Elizabeth Yano, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor of Health Services Department of Health Services UCLA School of Public Health Box 951772 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772 E-mail: elizabeth.yano@med.va.gov

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Biographical Information

Elizabeth (Becky) Yano, PhD, MSPH is Adjunct Professor of Health Services and Senior Scientist and Co-Director of the VA HSR&D Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System. Trained in health care epidemiology, biostatistics and health policy at UCLA and RAND, Dr. Yano has over 25 years’ experience in health services research and program evaluation. She recently received the VA HSR&D Research Career Scientist Award for outstanding accomplishment in health services research and is a nationally recognized expert on organizational factors influencing quality of care and system performance, with a focus on primary care, prevention, depression, and women’s health. Her work has led to the creation of a unique set of organizational datasets that span more than a decade of VA’s quality transformation, enabling empirical assessment of factors that distinguish high and low performing health care organizations. Dr. Yano has also led evaluations of the organizational context for and impacts of implementing evidence-based practice. At UCLA, she teaches Evaluation of Health Services in the Executive MPH for Health Services Management & Policy, where she has been twice awarded Professor of the Year. Dr. Yano is also co-director of the VA HSR&D Associated Health Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and UCLA NRSA Primary Care Fellowship Program , in addition to serving as a member of the Research Advisory Board and a faculty mentor/advisor in the UCLA RWJ Clinical Scholars Program and VA Health Services Research and Women’s Health Fellowship Programs.

Selected Publications

1. Yano EM, Rubenstein LV, Farmer MF, Chernof BA, Mittman BS, Lanto AB, Simon BF, Lee ML, Sherman SE. Targeting primary care referrals to smoking cessation clinics does not improve quit rates: Implementing evidence-based interventions into practice. Health Services Research, 2008; [in press].

2. Yano EM. Influence of health care organizational factors on implementation research: QUERI Series. Implementation Science, 2008; 3:29.

3. Yano EM, Simon BF, Lanto AB, Rubenstein LV. The evolution of changes in primary care delivery underlying the Veterans Health Administration’s quality transformation. Am J Public Health, 2007;97(12):2151-2159.

4. Yano EM, Soban LM, Parkerton PH, Etzioni DA. Primary care practice organization influences colorectal cancer screening performance. Health Services Research, 2007; 48(3):1130-1149.

5. Yano EM, Goldzweig C, Canelo I, Washington DL. Diffusion of innovation in women’s health care delivery: The Department of Veterans Affairs’ adoption of women’s health clinics. Women’s Health Issues, 2006; 16(5):226-235.

6. Kochevar L, Yano EM. Understanding organizational needs and context: Beyond performance gaps. J Gen Intern Med. 2006;21(Suppl 2):S25-29.

7. Yano EM, Bastian L, Frayne S, Howell A, Lipson L, McGlynn G, Seaver M, Spungen A, Fihn SD. Toward a VA women’s health research agenda: Setting evidence-based priorities to improve the health and health care of women veterans. J Gen Intern Med. 2006;21(Suppl 3):S93-101.

8. Yano EM, Asch S, Phillips B, Anaya H, Bowman C, Chang S, Bozzette S. Organization and management of care for military veterans with HIV/AIDS in Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. Military Medicine, 2005, 170(11):952-959.

9. Soban LM, Yano EM. The impact of primary care resource sufficiency on prevention performance. J Ambul Care Manag, 2005;28(3):231-243.

10. Jackson GL, Yano EM, Edelman D, Krein SL, Ibrahim MA, Carey TS, Lee SYD, Hartmann KE, Dudley TK, Weinberger M. Veterans Affairs primary care organizational characteristics associated with better diabetes control. Am J Manag Care, 2005;11:225-237.