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The Founding College of the University of Toronto
Minhui Yang, Smiling at the camera, wearing black glasses and a grey shirt.

Minhui Yang

Sessional Lecturer
Health Studies
Sessional Lecturer
647-332-9114

Minhui Yang (She/They) is a PhD Candidate in Social and Behavioural Health Sciences at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. Her doctoral research study (Keeping Well 2022) takes the lenses of feminist and critical social theories to investigate how older Chinese immigrants take care of themselves in everyday life in the Great Toronto Area. Minhui received her Master's degree in Global Health from Duke University in 2015.

Minhui's current research interests are centred on the care practices of people, and how community-based and mutual care practices influence the overall well-being of people in different circumstances, especially transnational ones. Her recent publications include two articles inspired by global Chinese people's mutual aid and care activities during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Minhui has also participated in research projects on HIV-related behavioural health in both Canada and China, focusing on marginalized populations including HIV mixed-status couples and men who have sex with men.

Education

  • PhD, University of Toronto
  • MA, Duke University
  • BA, Renmin University of China

Publications

  • Yang, M. Virtual mutual care practices of Chinese people amid censorship during the initial COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China. International Journal of Care and Caring. 
  • Yang, M., Li, C., Zou, K., Liang, Y., Zhang, R., Tang, K. (2023). “They have their own people”: emotional connections, community belonging, and Chinese gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) college students’ needs for sexual health support. Plos One.
  • Yang, M., Daftary, A., Mendelsohn, J., Ryan, M., Bullock, S., Bisallon, L., Bourne, A., Lebouché, B., Thompson, T., Calzavara, L. (2022). "Live a normal life": Constructions of resilience among people in mixed HIV status relationships in Canada. Plos One.
  • Ryan, M., Mendelsohn, J., Daftary, A., Yang, M., Bullock, S., Lebouché, B., Calzavara, L. & Positive Plus One Team (2022). Dual pharmaceutical citizenship: Exploring biomedicalization in the daily lives of mixed HIV-serostatus couples in Canada. Social Science & Medicine, 114863.
  • (Co-first author) Zhang, J., Yang, M., Sui, Z. (2021). Virtual care facing the COVID-19 outbreak in China. International Journal of Care and Caring, 6(1-2), 275-281   
  • (Co-first author) Liu, Y., Yang, M., Zhao, C., Tan, S., & Tang, K. (2019). Self-identified sexual orientations and high-risk sexual behaviours among Chinese youth. BMJ sexual & reproductive health, 45(4), 255-262.
  • Chen, L., & Yang, M. (2018). New opportunities for China in global health. The Lancet Global Health, 6(7), e722-e723.