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Amy Chiang, PhD

Research Specialist

Amy Chiang, PhD, joined DGIM as a Research Specialist. She works with Division Chief, Dr. Eleanor Schwarz primarily in her work in women's health, health services research and provides research support for other DGIM faculty on a variety of projects as well. She has a PhD in political science from the University of Pittsburgh and a MA from New York University. She specializes in econometrics and a variety of statistical and quantitative research methods. Her research interests center around women's health, health equity, social determinants of health, and public policies aiming at identifying ways with evidence-based research and data analysis to better understand and meet the health needs for diverse and particularly vulnerable and marginalized populations

Publications:

Gabe Schwartz*, Amy Yunyu Chiang*, Min-hee Kim, Justin White, Guangyi Wang, and Rita Hamad. 2023. ``Testing mediating pathways between school segregation and health: Evidence on peer prejudice and health behaviors." Vol.335. Social Science and Medicine. *Co-first authors.

Amy Yunyu Chiang, Akansha Betra, and Rita Hamad. 2023.``Promoting Health Equity Through Poverty Alleviation Policy: Factors Associated with Receipt of the 2021 Child Tax Credit in a Nationwide Sample." Vol.175. Preventive Medicine.
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