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Emily Wang, MD, MAS

Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and of Public Health (Social and Behavioral Sciences)
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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

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 Subject Headings (MeSH)

Healthcare Disparities; Social Justice

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Emily Wang's published research.

Publications

2024

2023

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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    Fellow

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    Member, Consensus Committee, "The Limits of Recidivism: Measuring Success After Prison"

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    Co-Chair, Consensus Committee, Decarcerating Correctional Facilities During COVID-19: Advancing Health, Equity, and Safety

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    Workshop on Improving Collection of Indicators of Criminal Justice System Involvement in Population Health Data Programs

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    Plenary Speaker

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.

Clinical Specialties

Internal Medicine

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