Assistant Professor of Gerontology in Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York City, New York, United States
E-Shien “Iggy” Chang, PhD MA is an Assistant Professor of Gerontology in Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. A multidisciplinary social scientist and health equity researcher, Dr. Chang’s research centers on the social and structural determinants of elder mistreatment with a particular emphasis on supporting marginalized older adults and their caregivers. Moving beyond a focus on individual-level risk factors, her research considers how structural mechanisms, including ageism and racism, play a significant role in shaping the risk and responses to elder mistreatment across community, clinical, and public health systems. Dr. Chang currently holds a K01 Mentored Research Scientist Development Award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to investigate the role of race/ethnicity in resident-to-resident aggression among increasingly racially/ethnically diverse long-term care populations to inform a novel staff education intervention. Dr. Chang completed a NIA-funded T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. She received PhD in Social and Behavioral Sciences from Yale School of Public Health and her MA in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago.
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Thursday, November 14, 2024
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PST
Improving Elder Mistreatment Screening and Intervention in Dementia: Early NIA Research Findings
Saturday, November 16, 2024
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PST
4 - Developing a Strategy to Screen for Caregiver Neglect: Examining Existing Published Tools
Saturday, November 16, 2024
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PST