Angela Chang is an Associate Professor at the Danish Institute for Advanced Study and the Danish Centre for Health Economics at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU). She was trained in the United States at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, the Harvard School of Public Health, where she received her Ph.D., and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, where she was a postdoctoral fellow. Her research focuses on health metrics and a mix of health economics, epidemiology, and demography, with a strong commitment to policy-oriented health research in global and low-resource settings.
In addition to being a member of The Lancet Commission on Investing in Health, where she recently contributed to the main report outlining strategies for improving global health equity, Angela Chang is also a proud member of the Danish Expert Group of the Danish Alliance for Global Health, which aims to provide recommendations to the Danish government on its global health strategies. This collaboration underlines her active role in shaping global health policy, both nationally and internationally.
Her other major current global health projects include Cities of Youth, which focuses on the gendered impact of climate migration on the health and well-being of young people in Uganda, and the HARMONIA project, where she is developing a harmonised approach to measuring inequalities in adult mortality in low- and middle-income countries. Chang is also working with Global Health 50/50 on the Gendered Health Pathways initiative, which examines gender inequalities in health.
Chang's research spans health metrics, health economics, epidemiology, and demography. One of the most common approaches in her work is to use publicly available datasets, such as DHS (Demographic and Health Surveys) and UN WPP (United Nations World Population Prospects), to develop innovative methods that provide deeper insights into health metrics.
Angela Chang's interest in global health was sparked at an early age by a deep concern about inequalities within and between countries. This passion motivated her to pursue research aimed at contributing to evidence-based policy changes that improve health equity and global outcomes. She finds global health an exciting field because of the many questions that remain unanswered. She finds the dynamic nature of the work and the opportunity to address real-world problems through impactful research particularly rewarding.
Her work is closely aligned with several of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including Goal 3 (health and well-being), Goal 5 (gender equality) and Goal 13 (climate action).
Associate Professor Angela Chang encourages students, professionals and external researchers to take advantage of opportunities at SDU by reaching out to potential collaborators. She emphasises the value of initiative, citing her own experience of establishing collaborations through proactive outreach.
In addition to being a member of The Lancet Commission on Investing in Health, where she recently contributed to the main report outlining strategies for improving global health equity, Angela Chang is also a proud member of the Danish Expert Group of the Danish Alliance for Global Health, which aims to provide recommendations to the Danish government on its global health strategies. This collaboration underlines her active role in shaping global health policy, both nationally and internationally.
Her other major current global health projects include Cities of Youth, which focuses on the gendered impact of climate migration on the health and well-being of young people in Uganda, and the HARMONIA project, where she is developing a harmonised approach to measuring inequalities in adult mortality in low- and middle-income countries. Chang is also working with Global Health 50/50 on the Gendered Health Pathways initiative, which examines gender inequalities in health.
Chang's research spans health metrics, health economics, epidemiology, and demography. One of the most common approaches in her work is to use publicly available datasets, such as DHS (Demographic and Health Surveys) and UN WPP (United Nations World Population Prospects), to develop innovative methods that provide deeper insights into health metrics.
Angela Chang's interest in global health was sparked at an early age by a deep concern about inequalities within and between countries. This passion motivated her to pursue research aimed at contributing to evidence-based policy changes that improve health equity and global outcomes. She finds global health an exciting field because of the many questions that remain unanswered. She finds the dynamic nature of the work and the opportunity to address real-world problems through impactful research particularly rewarding.
Her work is closely aligned with several of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including Goal 3 (health and well-being), Goal 5 (gender equality) and Goal 13 (climate action).
Associate Professor Angela Chang encourages students, professionals and external researchers to take advantage of opportunities at SDU by reaching out to potential collaborators. She emphasises the value of initiative, citing her own experience of establishing collaborations through proactive outreach.
