Weiyang Xie PhD

Dr. Xie is interested in increasing access to health services and improving health equity for underrepresented populations. She gives talks about mental health problems, risk factors, resilient factors, and resources in the local and national AAPI communities. Her public service focuses on improving service utilization and outcome by integrating scientific research with community-based strengths and indigenous knowledge.

Breaking Silences in the Model Minority: A national intervention to increase mental health awareness and decrease stigma in Asian immigrant families

Dr. Xie co-leads a grant with an interdisciplinary team of psychologists, psychiatrists, community leaders and volunteers from the Clinical Scholars program at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to implement a nation-wide community-based program to reduce mental health stigma, improve mental health literary and reduce suicide rate among Asian American immigrant families.