Anita Yuan, PhD
Associate Director, EHR Core, Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research
About
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine’s Statistics Core at the David Geffen School of Medicine in the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The Statistics Core provides statistical collaboration to researchers across UCLA and other research institutions. My methodological expertise includes working with VA EHR data, biomedical informatics, health systems evaluation and leading quantitative research projects using large scale datasets. I have extensive experience helping investigators navigate VA data-use agreements, select appropriate data sources and data domains within CDW, and successfully work in SQL, VINCI and Linux SAS Grid Environments to extract and process VA and non-VA data sources. I have contributed to study design, cohort definition, data extraction, data processing, data management and analysis on local and national projects. I am a nationally recognized expert in extracting VA data and processing it for operational needs and research studies examining race/ethnic disparities, access to care, and health system factors in the areas of cancer, diabetes, hypertension, complementary and alternative medicine, influenza vaccination, women’s health and homelessness. As a co-I for this project, I will be contributing my expertise in use of large VA administrative datasets, CDW data acquisition and extraction, linking to non-CDW datasets, and working within VINCI environment, and creating an analytic data file.
Education and Degree(s)
Ph.D. in Sociology
University of California, Los Angeles
Completed: June 2010
M.A. in Sociology
University of California, Los Angeles
Completed: June 2005
M.P.H. in Community Health Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles
Completed: June 2000
B.S. in Biochemistry
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Completed: December 1996
Postdoctoral Training in Health Services
HSR&D Center of Excellence, Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior
VA Greater Los Angeles (GLA), California
Completed: January 2013
Publications
Walling AM, Lorenz KA, Yuan A, O'Hanlon CE, McClean M, Ljungberg BF, Giannitrapani KF, Bozkurt S, Anand S, Glaspy J, Wenger NS, Lindvall C. Creating a Learning Health System in a Cancer Center: Generalizability of an Electronic Health Record Phenotype for Advanced Solid Cancer. JCO Oncol Pract. 2025 Mar;21(3):373-379. doi: 10.1200/OP.24.00389. Epub 2024 Oct 10. PMID: 39388652
Shannon EM, Chen L, Yuan A, Chary A, Gabrielian S, Eisenman DP, Washington DL. Extreme Heat, Social Factors, and Mortality Among California Veterans With Cardiometabolic Disease. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Nov 3;8(11):e2545524. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.45524. PMID: 41288973; PMCID: PMC12648351
Lind KE, Wong MS, Frochen SE, Yuan AH, Washington DL. Variation in Hypertension Control by Race and Ethnicity, and Geography in US Veterans. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Jan 21;14(2):e035682. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.123.035682. Epub 2025 Jan 10. PMID: 39791424; PMCID: PMC12054423
Frochen S, Wong MS, Neil Steers W, Yuan A, Saliba D, Washington DL. Differential associations of mask mandates on COVID-19 infection and mortality by community social vulnerability. Am J Infect Control. 2024 Feb;52(2):152-158. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2023.06.011. Epub 2023 Jun 19. PMID: 37343677; PMCID: PMC10278893
Haderlein TP, Yuan AH, Wong MS, Moy E, Jones KT, Washington DL. Racial/ethnic Variation in Veterans Health Administration COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake. Am J Prev Med. 2022 Apr;62(4):596-601. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2021.08.027. Epub 2021 Oct 21. PMID: 34782188; PMCID: PMC8529259
Faiz J, Toyama J, Yuan AH, Jackson N, Patel N, Zhao L, Vashi AA, Fermin P, Washington DL, Cordasco KM. Assessing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Receipt of Tele-Emergency Care. Med Care. 2025 Nov 1;63(11):866-874. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000002207. Epub 2025 Sep 10. PMID: 40971558; PMCID: PMC12509442
Cordasco KM, Gable AR, Tan GJ, Yuan AH, Yip K, Khafaf M, Hays RD, Faiz JP, Chawla N, Ganz DA. Veteran knowledge, perceptions, and receipt of care following visits to VA emergency departments for ambulatory care sensitive conditions Acad Emerg Med. 2023 Apr;30(4):252-261. doi: 10.1111/acem.14649. Epub 2023 Jan 27. PMID: 36578158.
Cordasco KM, Yuan AH, Aoki K, Ganz DA. Patients' needs following emergency care for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions. Am J Manag Care. 2022 May;28(5):232-236. doi: 10.37765/ajmc.2022.89145. PMID: 35546587.
Tcheung LS, Cordasco KM, Danz M, Jackson L, Yuan A, Lee ML, Washington DL. Quality of Care for Women with Urinary Incontinence in the Veterans Health Administration. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Sep;36(9):2900-2902. doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06196-0. Epub 2020 Sep 15. PMID: 32935317; PMCID: PMC8390702
Cordasco KM, Yuan AH, Danz MJ, Farmer MM, Jackson L, Yee EF, Washington DL. Guideline Adherence of Veterans Health Administration Primary Care for Abnormal Uterine Bleeding. Womens Health Issues. 2019 Mar-Apr;29(2):144-152. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2018.12.004. Epub 2019 Feb 2. PMID: 30723059
Cordasco KM, Yuan AH, Danz MJ, Jackson L, Yee EF, Tcheung LS, Washington DL. Veterans Health Administration Primary Care Provider Adherence to Prescribing Guidelines for Systemic Hormone Therapy in Menopausal Women. J Healthc Qual. 2019 Mar/Apr;41(2):99-109. doi: 10.1097/JHQ.0000000000000183. PMID: 30839493