Jamie Chang

Jamie Chang is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, focusing on structural determinants of health among unhoused populations and the impact of social policies like encampment sweeps on health outcomes. Her work bridges public health, medical sociology, and community-driven research.

Education

• Ph.D. in Medical Sociology, University of California, San Francisco
• Post-doctoral research training in substance use treatment programs

Research Interests center on homelessness, substance use stigma, racial disparities in treatment, and mixed-methods studies of unhoused mortality. She developed the docent method to advance community-led public health approaches.

Labs and Media Engagement: She leads the SCC Unhoused Death project, a research tool tracking unhoused deaths in Santa Clara County. Her work has been featured in ProPublica, Sacramento Bee, and North State Public Radio.

Contact: jamiechang@berkeley.edu