Description
Dr. Yu is an associate professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, and an associate scientist at Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital. Dr. Yu’s research interests focuses on the role of patient and clinician behaviour change within knowledge translation for chronic disease management. She is particularly interested in the development of innovative strategies for continuing professional development and patient engagement in diabetes care. Dr. Yu has led projects that explore these strategies through the curation of online, interactive self-management and shared decision-making tools, empathy-based educational comics, insulin order sets, computer-based simulators and innovative educational tools and resources on knowledge, behavior change, clinical and psychological outcomes. She is fascinated about the impact of diverse social identities on experiences in health care and health care delivery. She has received several awards in innovation and interprofessional education as well as national peer-reviewed funding.
