Tenure-track Assistant Professor
Education
Ph.D., University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) & University of Maryland, Baltimore
, University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine
MPP, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
MPA, University of Central Florida
Dr. Kang's research interests center on health disparities in long-term care settings among underserved populations and how federal and state legislation, regulations, policies and programs can reduce or eliminate such disparities. Another of her research areas of interest is to examine the significant role of health-care financing (e.g. Medicare, Medicaid) in health-care delivery and access. Kang's previous works are published in journals such as The Gerontologist, Journal of Aging & Social Policy, and Medical Care Research and Review. She serves as the program chair of the Aging & Public Health Section of the American Public Health Association for its 2012 and 2013 conferences. health policy health-care financing long-term care quality of care (racial and rural disparities)
Refereed Journal Articles
Kang, Y., Miller, N., Tzeng, H., & Zhang, T. (2020). Rural Disparities in Hospital Patient Satisfaction. Journal of Patient Experience. 7(4),
Huang, Q., & Kang, Y. (2020). An Evaluation Model of COVID-19 Spread Control and Prevention: Effectiveness Analysis Based on Immigration Population Data in China.. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 6 (2): e18638. Doi: 10.2196/18638..
Gerlowski, D. A., Zhang, T., & Kang, Y. Invited (Costs Covered) by University of St. Louis, College of Business Administration, Dr. Hung-Gay Fung, "Three Social Stressors of Post-Vaccination Anxiety and Depression During COVID-19 Pandemic," University of St. Louis, College of Business Administration, St. Louis, MO. (2024).
Zhang, T., Kang, Y., & Gerlowski, D. A. Western Economic Association International Annual Conference, "Post-COVID-19-Vaccination Anxiety and Depression: The Social Factors," Western Economic Association, Vritual. (2022).
Zhang, T., Kang, Y., & Gerlowski, D. A. Western Economic Association International Annual Conference, "Post-COVID-19-Vaccination Anxiety and Depression: The Social Factors," Western Economic Association, Vritual. (2022).
Zhang, T., Kang, Y., & Gerlowski, D. A. Chinese Economic Society Annual Meeting, "Post-COVID-19-Vaccination Anxiety versus Depression: The Social Factors," Chinese Economic Society, VIrtual. (2022).
Zhang, T., Carr, D., & Kang, Y. The Aging Population: Individual, Organizational and Regional Opportunities and Challenges, "’I am in Control Now’: Health Impact of Self-Employment among Older Workers," 23rd Uddevalla Symposium 2020, https://ju-se.zoom.us/j/67206864397. (2020).
Kang, Yu , Zhang, Ting , "The Impact of Racial Disparities on Older Adults’ Mental Health Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic" Sponsored by Michigan Retirement and Disability Research Center, Other, $75000. (2023 - 2024). (Not Funded)
Kang, Yu , Zhang, Ting , "Health care access and health care uses for Social Security Disability Insurance beneficiaries during the Medicare waiting period" Sponsored by Social Security Administration, Federal, $263832. (2023 - 2024).
Kang, Yu , Zhang, Ting , "Research Grant: Health care access and health care uses for Social Security Disability Insurance beneficiaries during the Medicare waiting period" Sponsored by Social Security Administration & University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Federal, $195338. (2023 - 2024).
Kang, Yu , Zhang, Ting , "Training Grant: Health care access and health care uses for Social Security Disability Insurance beneficiaries during the Medicare waiting period" Sponsored by Social Security Administration & University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Federal, $68494. (2023 - 2024).
Kang, Yu , Zhang, Ting , "Racial Disparities’ Impact on Elderly Individuals’ Mental Health Conditions during the COVID19 Pandemic" Sponsored by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Private, $39570. (2021 - 2022).
"Evaluation of Maryland Million Hearts Initiative" (On-Going)
DHMH commissioned evaluation of the Million Hearts Initiatives implemented by 10 key partners throughout the state of Maryland.
"Health Impact of Self-employment"
"Kang, Y. and Tzeng, H.M. Rural Disparities in Hospital Patient Satisfaction: Multilevel Analysis of the Massachusetts AHA, SID, and HCAHPS Data. Journal for Healthcare Quality."
Currently under review
"Kang, Y. Mental Disorders’ Impact on Older Black and Caucasian Patients’ Long-Term Care Institutionalization upon Hospital Discharge. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics." (On-Going)
Currently under review
"Mental Health Patients' Long-Term Care Institutionalization upon Hospital Discharge" (Writing Results)
Using the 2007-2010 National Hospital Discharge Data to exam the mental health patients' LTC institutionalization upon their hospital discharge.
"Racial Disparities in Mental Health Patients' Long-Term Care Institutionalization upon Hospital Discharge." (Writing Results)
This manuscript is under construction and will be sent to JAMDA for review.
"Racial Disparities in Predicting Injurious Fall Occurrences among Older Mental Health Patients" (On-Going)
This proposal is to support a secondary data-analysis research project, which aimed to examine the racial disparities (African American[black] vs. Caucasian) of the occurrence of hospital-acquired injurious falls among patients with mental health diagnoses, after controlling for patient-level and hospital level characteristics.
This project will use hierarchical binary logistic regression model to analyze multiple publicly available large datasets (see Attachment B. I. Datasets). The long-term goal of this proposed research is to understand the factors that contribute to falls and to develop and test interventions to prevent them, specifically for black patients with mental health diagnoses.