Karen Wang, MD, MHS

Karen Wang, MD, is an internal medicine specialist who focuses on general medical care and the intersection of health equity and informatics. She works on enhancing health-related information and data collection to benefit marginalized communities. She uses a participatory approach, engaging these communities and gathering health data to address social factors such as race, ethnicity, and residential location that impact health outcomes. Her aim is to improve health data quality and dissemination, making data more accessible and useful to these communities.

As an assistant professor at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Wang conducts research to improve data justice and equity.

Dr. Wang received her medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine and completed her residency at Montefiore/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, followed by fellowships with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program and the Yale/VA Connecticut Healthcare System.