Monica Wang

Boston University School of Public Health

Dr. Wang is an Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences at the Boston University School of Public Health, an Adjunct Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and an Associate Director of Narrative at the BU Center for Antiracist Research. She is nationally recognized as an expert in health equity and community-engaged research, social determinants of health, antiracism, science communication, and curriculum development. Dr. Wang directs community-engaged research to target racial inequities in health and pursues cross-sector collaborations to promote health and health equity through public health interventions and policies. She has generated over $4.5 million in federal and foundation funding for her program of research and published over 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts and over a dozen policy and public engagement documents. Dr. Wang has received numerous national, regional, and institutional awards for her research, teaching, and service, including the Society of Behavioral Medicine Early Investigator Award and the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Ten Outstanding Young Leaders Award.

Areas of Expertise

• Health and Medicine
• Race and Ethnicity
• Public Health

Methodology

• Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR)
• Focus Groups
• Interviews
• Mixed Methods
• Qualitative Methods
• Quantitative Methods
• Randomized Control Trials (RCTs)
• Secondary Data Analysis
• Survey Methods and Questionnaires
• Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR)