Linda Chang is an American neurologist. She is a professor of diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine and the vice-chair for faculty development at

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Education

Chang completed a bachelor of science in biochemistry through the honors program at

University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of Mary ...

in 1981. Chang earned a master of science in physiology and biophysics from

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

in 1982. Chang completed a medical doctorate at Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1986. Chang completed a residency in neurology at

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in 1990. She completed a fellowship at UCLA in 1991 in neuromuscular diseases and electrophysiology with mentor Thomas L. Anderson. In 1992, she completed a research fellowship in neuroimaging studies in dementia with mentor Bruce Miller at UCLA.

Career

From 1992 to 1999, Chang was an assistant professor of neurology at UCLA School of Medicine. She was an associate professor from 1999 to 2000. Chang was a scientist and the chair of the medical department at Brookhaven National Laboratory from 2000 to 2004. She worked as a professor of medicine at the

John A. Burns School of Medicine The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) is part of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, and is located on the island of O‘ahu, approximately three miles west of the university's Mānoa campus. The school was named after former Hawaiia ...

at University of Hawaii at Manoa from 2004 to 2017. Starting in 2017, she is an adjunct clinical professor at the University of Hawaii and an adjunct professor in the department of neurology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She is a professor of neurology, diagnostic radiology, and nuclear medicine and the vice-chair for faculty development at

Research

Chang's research focuses on the application of advanced neuroimaging techniques and genetics in the study of various neurological disorders, HIV, substance use disorders and brain development and aging.

Awards and honors

Chang was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology in 2003. In 2005, she was elected a member of the

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. Chang was elected as a fellow member of the

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in 2008. She became a fellow member of the American Neurological Association in 2012. In 2021, she received the

National Institute on Drug Abuse The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is a United States federal government research institute whose mission is to "advance science on the causes and consequences of drug use and addiction and to apply that knowledge to improve individual a ...

Avant Garde Award for HIV/AIDS and Substance Use Disorder Research.

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