Overview
Dr. Virginia Wang is an Associate Professor in Population Health Sciences and Medicine at the Duke University School of Medicine and Core Faculty in the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy. She is also a Core Investigator in the Health Services Research Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discovery and Practice Transformation at the Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System. Dr. Wang received her PhD in Health Policy and Management, with a focus on organizational behavior. Her research examines organizational influences and policy on the provision of health services, provider strategy and performance, care coordination, and outcomes for patients with complex chronic disease.
Dr. Wang’s research has been supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health.
Areas of expertise: health services research, organizational behavior, health policy, implementation and program evaluationCurrent Appointments & Affiliations
Recent Publications
Psychological Resilience and Physical Function in Veterans With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Brief Report.
Journal Article J Am Geriatr Soc · March 13, 2025 BACKGROUND: Psychological resilience has been characterized as the ability to recover from stressful life events. Not well studied is whether self-reported measures of psychological resilience are associated with physical function recovery. Therefore, we e ... Full text Link to item CiteOutcomes of Community-Acquired Acute Kidney Injury: A Cohort Study of US Veterans.
Journal Article Med Care · February 1, 2025 BACKGROUND: Community-acquired acute kidney injury (CA-AKI) occurs outside of the hospital and is the most common form of AKI. CA-AKI is not well understood, which hinders efforts to prevent, identify, and manage CA-AKI. OBJECTIVE: Examine 30-day outcomes ... Full text Link to item CiteMedicare Enrollment and Spending Among Patients Initiating Dialysis After the Affordable Care Act.
Journal Article JAMA Health Forum · December 6, 2024 IMPORTANCE: Medicare finances health care for most US patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), regardless of age. Medicare enrollment may have slowed for patients with incident ESKD who gained access to new private insurance options with the 2014 pas ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
U2C/TL1 NC KUH TRIO Administrative Core
ResearchPreceptor · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2023 - 2028TRIO NRSA Training Core-Pre Doc Trainee
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2023 - 2028Improving medication adherence and disease control for patients with multimorbidity: the role of price transparency tools
ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2023 - 2027View All Grants