Biography
Ms Yuchen Xie is a Research Associate at the Centre for Social Research in Health and the Social Policy Research Centre.
Prior to this role, Yuchen was a Scientia PhD Candidate in the School of Psychology at UNSW, where she researched equitable access to aged care. She has recently submitted her PhD thesis on navigating aged care services from the consumer perspective. Before her PhD training at UNSW, she worked on various research projects on...view more
Ms Yuchen Xie is a Research Associate at the Centre for Social Research in Health and the Social Policy Research Centre.
Prior to this role, Yuchen was a Scientia PhD Candidate in the School of Psychology at UNSW, where she researched equitable access to aged care. She has recently submitted her PhD thesis on navigating aged care services from the consumer perspective. Before her PhD training at UNSW, she worked on various research projects on health policy and health services research in the United States and Singapore.
Yuchen is an interdisciplinary researcher interested in ageing, health promotion, psychology, and health services research. Her research employs both qualitative and quantitative methods to address three broad research areas:
- Equitable access to health/aged care services
- Application of digital technology, such as AI, in healthcare
- Barriers to accessing healthcare services faced by vulnerable communities, including those from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
My Qualifications
Scientia PhD Candidate (Psychology, 2020-2024, University of New South Wales)
Master of Science in Public Health (2015-2017, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)
Bachelor of Arts in Health Promotion (Minor in Psychology, 2011-2015, University of Iowa)
My Awards
2023, Runner-Up Prize of the Australian Association of Gerontology NSW Student & Early Career Group Publication Award
2022, Best Poster Award at the Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) Annual Workshop
2022, Student Poster Winner at the 2022 Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Population Aging Conference
2020-2024, University of New South Wales, Scientia PhD Scholarship - Interdisciplinary Research
2019, SingHealth SGH 23rd Annual Scientific Meeting, Young Investigator’s Award – Health Service Research
Location
John Goodsell Building
UNSW Sydney, Kensington NSW 2052
Contact
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4838-7681