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

Telephone vs. video visits during COVID-19 : Safety-net provider perspectives

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Difficulty Hearing Is Associated With Low Levels of Patient Activation

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Hearing loss is associated with low patient activation

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Coordination across ambulatory care a comparison of referrals and health information exchange across convenient and traditional settings

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

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Roles of Home Healthcare Agency Characteristics and Regional Health Resources in Patient Outcomes

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Health reform and the changing safety net in the United States

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Convenient ambulatory care-promise, pitfalls, and policy

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Convenient care: retail clinics and urgent care centers in New York state

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Community health worker integration into the health care team accomplishes the triple aim in a patient centered medical home

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Preventing early readmissions

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Aboriginal employment and training: moving beyond supply and demand

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

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Presenting Author: Substance use disorder program availability in safety-net and non-safety-net hospitals in the United States

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