MD - University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ
Pediatrics, Boston Combined Residency Program, Urban Health and Advocacy Track - Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA (Chief Resident)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National Clinician Scholars Program - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics
MPH - Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Tucson, AZ
Attending Pediatrician
Faculty Lead for Community Core, Center for Health Equity
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
He Y. Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on food security in early childhood. Current Opinion in Pediatrics. 2023;35(1):22-27. doi:10.1097/MOP.0000000000001179.
He Y, Leventhal JM, Gaither JR, Jones EA, Kistin CJ. Trends from 2005 to 2018 in Child Maltreatment Outcomes with Caregivers’ Substance Use. Child Abuse and Neglect. 2022;131:105781. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105781
He Y and Vinci RJ. Uncertainty in the COVID-19 pandemic and the art of medicine. Pediatrics. 2021;147(5):e2020042937. doi:10.1452/peds.2020-042937.
Sinko L, He Y, and Tolliver D. Recognizing the Role of Healthcare Providers in Dismantling the Traumato- Prison Pipeline. Pediatrics. 2021;147(5):e2020035915. doi:10.1542/peds.2020-035915
Sinko L, He Y, Kishton R, Ortiz R, Jacobs L, Fingerman M. “The stay at home order is causing things to get heated up”: Changes in family conflict dynamics from the perspectives of youth calling a national child abuse hotline. Journal of Family Violence. 2021. doi:10.1007/s10896-021-00290-5
He Y, Ortiz R, Kishton R, Wood JN, Fingerman M, Jacobs L, Sinko L. In Their Own Words: Children's Perceptions of Caregiver Stress During Early COVID-19. Child Abuse & Neglect. 2021;124:105452. Doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105452
Perdomo J, Tolliver D, Hsu H, He Y, et al. Health Equity Rounds: An interdisciplinary case conference to address implicit bias and structural racism for faculty and trainees. MedEdPORTAL. 2019;15:10858. doi:10.15766/mep_2374_8265.10858.
Sobti D, Cueto M, He Y. A public health achievement under adversity: the eradication of poliomyelitis from Peru, 1991. American Journal of Public Health. 2014;104(12):29298-305. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301995.
He Y, Zarychta A, Ranz JB, Carroll M, Singleton LM, Wilson PM, Schlaudecker EP. Childhood immunization rates in rural Intibucá, Honduras: an analysis of a local database tool and community health center records for assessing and improving vaccine coverage. BMC Public Health. 2012;1056. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1056.
He Y, Chaiyachati B, Matone M, Bastos S, Kallem S, Mehta A, Wood J. Plans of Safe Care: Perspectives of Birth Parents with Substance-Exposed Infants. Poster presented at: American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, Anaheim, CA. 10/9/2022.
He Y, Ortiz R, Kishton R, Fingerman M, Jacobs L, Sinko L. "In Their Own Words: Children's Perceptions of Caregiver Stress During COVID-19." Platform presented at: AcademyHealth Annual Meeting, Virtual. 6/14/2021.
He Y, Whittaker J, Kellom K, Williams S, Gerdes M, Dechert T, Matone M. “Caregivers’ Attitudes and Preferences Regarding Childcare Options.” Highlighted e-Poster presented at: Pediatric Academic Societies, Virtual Meeting. 5/3/2021.
Ortiz R, He Y, Kishton R, Sinko L, Fingerman M, Moreland D, Venkataramani A, Wood J. “Answering the Call: Assessing trends of child abuse helpline inquiries in the wake of COVID-19.” Platform presented at: Helfer Society Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ. 4/1/2021>
He Y, Jones EA, Leventhal JM, Gaither JR, Kistin CJ. “National Trends in Child Maltreatment Outcomes with Caregiver Substance Use.” Platform presented at: Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. 4/30/2019.
Gathers C, Nash K, Gomez A, Luercio M, Mateo C, Ruiz J, Aiyanyor B, Tolliver D, He Y, Michelson K, Fleisher G, Vinci R. “Stating the Obvious: The Boston Combined Residency Program’s (BCRP) Second Look Day for Underrepresented Minority in Medicine Applicants.” Platform presented at: Association of Pediatric Program Directors Meeting, New Orleans, LA. 3/26/2019.
He Y, Jones EA, Leventhal JM, Gaither JR, Kistin CJ. “National Trends in Child Maltreatment Outcomes with Caregiver Substance Use.” Platform presented at: Academic Pediatric Association Region 1 Meeting, Waltham, MA. 3/17/2019.
Terplan M, He Y, Monroe D. “Caring for Maternal-Infant Dyads Impacted by Addiction.” Michigan Public Health Institute, Michigan. 11/2/2022.
Chiesa A, Kistin C, He Y, Tolliver D, and Riley A. “Safe and Effective Child Discipline: Helping families respond to negative child behavior in culturally-sensitive ways without physical discipline.” Child Abuse/Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics Combined Special Interest Group. Workshop presented at Pediatric Academic Societies, Denver, CO. 4/23/2022.
James A, Torres C, Servattalab S, Martin S, Gundewar A, Blanchard A, He Y. “Health Equity Rounds: Exploring racial disproportionality in child welfare.” Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatrics, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Boston MA. 5/4/2021.
He Y. “Keeping it Salient: CASPR2 Syndrome.” Case of the Week, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA. 3/1/2019.
Alizadeh F, Power-Hays A, Rainer T, Zheng D, He Y. “Health Equity Rounds: Historical Context of Substance Use Epidemics.” Grand Rounds, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston MA. 1/4/2019.
2021, ACGME David C. Leach Award, Boston University School of Medicine
2020, Robert J. Vinci Award, Boston Medical Center
2019, Benjamin Siegel Award for Excellent Medical Student Teaching, Boston Medical Center
2019, Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award, Boston University School of Medicine
2019, Gold Humanism Honor Society, Boston University School of Medicine
2018, Resident Investigator Award (Young Investigator Award), Academic Pediatric Association
2017, Fred Lovejoy Housestaff Research Award, Boston Combined Residency Program
2016, Hugh C. Thompson Award in Pediatrics, University of Arizona College of Medicine
2015, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, University of Arizona College of Medicine
2015, Medical Award of Excellence, University of Arizona College of Medicine
2012, Clinical Rural Health Fellowship, University of Arizona College of Medicine
2010, Parker Huang Travel Fellowship, Yale University
2021-present, Journal of Pediatrics, Ad-hoc reviewer
2020-present, Pediatrics, Ad-hoc reviewer
2020-present, Society for Pediatric Research
2016-present, Academic Pediatric Association
2016-present, American Academy of Pediatrics
2022-present, Child Health Policy Advisor, Division of Maternal, Child, and Family Health, Philadelphia Department of Public Health
2020-present, Director of Fetal and Infant Mortality Review – Substance-Exposed Newborns, City of Philadelphia Department of Public Health
2020-present, City of Philadelphia Department of Human Services, Racial Disproportionality Workgroup
2020-present, City of Philadelphia, Plans of Safe Care Steering Committee