Min Xi
Research Coordinator
Min is a part-time research assistant with the lab. Min is also a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto, and is supported by a CIHR Doctoral Award. She is interested in studying how economic analyses and health technology assessment can help the implementation of new interventions in various populations. She is similarly interested in the translation of research into health policies to improve the quality of life of individuals. She started working with the team during her undergraduate studies in September 2018. Min is leading the following two research projects with the team:
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the HIV prevalence and the number of sexual partners of clients and non-paying male partners of female sex workers across countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
- A systematic review of economic evaluations of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis.
She has presented her work from these two projects at the International AIDS Conference and her work has informed the UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV Estimation and Modeling. Min is currently writing up the papers from these two projects as the lead author.
In 2021, Min joined the Ottawa Health Research Institute as a part-time research assistant with Dr. Kednapa Thavorn, Dr. Alice Zwerling, and Dr. Mishra to lead another two studies with our team:
- Characterizing the temporal and population-specific pattern of the health system costs related to HIV in Ontario, using health-administrative data and the Ontario Cohort Study.
- Estimating the attributable costs of HIV in Ontario, using health-administrative data and the Ontario Cohort Study.
The findings from these two costing studies will help inform the implementation and scale-up of HIV prevention and care services, as well as provide updated cost data for use in economic evaluations of HIV interventions in Ontario and Canada.
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