Vision care coverage policy and vision health outcomes
Education & Training History
MD, West China University of Medical Sciences, China
PhD, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Postdoc, Karolinska Institute, Sweden & the University of Western Ontario, Canada
Other Affiliations
Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto
Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto
Primary Teaching Responsibilities
Honours & Awards
The 4th ICPC/HSFC/CCS Fellowship in Preventive Cardiology 2004/2005, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Current Research Projects
2011-2013: CIHR “Do different provincial and territorial government vision health insurance policies generate different vision health outcomes? A cross-sectional and longitudinal study.” PI.
2011-2013: CNIB and the Glaucoma Research Society of Canada. “The impact of glaucoma on social role participation”. PI.
2010-2013: Kensington Eye Institute. “Has Patient Choice Emerged as an Important Factor in Determining Wait Time for Cataract Surgery 6 years after the Wait Time Initiatives?” PI.
2009-2014: The Glaucoma Research Society of Canada and the Dean’s Fund. “Awareness and Knowledge of Glaucoma amongest Black People in Toronto.” PI.
2008-2012: CNIB (EA Baker New Researcher Grant) and the Glaucoma Research Society of Canada. “A Pilot Study to Assess the Validity of Self-reported Glaucoma in Canadians.” PI.
2004-2006: Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. “Additional counseling support for vascular risk factors control: preventing stroke and dementia.”
Representative Publications
Buys YM and Jin YP. Socioeconomic status as a risk factor for late presentation of glaucoma in Canada. Can J Ophthalmol. In press. 2012.
Jin YP, Chow A, Colpa L, Wong AMF. Clinical Translation of Recommendations from Randomized Clinical Trials on Patching Regimen for Amblyopia. Ophthalmology. In press. 2012.
Xu K, Trope GE, Buncic R, Jin YP. Eye Care Utilization amongst Canadian Adolescents: Evidence of Reduced Access from the Canadian Community Health Survey. Can J Ophthalmol. 2012;47(3):211-6.
Jin YP, Buys YM, Wendy Hatch, Trope GE. De-insurance in Ontario has reduced utilization of eye care services by the socially disadvantaged. Can J Ophthalmol. 2012;47:203–10.
Jin YP and Trope GE. Eye Care Utilization in Canada: Disparity in the Public Funded Health Care System. Can J Ophthalmol. 2011;46(2):133-8.
Trope GE and Jin YP. Canaloplasty for Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: Long-Term Outcome. Evidence-Based Ophthalmology. 2011; 12(3):148-9.
Jin YP and Wong DT. Self-reported Visual Impairment in Elderly Canadians and Its Impact on Health Living. Can J Ophthalmol. 2008;43(4):407-13.
Jin YP, Ostbye T, Feightner JW, Di Legge S, Hachinski V. Joint effect of stroke and APOE 4 on dementia risk: The Canadian Study of Health and Aging. Neurology. 2008;70(1):9-16.
Jin YP, de Pedro-Cuesta J, Söderström M, Stawiarz L, Link H. Seasonal patterns in optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis: a meta-analysis. J Neurol Sci 2000;181(1-2):56-64.