Constance Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology
PHONE: (510) 643-0670
FAX: (510) 643-4977
LOCATION: 517 University Hall
E-MAIL: constance.wang@berkeley.edu
Courses
- PH 293 Sec 9: Doctoral Seminar in Epidemiology
- PH 299 Sec 106: Causality, Complexity and Uncertainty in Epidemiology
- PH 199: Supervised Independent Research for Undergraduate Public Health Majors
Research Interests
- Social determinants of health and healthy aging
- Integration of social and biological complexity in understanding disease causation in the population
- Identification of the constellation of multilevel factors that predict multiple disease vulnerability and resilience
- Identification of the complex risk patterns that lead to multiple health outcomes
- Pinpointing what public health actions to take at each lifestage to promote health and prevent disease
Selected Publications
Wang C, Tager IB, Syme SL. The effect of risk factor clusters on 10-year mortality in an elderly cohort: Application of Grade of Membership (GoM) model. (Forthcoming)
Johnson SB, Wang C. Why do adolescents say they are less healthy than their parents think they are? The importance of mental health varies by social class in a nationally representative sample. Pediatrics 2008.121:307-313.
Wang C, Satariano WA. Self-rated current and future health independently predict subsequent mortality in an aging population. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences 2007. 62A:1428-1434.
Wang C, Winkelstein W. The general epidemiologist: Is there a place in today's epidemiology? American Journal of Epidemiology 2007.167:375-6.
*Fleischer N, *Gruber S, *Weber A, *Arambula K, *Mascarenhas M, *Frasure J, Wang C, Syme SL. Pathways to health: A framework for health-focused research and practice. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2006. 3:18. (*Student authors)
Wang C. Beyond frequencies and coefficients—toward meaningful descriptions for life course epidemiology. American Journal of Epidemiology 2006. 164:122-5.
Wang C. A call for analytic methods that match theory: Analytic suggestions for an interdisciplinary lifecourse approach in epidemiologic research and public health policy. American Journal of Epidemiology 2005. 161:S80.
Wang C. Characterizing aging profiles: an application of the Grade of Membership (GoM) model. American Journal of Epidemiology 2005. 161:S76.
Profile updated: February 20, 2009