Emily Wang

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Emily Wang
Alma mater University of California, San Francisco
Harvard University
Duke University
Scientific career
Institutions Yale School of Medicine

Emily Ai-hua Wang is an American physician who is a professor of medicine at the Yale School of Medicine. She is Director of the Yale SEICHE Center for Health and Justice. She was appointed a MacArthur Fellow in 2022.

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Early life and education

Wang earned her bachelor's degree at Harvard University. She moved to Duke University as a medical student, where she completed her studies in 2003. Wang moved to the West Coast for her internship and residency, and eventually earned a Master of Advanced Studies at the University of California, San Francisco. [1]

Research and career

At the start of her career, Wang planned to specialize in HIV treatment, but she became concerned about health inequality in the incarcerated population. At the time, half of all people in the United States had an incarcerated family member, and communities with high levels of incarceration had lower life expectancy. [2] She began volunteering at a women's prison, and dedicated her career to social justice. [2]

Wang leads the Center for Health and Justice research program "the Health Justice Lab", which studies how incarceration influences chronic health. She is interested in interventions that may mitigate incarceration. [3] She founded the Transitions Clinic Network, a network of health centers who care for people who are released from correctional facilities. [4] [5] [6]

Awards and honors

Selected publications

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Alumni Spotlight: Emily Wang, MD'03". Duke University School of Medicine. 2021-12-06. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  3. "Emily Wang, MD, MAS". medicine.yale.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  4. 1 2 "National Academy of Medicine Elects New Members From Yale". medicine.yale.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
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  6. "Emily Wang". Square One Project. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  7. "Home". The American Society for Clinical Investigation. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  8. Parry, Julie (2022-10-12). "Yale's Emily Wang and two alumni win MacArthur 'genius' awards". YaleNews. Retrieved 2023-10-12.