Emily Wang, MD, MAS
Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences)Cards
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Director, SEICHE Center for Health and Justice
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Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences)
Director, SEICHE Center for Health and Justice
Biography
Emily Wang is a professor in the Yale School of Medicine and directs the SEICHE Center for Health and Justice, a collaboration between the Yale School of Medicine and Yale Law School. The Center is committed to ending mass incarceration by working across the disparate domains of health, law, and criminal justice through direct clinical care, conducting research, educating health students and professionals, and driving legal advocacy and scholarship. Dr. Wang leads the Center’s research program which receives National Institutes of Health funding to investigate how incarceration influences chronic health conditions, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, and opioid use disorder, and uses a participatory approach to study structural interventions which mitigate the impacts of incarceration. Her work been published in the Lancet, JAMA, American Journal of Public Health, and Health Affairs, and showcased in national outlets such as the New York Times, NPR, and CNN. As an internist, she has cared for thousands of individuals with a history of incarceration and is co-founder of the Transitions Clinic Network, a consortium of 48 community health centers nationwide dedicated to caring for individuals recently released from correctional facilities by employing community health workers with histories of incarceration. Dr. Wang serves on the Board of the Committee on Law and Justice of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine and the World Health Organization Health in Prisons Programme. She was inducted into the American Society of Clinical Investigation (2021) and the National Academies of Medicine (2023) and was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship (2022). Dr. Wang has an AB from Harvard University, an MD from Duke University, and a MAS from the University of California, San Francisco.
Appointments
General Internal Medicine
ProfessorPrimarySocial and Behavioral Sciences
ProfessorSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
Education & Training
- MAS
- University of California, San Francisco (2008)
- Resident
- University of California- San Francisco (2006)
- Intern
- University of California (2004)
- MD
- Duke University Medical Center (2003)
- AB
- Harvard University (1997)
Research
Overview
Medical Research Interests
ORCID
0000-0003-1403-6891
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Publications Timeline
Research Interests
Lisa Puglisi, MD
Jenerius Aminawung, MD, MPH
Nadine Horton
Brita Roy, MD, MPH, MHS
Harlan Krumholz, MD, SM
Tyler Harvey
Healthcare Disparities
Publications
2024
Harming Health by Imposing In-Prison Co-Payments
Howell B, Resnik J, Wang E. Harming Health by Imposing In-Prison Co-Payments. JAMA Internal Medicine 2024, 184: 1184-1185. PMID: 39102228, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.3572.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Control Following Release From Carceral Facilities: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Aminawung J, Puglisi L, Roy B, Horton N, Elumn J, Lin H, Bibbins-Domingo K, Krumholz H, Wang E. Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Control Following Release From Carceral Facilities: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 13: ejaha2024035683t. PMID: 39248257, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.124.035683.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsUncontrolled CVD risk factorsCardiovascular disease risk factor controlCVD risk factorsRisk factor controlFactor controlRisk factorsSocial determinant of cardiovascular healthCardiovascular diseaseProspective cohort study of individualsDeterminants of cardiovascular healthPublic health prevention effortsCardiovascular disease risk factorsCohort study of individualsHealth prevention effortsCross-sectional studyProspective cohort studyCarceral facilitiesCorrectional facilitiesSocial determinantsTailored interventionsTraditional risk factorsStudy of individualsAdversity scorePerceived stressCardiovascular healthCharacteristics of Recently Incarcerated Primary Care Patients With and Without a Positive Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Screening Upon Clinic Intake
Zielinski M, Alkov D, McCauley E, Aminawung J, Shavit S, Wang E. Characteristics of Recently Incarcerated Primary Care Patients With and Without a Positive Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Screening Upon Clinic Intake. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice And Policy 2024, 16: 692-700. PMID: 36729519, PMCID: PMC10497219, DOI: 10.1037/tra0001427.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary care patientsPosttraumatic stress disorderAcute healthcare utilizationCare patientsHealthcare utilizationPositive posttraumatic stress disorderPrimary Care PTSD ScreenChronic physical health conditionsStress disorderTreatment of PTSDPrimary care clinicsEmergency department utilizationLifetime depression diagnosisSignificant PTSD symptomsCurrent depressive symptomsPhysical health conditionsCross-sectional surveyCare clinicsSevere food insecurityPTSD screenDepression diagnosisClinic intakeDepressive symptomsFair healthPatientsIdentifying incarceration status in the electronic health record using large language models in emergency department settings
Huang T, Socrates V, Gilson A, Safranek C, Chi L, Wang E, Puglisi L, Brandt C, Taylor R, Wang K. Identifying incarceration status in the electronic health record using large language models in emergency department settings. Journal Of Clinical And Translational Science 2024, 8: e53. PMID: 38544748, PMCID: PMC10966832, DOI: 10.1017/cts.2024.496.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic health recordsNatural language processingHealth recordsIncarceration statusSignificant social determinant of healthSocial determinants of healthClinic electronic health recordsEHR databasePopulation health initiativesDeterminants of healthMitigate health disparitiesRacial health inequitiesEmergency department settingICD-10 codesHealth inequalitiesNatural language processing modelsHealth disparitiesHealth initiativesDepartment settingEmergency departmentSystem interventionsICD-10Clinical notesStudy populationLanguage model“It’s just us sitting there for 23 hours like we done something wrong”: Isolation, incarceration, and the COVID-19 pandemic
Rosenberg A, Puglisi L, Thomas K, Halberstam A, Martin R, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Wang E. “It’s just us sitting there for 23 hours like we done something wrong”: Isolation, incarceration, and the COVID-19 pandemic. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0297518. PMID: 38354166, PMCID: PMC10866499, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297518.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsIncarcerated peopleCarceral settingsUnited States prisonsState prisonsMedical isolationCOVID-19 pandemicJailPrisonIsolation policyUnited StatesSocial relationshipsCOVID-19PolicyMental healthSocial contactPeopleIncarcerationPunishmentNegative impactFacility leadershipPandemicUnitsDiverse locationsEmploymentResults long termPredicting COVID-19 Outbreaks in Correctional Facilities Using Machine Learning
Malloy G, Puglisi L, Bucklen K, Harvey T, Wang E, Brandeau M. Predicting COVID-19 Outbreaks in Correctional Facilities Using Machine Learning. MDM Policy & Practice 2024, 9: 23814683231222469. PMID: 38293655, PMCID: PMC10826393, DOI: 10.1177/23814683231222469.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPennsylvania Department of CorrectionsDepartment of CorrectionsCorrectional facilitiesPrison facilitiesIncarcerated populationsCounty-level measuresFacility populationSources of dataRisk of infectious disease transmissionPrisonCommunity ratesInfectious disease outbreaksCOVID-19 outbreakLiving conditionsCOVID-19Infectious disease transmissionFacility-level characteristicsMeasures of COVID-19Reduced accessResponse decisionsTotal populationJailHealth dataLogistic regressionFacility dataDesign of Personal Health Libraries for People Returning from Incarceration in the United States
Mccall T, Levi A, Peng M, Zhou K, Swaminath M, Harikrishnan V, Workman T, Fooladi H, Saunders M, Foumakoye M, Campbell Britton M, Teng S, Zeng-Treitler Q, Yin Y, Wang E, Puglisi L, Shavit S, Brandt C, Wang K. Design of Personal Health Libraries for People Returning from Incarceration in the United States. 2016 49th Hawaii International Conference On System Sciences (HICSS) 2024 DOI: 10.24251/hicss.2023.443.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUse of nitrous oxide for execution is a concerning development in ongoing medicalisation of the death penalty
Bairett, L., & Wang, E. (2024). Use of nitrous oxide for execution is a concerning development in ongoing medicalisation of the death penalty. bmj, 384.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2023
“What if that’s your last sleep?” A qualitative exploration of the trauma of incarceration and sleep
Elumn J, Li P, Lytell M, Garcia M, Wang E, Yaggi H. “What if that’s your last sleep?” A qualitative exploration of the trauma of incarceration and sleep. SLEEP Advances 2023, 5: zpad055. PMID: 38314119, PMCID: PMC10838125, DOI: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpad055.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHistory of incarcerationSleep problemsSleep healthSleep health disparitiesMulti-level interventionsResults Three themesDescription of sleepLast sleepSleep disordersSleep qualityObjective sleepHealth disparitiesSleepHealth of peopleReflexive thematic analysisLack of accessPaucity of researchTraumaHealthIssues of safetyQualitative explorationThematic analysisPhysical environmental factorsSemi-structured interviewsIncarcerationIncarceration and screen-detectable cancer diagnosis among adults in Connecticut
Richman I, Soulos P, Lin H, Aminawung J, Oladeru O, Puglisi L, Wang E, Gross C. Incarceration and screen-detectable cancer diagnosis among adults in Connecticut. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2023, 116: 485-489. PMID: 37991935, PMCID: PMC10919339, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djad242.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConcepts
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
honor Fellow
National AwardAmerican Society for Clinical InvestigationDetails10/01/2021United Stateshonor Member, Consensus Committee, "The Limits of Recidivism: Measuring Success After Prison"
National AwardNational Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicineDetails10/01/2021United Stateshonor Co-Chair, Consensus Committee, Decarcerating Correctional Facilities During COVID-19: Advancing Health, Equity, and Safety
National AwardNational Academies of Sciences, Engineering and MedicineDetails08/01/2020United Stateshonor Workshop on Improving Collection of Indicators of Criminal Justice System Involvement in Population Health Data Programs
National AwardSteering Committee, Institute of MedicineDetails06/06/2016United Stateshonor Plenary Speaker
National AwardAcademic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional HealthDetails02/01/2016United States
Clinical Care
Overview
Emily Wang, MD, is an internal medicine specialist with a longstanding interest in helping and treating patients with a history of incarceration or substance abuse.
Dr. Wang is the director of the SEICHE Center for Health and Justice. This center is a collaboration between Yale School of Medicine and Yale Law School that aims to identify factors that can improve the health of those impacted by mass incarceration.
She also leads the National Institutes of Health-funded Health Justice Lab’s research program. This program investigates the connections between incarceration and chronic health conditions, including cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and opioid use disorder.
Dr. Wang has served on the National Academy of Sciences/Institute of Medicine’s Health and Incarceration Workshop, Means of Violence Workshop, and the Steering Committee on Improving Collection of Indicators of Criminal Justice System Involvement in Population Health Data Programs.
She is a professor of medicine (general medicine) and a professor of public health (social and behavioral sciences) at Yale School of Medicine. She is also the co-director of the Center for Research Engagement.
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- October 22, 2024
Health Equity Summit Celebrates Achievements, Plans Future Solutions
- September 10, 2024
NIH Recognizes Yale’s Expertise in the Genetics of Rare Diseases
- August 22, 2024Source: American Heart Association
$20M community-driven research funding aims to reduce inequities, improve health outcomes
- January 27, 2024Source: The Washington Post
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