Heejung Bang, Ph.D.

Bang Heejung

Professor

  • Public Health Sciences
She/Her/Hers
One Shields Avenue, Davis CA 95616

Research Interests

  • Clinical trials and observational studies
  • Medical cost and cost-effectiveness analysis
  • Prediction and screening modeling

Selected Works

  • Fenton JJ, Kravitz RL, Jerant A, Paterniti DA, Bang H, Williams D, Epstein RM, Franks P. Promoting Patient-Centered Counseling to Reduce Use of Low-Value Diagnostic Tests: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Feb 1;176(2):191-7.
  • Spence JD, Urquhart BL, Bang H. Effect of renal impairment on atherosclerosis: only partially mediated by homocysteine. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2015 Nov 14.
  • Thamer M, Kaufman JS, Zhang Y, Zhang Q, Cotter DJ, Bang H. Predicting Early Death Among Elderly Dialysis Patients: Development and Validation of a Risk Score to Assist Shared Decision Making for Dialysis Initiation. Am J Kidney Dis. 2015 Dec;66(6):1024-32.
  • Biron VL, Bang H, Farwell DG, Bewley AF. National Trends and Factors Associated with Hospital Costs Following Thyroid Surgery. Thyroid. 2015 Jul;25(7):823-9. doi: 10.1089/thy.2014.0495.
  • Bang H, Zhao H. Median-based incremental cost-effectiveness ratios with censored data. J Biopharm Stat. 2015 May 26:1-13.
  • Junck AD, Escobedo EM, Lipa BM, Cronan M, Anthonisen C, Poltavskiy E, Bang H,  Han JJ. Reliability Assessment of Various Sonographic Techniques for Evaluating Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. J Ultrasound Med. 2015 Nov;34(11):2077-88.
Education and Degree(s)
  • Ph.D., Statistics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 1999
  • M.S., North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 1997
Publications
  • Data sharing in acupuncture meta-analyses: Associations with journal policies and practical considerations
    Journal Article | Park, J., Bae, I., Ryu, S., Kim, M., Bang, H., Won, J., Lee, H. Integrative Medicine Research, 15, 101229. 10.1016/j.imr.2025.101229
  • 'Which treatment do you believe you received?' A randomised blinding feasibility trial of spinal manual therapy
    Journal Article | Muñoz Laguna, J., Kurmann, A., Hofstetter, L., Nyantakyi, E., Braun, J., Clack, L., Bang, H., Farshad, M., Foster, N., Puhan, M., Hincapié, C. Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, 33, 4. 10.1186/s12998-024-00561-0
  • Adverse outcomes post-COVID-19 hospitalization among ESRD patients: A retrospective cohort study in 5 California university medical centers.
    Journal Article | Reiterman, M., Chin, A., Bang, H. PLOS ONE, 20, e0332203. 10.1371/journal.pone.0332203
  • Corrigendum to: Surgical restabilization reduces the progression of post-traumatic osteoarthritis initiated by ACL rupture in mice [J Osteoarthr Cartil (2024) 909–920]
    Journal Article | Lin, Y., Jbeily, E., Tjandra, P., Pride, M., Lopez-Torres, M., Elmankabadi, S., Delman, C., Biris, K., Bang, H., Silverman, J., Lee, C., Christiansen, B. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 33, 735. 10.1016/j.joca.2025.03.002
  • Effect of tacrolimus formulation on neurocognition in older kidney transplant recipients: A randomized controlled trial
    Journal Article | Gul, H., Sockolov, M., Howes, K., Kaur, A., Occhipinti, M., Bang, H., Alnimri, M., Huang, Y., Dray, J., Chen, L. Transplantation Reports, 10, 100178. 10.1016/j.tpr.2025.100178
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