Office: 1233 Blockley Hall
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Telephone: (215) 573-0295
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Email: vwchang@mail.med.upenn.edu

Full CV

Alternate Website:
V.W. Chang

Education:

1991 B.S., Biomedical Sciences, Philosophy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

1994 M.D., University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI

2000 M.A., Sociology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2003 Ph.D., Sociology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Research:

• Medical Sociology
• Social Stratification
• Social Epidemiology
• Health Services Research
• Methods

Selected Publications:

2006 Chang , Virginia W . 2006. “ Racial Residential Segregation and Weight Status among U.S. Adults.” Social Science & Medicine 63(5):1289-1303.

2006 Meich, Richard A., Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Nicolas Stettler, Bruce G. Link, Jo C. Phlelan, and Virginia W. Chang. 2006. “ Trends in the Association of Poverty with Overweight among U.S. Adolescents, 1971-2004.” JAMA 295(20):2385-2393.

2005 Chang, Virginia W . and Diane S. Lauderdale. 2005. “ Income Disparities in Body Mass Index and Obesity in the United States, 1971-2002. ” Archives of Internal Medicine 165(18):2122-2128.

2005 Chang, Virginia W . and Nicholas A. Christakis. 2005. “Income Inequality and Weight Status in U.S. Metropolitan Areas.” Social Science & Medicine 61(1):83-96.

2004 Long, Judith A., Virginia W. Chang, Said A. Ibrahim, and David A. Asch. 2004. “Update on the Health Disparities Literature.” Annals of Internal Medicine 141(10):805-812.

2003 Chang, Virginia W . and Nicholas A. Christakis. 2003. “Self-perception of Weight Appropriateness in the U.S.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine 24(4):332-339.

2002 Iwashyna, Theodore J., Virginia W. Chang, James X. Zhang, and Nicholas A. Christakis. 2002. “The Lack of Effect of Market Structure on Hospice Use.” Health Services Research 37(6):1531-1551.

2002 Chang, Virginia W . and Nicholas A. Christakis. 2002. “Medical Modeling of Obesity: A Transition from Action to Experience in a 20th Century American Medical Textbook.” Sociology ofHealth and Illness 24(2):151-177.

2002 Iwashyna, Theodore J. and Virginia W. Chang. 2002. “Racial and Ethnic Differences in Place of Death: United States, 1993.” Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 50(6):1113-1117.

2001 Chang, Virginia W . and Nicholas A. Christakis. 2001. “Extent and Determinants of Discrepancy between Self-Evaluations of Weight Status and Clinical Standards.” Journal of General InternalMedicine 16(8):538-543.

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