Kyong-mi Chang
investigator
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Arbutus Biopharma
Canada
Biography
Dr. Kyong-Mi Chang is a translational investigator with expertise in immune pathogenesis of liver disease, including human viral hepatitis B and C that can cause chronic liver disease with progression to cirrhosis and cancer. Dr. Chang received her Medical Degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania (Drexel) with further GI training at the University of California in San Diego and postdoctoral research training at the Scripps Research Institute with Dr. Francis V. Chisari. Currently, she is a tenured Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine with administrative leadership role as the Associate Chief of Staff and Associate Dean for Research at the affiliated Philadelphia Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center. Over the past 20 years, Dr. Chang has conducted NIH and VA-funded translational research on immune effector and regulatory mechanisms of viral persistence and liver disease progression in patients infected with HBV, HCV and/or HIV.
Research Interest
Pharmaceutical Sciences
