Ji E Chang

Associate Professor of Public Health Policy and Management

Professional overview

Ji Eun Chang, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health Policy and Management at the New York University School of Global Public Health, where she also serves as the public health policy and management concentration director for the Ph.D. program. Professor Chang uses mixed-methods research designs and draws from qualitative, quantitative, and geospatial data to demonstrate disparities and highlight barriers faced by safety net providers and underserved patients in accessing equitable care.

Professor Chang is the principal investigator of the AI4Healthy Cities Initiative in New York City, a multi-city collaboration between the Novartis Foundation, Microsoft AI4Health, and local health officials to reduce cardiovascular health inequities through big data analytics. Dr. Chang is also the co-principal investigator of an NIH NIDA-funded study to support implementing transitional opioid programs in safety net hospitals. Dr. Chang received a B.A. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley, an M.S. in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University, and a Ph.D. in Public Administration from New York University in 2016.

Education

BA, Economics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

MS, Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

PhD, Public Administration, New York University, New York, NY

Honors and awards

Governor’s Scholar (2007)

Regents and Chancellors’ Scholar (2005)

Areas of research and study

Cardiovascular Disease

Health Disparities

Health Equity

Public Health Management

Public Health Management

Safety Net Providers and Patients

Substance Use Disorders

Publications

Publications

Examining the relationship between social determinants of health, measures of structural racism and county-level overdose deaths from 2017–2020

Exploring Barriers and Facilitators to Integrating a Harm Reduction Approach to Substance Use in Three Medical Settings

Facilitation of team-based care to improve HTN management and outcomes : a protocol for a randomized stepped wedge trial

Facilitation of team-based care to improve HTN management and outcomes: a protocol for a randomized stepped wedge trial

Factors associated with the adoption of evidence-based innovations by substance use disorder treatment organizations : A study of HIV testing

Forging Hospital and Community Partnerships to Enable Care Coordination for Opioid Use Disorder

Forging hospital and community partnerships to enable care coordination for opioid use disorder

Health reform and the changing safety net in the United States

Hearing loss is associated with low patient activation

Hospital adoption of harm reduction and risk education strategies to address substance use disorders

Hospital Readmission Risk for Patients with Self-Reported Hearing Loss and Communication Trouble

Hospital use of common Z-codes for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries, 2017-2021

Identifying and Characterizing Models of Substance Use Treatment in Outpatient Substance Use Treatment Facilities

Indian health service health promotion/disease prevention cooperative agreement final evaluation report

Initiatives to Support the Transition of Patients With Substance Use Disorders From Acute Care to Community-based Services Among a National Sample of Nonprofit Hospitals

Initiatives to Support the Transition of Patients With Substance Use Disorders From Acute Care to Community-based Services Among a National Sample of Nonprofit Hospitals

Initiatives to Support the Transition of Patients With Substance Use Disorders From Acute Care to Community-based Services Among a National Sample of Nonprofit Hospitals

Initiatives to Support the Transition of Patients With Substance Use Disorders From Acute Care to Community-based Services Among a National Sample of Nonprofit Hospitals. LID - 10.1097/ADM.0000000000001250 [doi]

Inpatient Psychiatric Unit Availability Within US Short-Term Acute Care Hospitals, 2011-2023

Integrating Harm Reduction into Medical Care : Lessons from Three Models

Invited Talk: Substance Use Disorder Program Availability in Safety-Net and Non-Safety-Net Hospitals in the U.S.

Invited Talk:AI4HealthyCities Initiative: A Cross-Sectoral Partnership to Narrow Cardiovascular Health Inequities

Invited Talk:Artificial Intelligence Health: Addressing Health Outcomes and Equity with New Tools

Invited Talk:Development of a Localized Neighborhood Risk Score using Multidimensional Data

Invited Talk:Rapid Transition to Telehealth: Implications for Health Equity