Howard Chang, PhD

Research Program

Cancer Prevention and Control
Phone Number

404-712-4627
Email Address

howard.chang@emory.edu

Biography

Howard Chang, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at Rollins School of Public Health. Dr. Chang is a member of the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.

Education

Dr. Chang earned his PhD in biostatistics from Johns Hopkins University. Following this, he was a Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) postdoctoral fellow at Duke University and North Carolina State University.

Titles & Roles

Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University

Professional Memberships

Dr. Chang is a member of the HERCULES Exposome Research Center and the Emory Climate & Health Actionable Research and Translation Center.

Research

Dr. Chang has been involved in the planning, management and analysis of various study designs (e.g. panel, cohort, case-control and randomized trials), especially for environmental health studies. He currently co-leads multiple NIH R01 and R21 projects that utilize large databases, such as birth/death certificates, hospital billing records and disease surveillance systems, to conduct large-scale population health studies. He also has collaborative experience in air quality modeling, environmental epidemiology, social epidemiology, disease ecology, climate science and community intervention trials.

Publications

Title/Journal	Authors	Publication Date
Modeling Time-varying Dispersion to Improve Estimation of the Short-term Health Effect of Environmental Exposure in a Time-series Design. Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)	D Zhang, ST Ebelt, NC Scovronick, HH Chang	07/01/2025
Unraveling the Molecular Links between Fine Particulate Matter Exposure and Early Birth Risks in African American Mothers: A Metabolomics Study in the Atlanta African American Maternal-Child Cohort. Environmental science & technology	Z Li, AL Dunlop, JA Sarnat, A Hüls, SM Eick, A Gaskins, H Chang, A Russell, Y Tan, H Cheng, DB Barr, AK Smith, C Marsit, DP Jones, D Liang	06/10/2025
Preterm and early-term delivery after heat waves in eight US states: A case-crossover study using the High-resolution Urban Meteorology for Impacts Dataset (HUMID). Environmental health perspectives	A Fitch, M Huang, M Strickland, A Newman, C Kalb, JL Warren, X Zheng, H Chang, L Darrow	05/20/2025
Long-term exposure to smoke PM_2.5 and COPD caused mortality for elderly people in the contiguous United States. Environment international	K Xu, H Hao, D Zhang, W Wang, H Li, Y Deng, T Ma, K Steenland, H Chang, Y Liu	05/01/2025
Sensitive periods for exposure to indoor air pollutants and psychosocial factors in association with symptoms of psychopathology at school-age in a South African birth cohort. Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)	GM Christensen, M Marcus, A Vanker, SM Eick, S Malcolm-Smith, ADAC Smith, EC Dunn, SF Suglia, HH Chang, HJ Zar, DJ Stein, A Hüls	05/01/2025
Assessment of long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution: An exposure framework. Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology	AP Patton, H Boogaard, D Vienneau, JR Brook, A Smargiassi, M Kutlar Joss, AA Szpiro, SK Sagiv, E Samoli, B Hoffmann, HH Chang, RW Atkinson, J Weuve, F Forastiere, FW Lurmann, G Hoek	05/01/2025
Estimating the Association Between Outdoor Temperature and Acute Kidney Injury Using Alternative Case Definitions. Journal of occupational and environmental medicine	B Rabin, R D'Souza, EJ Weil, HH Chang, S Ebelt, N Scovronick	05/01/2025
Ambient temperature in relation to ovarian reserve and early outcomes following ovarian stimulation and in vitro fertilization. Environmental research	S LaPointe, M McAloon, JC Lee, S Thornburgh, ZP Nagy, DB Shapiro, HH Chang, HS Hipp, AJ Gaskins	04/15/2025
State-Level Influenza Hospitalization Burden in the United States, 2022-2023. American journal of public health	A Couture, AD Iuliano, HH Chang, R Threlkel, M Gilmer, A O'Halloran, D Ujamaa, M Biggerstaff, C Reed	04/01/2025
Associations Between Temperature and Location of Injury or Condition Among Heat-Related Emergency Department Visits. GeoHealth	C Li, H Hao, M Lane, N Scovronick, R Zhang, S Ebelt, HH Chang	04/01/2025
A Time-Series Approach for Estimating Emergency Department Visits Attributable to Seasonal Influenza: Results from Six U.S. Cities, 2005-06 to 2016-17 Seasons. American journal of epidemiology	XF Huang, AD Iuliano, S Ebelt, C Reed, HH Chang	03/05/2025
Influenza Activity and Preterm Birth in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area: A Time-Series Analysis from 2010 to 2017. Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)	X Zheng, T Wang, H Hao, RR D'Souza, MJ Strickland, JL Warren, LA Darrow, HH Chang	03/01/2025
Dust Storms and Emergency Department Visits in 3 Southwestern States Using NWS Storm Reports. JAMA network open	X Zheng, HH Chang, ST Ebelt, R D'Souza, K Hohsfield, JL Crooks	02/03/2025
A time-to-event analysis of the association between ambient air pollution and risk of spontaneous abortion using vital records in the U.S. state of Georgia (2005-2014). American journal of epidemiology	TW Hsiao, AJ Gaskins, JL Warren, LA Darrow, MJ Strickland, AG Russell, HH Chang	01/28/2025
Exposure Contrasts of Women Aged 40-79 Years during the Household Air Pollution Intervention Network Randomized Controlled Trial. Environmental science & technology	W Ye, D Campbell, M Johnson, K Balakrishnan, JL Peel, K Steenland, LJ Underhill, G Rosa, MA Kirby, A Díaz-Artiga, J McCracken, LM Thompson, ML Clark, LA Waller, HH Chang, J Wang, E Dusabimana, F Ndagijimana, S Sambandam, K Mukhopadhyay, M Chiang, SM Hartinger, L Nicolaou, K Williams, R Piedrahita, KA Kearns, J Kremer, A Ghosh, JP Rosenthal, W Checkley, T Clasen, L Naeher, A Pillarisetti	01/14/2025
The direct and urinary electrolyte-mediated effects of ambient temperature on population blood pressure: A causal mediation analysis. Environment international	A Mukhopadhyay, M Haque Mondol, M Rahman, L Unicomb, R Khan, H Mazumder, M Nahian Ferdous, EV Pickering, KC Makris, AJ Caban-Martinez, F Ahmed, M Shamsudduha, F Mzayek, C Jia, H Zhang, A Musah, LE Fleming, MP Smeltzer, HH Chang, JL Jefferies, CP Kovesdy, X Mou, A Mohd Naser	01/01/2025
Air Pollution and Cognitive Impairment Among the Chinese Elderly Population: An Analysis of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS). GeoHealth	Q Zhu, Y Lyu, K Huang, J Zhou, W Wang, K Steenland, HH Chang, S Ebelt, X Shi, Y Liu	01/01/2025
Spatial associations between measures of public transportation and diabetic foot ulcer outcomes in the state of Georgia: 2016-2019. BMJ open diabetes research & care	LT Vanasse, HH Chang, R D'Souza, MK Ali, L Waller, MC Schechter	12/24/2024
The High-resolution Urban Meteorology for Impacts Dataset (HUMID) daily for the Conterminous United States. Scientific data	AJ Newman, C Kalb, TC Chakraborty, A Fitch, LA Darrow, JL Warren, MJ Strickland, HA Holmes, AJ Monaghan, HH Chang	12/04/2024
Greenspace Morphology and Preterm Birth: A State-Wide Study in Georgia, United States (2001-2016). Environmental health perspectives	H Wang, X Huang, H Hao, HH Chang	12/01/2024
Increasing Access, Equitability, and Rigor in the Assessment of Neighborhood Mortgage Discrimination. Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine	L Moubadder, M Bliss, ML Maliniak, H Waddel, JM Switchenko, HH Chang, MR Kramer, LE McCullough	12/01/2024
Associations between exposure to extreme ambient heat and neural tube defects in Georgia, USA: A population-based case-control study. Environmental research	S LaPointe, LE Beagle, X Zheng, V Kancherla, A Mutic, HH Chang, AJ Gaskins	11/15/2024
Air pollution exposure in vitrified oocyte donors and male recipient partners in relation to fertilization and embryo quality. Environment international	S LaPointe, JC Lee, ZP Nagy, DB Shapiro, HH Chang, Y Wang, AG Russell, HS Hipp, AJ Gaskins	11/01/2024
Investigating interaction effects of social risk factors and exposure to air pollution on pediatric lymphoma cancer in Georgia, United States. Spatial and spatio-temporal epidemiology	T Unseld, K Ickstadt, K Ward, JM Switchenko, HH Chang, A Hüls	11/01/2024
Spatiotemporal lineage tracing reveals the dynamic spatial architecture of tumor growth and metastasis. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology	MG Jones, D Sun, KHJ Min, WN Colgan, L Tian, JA Weir, VZ Chen, LW Koblan, KE Yost, N Mathey-Andrews, AJC Russell, RR Stickels, KS Balderrama, WM Rideout, HY Chang, T Jacks, F Chen, JS Weissman, N Yosef, D Yang	10/24/2024
Wildland Fire-Related Smoke PM _2.5 and Cardiovascular Disease ED Visits in the Western United States. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences	L Li, W Wang, HH Chang, A Alonso, Y Liu	10/15/2024
Spatiotemporally Detailed Quantification of Air Quality Benefits of Emissions Reductions-Part I: Benefit-per-Ton Estimates for Canada and the U.S. ACS ES&T air	S Zhao, P Vasilakos, A Alhusban, YB Oztaner, A Krupnick, H Chang, A Russell, A Hakami	10/11/2024
Spatiotemporally Detailed Quantification of Air Quality Benefits of Emissions-Part II: Sensitivity to Study Parameters and Assumptions. ACS ES&T air	A Hakami, S Zhao, P Vasilakos, A Alhusban, YB Oztaner, A Krupnick, H Chang, A Russell	10/11/2024
Dust storms and cardiorespiratory emergency department visits in three Southwestern United States: application of a monitoring-based exposure metric. Environmental research, health : ERH	C Rowan, R R D'Souza, X Zheng, J Crooks, K Hohsfield, D Tong, HH Chang, S Ebelt	09/01/2024
Prenatal and Early Life Exposure to Ambient Air Pollutants Is Associated with the Fecal Metabolome in the First Two Years of Life. Environmental science & technology	EA Holzhausen, BN Chalifour, Y Tan, N Young, F Lurmann, DP Jones, JA Sarnat, HH Chang, MI Goran, D Liang, TL Alderete	08/13/2024
Association of household air pollution exposure and anemia among pregnant women: Analysis of baseline data from 'Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN)' trial. Environment international	Y Deng, K Steenland, SS Sinharoy, JL Peel, W Ye, A Pillarisetti, SM Eick, HH Chang, J Wang, Y Chen, BN Young, ML Clark, DB Barr, TF Clasen On Behalf Of The Hapin Investigators	08/01/2024
Wildfires are associated with increased emergency department visits for anxiety disorders in the western United States. Nature. Mental health	Q Zhu, D Zhang, W Wang, RR D'Souza, H Zhang, B Yang, K Steenland, N Scovronick, S Ebelt, HH Chang, Y Liu	04/01/2024

Awards

Dr. Chang has received the following honors and awards:

Biostatistics Department Faculty Mentoring Award, Emory University, 2020