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Benjamin Yip

Associate professor of public health and statistics
Chinese University of Hong Kong

Benjamin Yip is associate professor of public health and statistics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is an epidemiologist who has led the development and application of statistical models to disentangle the genetic and environmental underpinnings of autism and other neuropsychiatric conditions.

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