Jin Yinzi

associate researcher, master supervisor
yzjin@bjmu.edu.cn
38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian district, Beijing, China

Personal profile

Dr. Jin has been engaged in the study of global health governance and south-south cooperation for health, with most of interest in public health emergency preparedness and responses, and emergency medical system development and policy. Dr Jin’s research focuses on the adoption and diffusion of innovations in health systems and developing innovative ways to the implementation and evaluation of complex health system interventions, (e.g., digital health technologies, integrated healthcare delivery models, incentives and capacity building) that improve equitable access to healthcare services in vulnerable populations. Dr. Jin’s has been leading international cooperation projects in Southeast Asian, covering Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Indonesia, as well as in Africa, covering Sierra Leone, Uganda, Burundi, Nigeria, Malawi, and Tanzania.

Based on the studies, Dr Jin has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers as a corresponding or first author, on the Lancet Global Health, the Lancet Healthy Longevity, eClinicalMedicine (3), npj Digital Medicine, JAMA Network Open (3), BMJ Global Health (2), Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Implementation Science (2) and so on. Dr Jin was invited to present at several conferences, including the World Health Summit, Global Health Symposium on Health Systems Research, and Meeting of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health. Dr Jin ranks among the top 2% of scientists by Elsevier and Stanford University in 2025.

Dr. Jin has served as China representative of World Health Organization AI for Health Collaborating Consortium since 2025, Secretary-General of China-ASEAN/Belt and Road Science and Technology Cooperation Center for Public Health since 2023, Governance Board Member of Emerging Voices, Health Systems Global for the Western Pacific region during 2020 and 2022, China representative of Association of Pacific Rim Universities Global Health Education Committee since 2020, consultant of the Chinese delegation for the World Health Organization Executive Board and the World Health Assembly since 2018.

Main research directions

Global Health Governance and South-South Cooperation for Health

Global Health Systems and Universal Health Coverage

Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Responses

Emergency Medical System Development and Policy

Representative scientific research projects

1.Multiagent artificial intelligence modeling based external-driven and internal-generated mechanism for just-in-time adaptive intervention on medical, rehabilitation and care management for critical illness survivors and global multi-center implementation strategies, China National Natural Science Foundation, 2027-2030, PI

2.Implementation Research on the Coordination of Emergency Care in low resource settings from the Perspective of Collaborative Risk Management, China National Natural Science Foundation, 2023-2026, PI

3.Modelling on System Delays in Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Optimization Strategies of System Operational Mechanism, China National Natural Science Foundation, 2020-2022, PI

4.China-Thailand Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response, National Ministry of Science and Technology, 2026-2027, PI

5.China-ASEAN Emergency Medical System Development and Policy, National Ministry of Science and Technology, 2024-2025, PI

6.Evidence, Policy Pathways, and Strategic Engagement for a More Equitable Global Health Architecture, Gates Foundation, 2027-2028, PI

7.External Evaluation of Malaria Molecular Epidemiology Lab Capacity Building Pilot Projects in Sierra Leone, Gates Foundation, 2021-2026, PI

8.Improving Access to Emergency Medical Services in Rural China, Gates Foundation, 2022-2025, PI

9.The Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on Quality of Care for Acute Cardiac Events: Program Optimization and Implementation in Response to a Major Public Health Emergency, China Medical Board, Open Competition Research Program on Health Policy and System Sciences, 2021-2023, PI

10.Developing China-ASEAN Science and Technology Cooperation Center for Public Health, China National Ministry of Science and Technology (Sub-project), 2021-2024, PI

11.Pathways and Practices for Building a Neighboring Community of Health for All, China National Social Science Foundation Key Project (Sub-project), 2022-2023, PI

10 representative papers

1. Wang J, Feng Y, Liu Y, Wang M, Voo TC, Tuan TD, Baja ES, Ong SK, Wai Hoe VC, Thepanondh S, Chhorvann C, Meliala A, Win HH, Mayxay M, Ren M, Jin Y*. From fragmentation to integration: regional health governance in southeast Asia. The Lancet Global Health. 2026:104014. (IF 22.5)

2. Jin Y, Liang J, Hong C, Liang R, Luo Y. Cardiometabolic multimorbidity, lifestyle behaviours, and cognitive function: a multicohort study. The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 2023, 4(6): e265–e273. (IF 20.5)

3. Bi Y, Wang H, Wei F, Qi Y, Li S, Liang J, Guo C, Jiang H, Ren M, Wang M*, Jin Y*, Global variations, temporal trend, and socioeconomic association of early-onset cancer incidence by subtypes: a population-based cancer registry study, Journal of the National Cancer Center, 2026. (IF 25.0)

4. Wang M, Lu X, Du Y, Liu Z, Li X, Zhao X, Wang J, Jin Y*, Ren M. Digital health governance in China by a whole-of-society approach. npj Digital Medicine, 2025, 8(1): 496. (IF 18.0)

5. Wang M, Bi Y, Fan Y, Fu X, Jin Y*. Global incidence of childhood cancer by subtype in 2022: a population-based registry study. EClinicalMedicine, 2025, 89: 103571. (IF 12.8)

6. Li S, Qin C, Zhang H, Maimaitiming M, Shi J, Feng Y, Huang K, Bi Y, Wang M, Zhou Q*, Jin Y*, Zheng ZJ. Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Before and After Legislation for Bystander CPR. JAMA Network Open. 2024, 7(4): e247909. (IF 11.7)

7. Zhou S, Dong X, Liu F, Zhang Y, Yue D, Zhou Q, Jin Y*, Zheng Z. A stepped wedge cluster randomized control trial to evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of optimized initiatives in improving quality of care for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Implementation Science, 2021, 16(1): 38-52. (IF 10.2)

8. Wang M, Zhao X, Huang K, Li X, Downey L, Hassounah S, Liu X, Jin Y*, Ren M. Healthcare consumers' acceptance and use of digital health technology in LMICs and the role of self-efficacy and facilitating conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 2026, 70: 101875.

9. Feng Y, Tuan T. D, Shi J, Li Z, Maimaitiming M, Jin Y*, Zheng Z. Progress towards health equity in Vietnam: evidence from nationwide official health statistics, 2010-2020. BMJ Global Health, 2024, 9(3): e014739.

10. Wang M, Huang K, Li X, Zhao X, Downey L, Hassounah S, Liu X, Jin Y*, Ren M. Health workers' adoption of digital health technology in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2025, 103(2): 126-135F.