paper presented at the 5th Asian Congress of Sexology Conference, Seoul, Korea