Yang Wang

Yang Wang is an Assistant Professor at the School of Nursing, University of Maryland, specializing in Pain and Translational Symptom Science. With a PhD in Psychology, her research focuses on sleep-pain interactions, placebo/nocebo effects, and virtual reality interventions for pain management.

• Expertise in psychophysiological responses to placebo procedures
• Investigates sleep disturbance as a comorbidity in chronic pain
• Develops novel interventions targeting the sleep-pain cycle

Her publications highlight interdisciplinary approaches combining neuroscience, genomics, and digital health. Recent work explores:

• Neuropsychological mechanisms of observational learning in placebo effects
• Transcriptomic profiles linked to placebo responses
• Virtual reality applications across diverse pain populations

Key collaborations span:

• Chronic pain clinics
• Genomics research labs
• Digital health innovation teams