Alcohol Research Group

  • Yu Ye, MA

  • Biostatistician

  • Email

    yye@arg.org

  • Phone

    510-898-5856

  • Expertise

    Statistical modeling of multilevel, longitudinal and panel data, evaluation of causality and selection bias, relative risk and attributable fraction estimates of acute event such as injury
Current Projects
Completed Projects
Selected Publications
  • Cherpitel C.J., Ye Y., Andreuccetti G., Stockwell T., Vallance K., Chow C., Brubacher J.R. (2017). Risk of injury from alcohol, marijuana and other drug use among emergency department patients. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 174 121-127 Abstract or Full Text
  • Ye, Y., Kerr, W.C. (2016). Estimated increase in cross-border purchases by Washington residents following liquor privatization and implications for alcohol consumption trends. Addiction, 111 (11) 1948-1953 Abstract or Full Text
  • Cherpitel, C.J., Ye Y., Kerr, W.C. (2016). Relationship of usual volume and heavy consumption to risk of alcohol-related injury: racial/ethnic disparities in four U.S. National Alcohol Surveys. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 77 (1) 58-67 Abstract or Full Text
  • Cherpitel, C.J., Ye, Y., Bond, J., Borge,s G., Monteiro, M., Chou, P., Hao, W. (2015). Alcohol attributable fraction for injury morbidity from the dose-response relationship of acute alcohol consumption: emergency department data from 18 countries. Addiction, 110 (11) 1724-1732 Abstract or Full Text
  • Kerr W.C., Ye Y., Cherpitel C.J. (2015). Racial/ethnic disparities in the risk of injury related to the frequency of heavy drinking occasions. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 50 (5) 573-578 Abstract or Full Text
  • Cherpitel, C.J., Ye, Y. (2015). Risky drinking, alcohol use disorders and health services utilization in the U.S. general population: data from the 2005 and 2010 National Alcohol Surveys. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 39 (9) 1698-1704. Abstract or Full Text
  • Cherpitel, C.J., Ye, Y. (2015). Performance of the RAPS4/RAPS4-QF for DSM-5 compared to DSM-IV alcohol use disorders in the general population: data from the 2000-2010 National Alcohol Surveys. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 151 258-261 Abstract or Full Text
  • Cherpitel C.J., Ye Y., Bond J., Borges G., Monteiro M. (2015). Relative risk of injury from acute alcohol consumption: modeling the dose-response relationship in emergency department data from 18 countries. Addiction, 110 (2) 279-88 Abstract or Full Text
  • Cherpitel, C.J., Ye, Y. (2014). Differences in risk of injury in the U.S. general population by injury treatment type: data from the 1995-2010 National Alcohol Surveys. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 38 1094-1099 Abstract or Full Text
  • Andreuccetti G., Carvalho H.B., Cherpitel C.J., Ye Y., Leyton V. (2014). [Letter] Rethinking the debate on drinking and driving laws in Sao Paulo: response to the letter by Volpe and Fantoni.. Addiction, Abstract or Full Text
  • Cherpitel, C.J., Ye, Y., Bond, J., Stockwell, T., Vallance, K., Martin, G., Brubacher, J., MacPherson, A. (2014). Risk of injury from drinking: the difference which study design makes. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 38 235-240 Abstract or Full Text
  • Greenfield T.K., Ye Y., Bond J., Kerr W.C., Nayak M.B., Kaskutas L.A., Anton, R.E., Litten, R.Z., Kranzler, H.R. (2014). Risks of alcohol use disorders related to drinking patterns in the US general population. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 75 (2) 319-327 Abstract or Full Text
  • Greenfield TK, Nayak MB, Bond J, Kerr WC, Ye Y (2014). Test-retest reliability and validity of life-course alcohol consumption measures: the 2005 National Alcohol Survey follow-up. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 38 (9) 2479-87 Abstract or Full Text
  • Ye Y, Bond J, Cherpitel CJ, Borges G, Monteiro M, Vallance K. (2013). Evaluating recall bias in a case-crossover design estimating risk of injury related to alcohol: data from six countries. Drug and Alcohol Review, 32 (5) 512-518 Abstract or Full Text
  • Ye Y, Bond J, Cherpitel CJ, Stockwell T, Macdonald S, Rehm J. (2013). Risk of injury due to alcohol: evaluating potential bias using the case-crossover usual-frequency method. Epidemiology, 24 (2) 240-243 Abstract or Full Text
  • Ye, Y., Bond J., Schmidt, L.A., Mulia, N., & Tam, T.W. (2012). Towards a better understanding of when to apply propensity scoring: a comparison with conventional regression in ethnic disparities research. Annals of Epidemiology, 22 (10) 691-697 Abstract or Full Text
  • Cherpitel, C.J. & Ye, Y. (2012). Multi-level analysis of alcohol-related injury and drinking pattern: emergency department data from 19 countries. Addiction, 107 1263-1272 Abstract or Full Text
  • Cherpitel, C.J., Ye, Y., Bond, J., Room, R., & Borges, G. (2012). Attribution of alcohol to violence-related injury: self and others drinking in the event. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 73 (2) 227-287 Abstract or Full Text
  • Ye, Y. & Kerr, W. C. (2011). Alcohol and liver cirrhosis mortality: comparison of methods for the analyses of time-series panel data models in the US. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 35 (1) 108-115 Abstract or Full Text
  • Borges, G., Ye, Y., Cherpitel, C. J., Bond, J., Cremonte, M., Moskalewicz, J., Swiatkiewicz, G., & Rubio-Stipec, M. (2010). The dimensionality of alcohol use disorders and alcohol consumption in a cross-national perspective. Addiction, 105 (2) 240-254 Abstract or Full Text
  • Kerr, W. C. & Ye, Y. (2010). Relationship of life-course drinking patterns to diabetes, heart problems, and hypertension among those 40 and older in the U.S. National Alcohol Survey. ournal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 71 515-525 Abstract or Full Text
  • Ye, Y., Kaskutas, & L.A. (2009). Using propensity scores to adjust for selection bias when assessing the effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous in observational studies. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 104 56-64 Abstract or Full Text
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