Research Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Phone: (412) 647-3685
e-mail: changy@upmc.edu

Specialized Areas of Interest

Longitudinal data analysis; survival analysis; statistical computing; research methodology; injury epidemiology.

Biography

Yue-Fang Chang, PhD, joined the Department of Neurological Surgery as a research associate in June of 2000. She received her doctoral degree in statistics from the University of Illinois and master degree in epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Chang has worked in a variety of areas, such as brain tumor, traumatic brain injury, health outcome, image study, women’s health and diabetes epidemiology. She serves as the lead statistician in several epidemiological studies including Cardiovascular Health Study, Women’s Health Initiative and Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation. In the past ten years she has been involved in numerous grant preparations, providing statistical expertise in design, analysis and power/sample size calculations.

Dr. Chang's publications can be reviewed through the National Library of Medicine's publication database.