Dr. Chang came to Epidemiology department with training in maternal and child health. Her past research experience involved children, adolescents, and women of child-bearing age. Her research encompassed maternal depression, child maltreatment, child and adolescent problem behaviors, and pregnancy outcomes. Dr. Chang has expertise in longitudinal and multilevel data analysis working with large national longitudinal studies such as National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) and National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Dr. Chang is a recipient of the NIH KL2 Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Career Development Program Scholar award. Dr. Chang’s recent work included birth timing between singleton and twin gestational age, recurrent pre-eclampsia and risk of adverse birth outcomes, fetal growth and risk of preterm birth, and hospital volume associated with obstetrics complications among women undergoing a trial of labor after caesarean. Currently, Dr. Chang is investigating the role of sleep problems play in adverse maternal and birth outcomes.

Education
PhD - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Courses

• EPI 502: Epidemiology Methods II
• EPI 601: Advanced Epidemiology Methods

Research

Publications