Simin Yu

Simin Yu

PhD Candidate
Arts, Design & Architecture
Centre for Social Research in Health

Supervisors: Timothy Broady, Marin Holt

Simin Yu is currently a PhD candidate at the Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW, and she is also a registered nurse in China. Her research focus is HIV prevention among gay and bisexual men, particularly key sub-populations including university students and migrants. She has nursing and public health backgrounds. She also has research experience in health policy, including health development assistance among China, Africa countries and Pacific Islands.

  • HIV Prevention
  • AIDS Care
  • Sexual Health
  • Mixed Method Research
  • Scale design and validation of reliability and validity
  • Yu S, Cross W, Lam L, Banik B, Li X, Zhang K, Wang H. Willingness, preferred ways and potential barriers to use pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men in China. BMJ Open 2021;11: e053634.
  • Wang H#, Yu S#, Cross W, Lam L, Banik B, Zhang K. Condom Use Consistency and Associated Factors Among College Student Men Who Have Sex with Men from Seven Colleges in Changsha City: A Cross-Sectional Survey. HIV AIDS (Auckl). 2021 May 18; 13:557-569. (# Contributed equally)
  • Tang C, Goldsamt LA, Yu S, Zhao T, Wang H. Psychological pathways to HIV-related posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among people living with HIV in China: the mediating role of rumination. AIDS Care. 2022;1–5.
  • Fan X, Wang Y, Yu S. World Bank global health security cooperation strategy and enlightenment. Chinese Journal of Health Policy. 2022,15(04):67-74. (Chinese article)
  • Wang H, Yu S, Li X, Zhang K. Social and Sexual Networks among College Student men who have sex with men (MSM): A Cross-sectional Survey. Health Vocational Education. 2020,38(23):130-133. (Chinese article)
  • Wang H, Pang X, Yu S, Li X, Zhang K. The association between social network characteristic and multiple sexual partners among MSM college students. Practical Prevention Medicine. 2021,28(09):1035-1040. (Chinese article)