Dr Justin Yang is a Senior Research Fellow in the Division of Psychiatry at University College London. He is a psychiatric epidemiologist specialising in the use of routinely collected health, care, and administrative data to investigate mental health, substance use, and inequalities in health and healthcare.
His research involves linking large-scale datasets, including electronic health and care records, to understand patterns of illness, health and care service use, and patient outcomes.
He has particular interests in research methodology, information governance, and the responsible use of confidential patient information to generate evidence that can improve health and care services while protecting patient privacy and maintaining public trust.