Su-Hsin Chang, PhD

Su-Hsin Chang, PhD

Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Public Health Sciences

Specialties

  • Decision analysis 
  • Econometrics 
  • Health economics 
  • Statistical modeling 
  • Policy evaluation 
  • Population health sciences 

Meet Dr. Chang 

Dr. Su-Hsing Chang is a statistician whose research focus on health economics. 

She has is an applied econometrician and a health economist working on health and economic consequences of obesity and surgical treatments of obesity. The Chang Lab is focused on the health and economic burden of obesity and obesity-related multimorbidity, prevention of multiple myeloma, surgical treatment for obesity, transplant outcomes research, and health disparities. Dr. Chang’s research areas include treatment effect and policy evaluation, cost-effectiveness analysis, meta-analysis, and comparative effectiveness. 

Dr. Chang earned her doctorate from Johns Hopkins University. She completed postdoctoral training as a research associate at WashU Medicine.  

I am committed to building a work environment that is inviting towards women, socioeconomically underprivileged, and underrepresented minority trainees.

Dr. Chang

Degrees

Doctorate in Economics
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
2010

Master of Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
2004

Fellowship

Postdoctoral Research Associate
WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2011

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer
WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2012


Research interests

Economic modeling 

Statistical estimation 

Quantitative research 

Prevention and control of cancers 

Chronic disease 

Obesity 

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Chang Lab

600 S Taylor Ave
St. Louis, MO 63110
2nd Floor
Phone: 314-362-8623
Email: [email protected]


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