A recent version of my CV is here . My public PGP key (along with verified social media accounts) can be found on my Keybase listing .
My dissertation work involved studying how we can use multimodal data (i.e., smartphone-based digital phenotyping data, microlevel death certificate data, or population-level cell tower data) with spatial modeling, Bayesian methods, and data science to understand health disparities and social and behavioral determinants of health.
My current work is focused on applying these methods to the opioid epidemic, especially racial/ethnic disparities of fatal overdoses. Specifically, I’m working with Keith Humphreys and the Shah Lab to leverage predictive modeling, machine learning, and causal inference to understand the spatial and social patterning of opioid-related deaths.
Tsai AC, Kiang MV, Barnett ML, Beletsky L, Keyes KM, McGinty EE, Smith LR, Strathdee S, Wakeman SE, & Venkataramani AS, Stigma as a fundamental hindrance to the US opioid overdose crisis response. [In Press — December 2019]
Kiang MV, Krieger N, Buckee CO, Onnela JP, & Chen JT. Decomposition of the US black/white inequality in premature mortality, 2010–2015: an observational study. BMJ Open (In Press — December 2019), doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029373 [Code]
Vable AM, Kiang MV, Glymour MM, Rigdon J, Drabo EF, & Basu S, Performance of matching methods to unmatched ordinary least squares regression under constant effects, American Journal of Epidemiology (April 2019), doi: 10.1093/aje/kwz093
Kiang MV, Basu S, Chen JT, and Alexander MJ. Assessment of changes in the geographical distribution of opioid-related mortality across the United States by opioid type, 1999- 2016. JAMA Network Open (Februrary 2019). doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.0040 [Open Access] [PDF] [Code] [Shiny App] [Press Release] [CNN] [NBC]
Gemmill A, Kiang MV, and Alexander MJ. Trends in pregnancy-associated mortality involving opioids in the United States, 2007-2016. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (January 2019). doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2018.09.028 [Code] [Press Release]
Vable AM, Kiang MV, Basu S, Rudolph KE, Kawachi I, Subramanian SV, & Glymour MM. Military service and health disparities: late life pulmonary function among US military veterans, Military Medicine (March 2018), doi: 10.1093/milmed/usx196 [PDF]
Torous, J, Kiang MV, Lorme J, & Onnela JP, New tools for new research in psychiatry: A scalable and customizable platform to empower data driven smartphone research, JMIR — Mental Health (May 2016), doi: 10.2196/mental.5165 [PDF]
Krieger N, Gruskin S, Singh N, Kiang MV, Chen JT, Waterman PD, Beckfield J, & Coull BA, Reproductive justice and preventable deaths: State family planning, abortion, and infant mortality 1980 – 2010, SSM – Population Health (April 2016), doi: 1016/j.ssmph.2016.03.007 [PDF]
Molina G, Jiang W, Edmondson L, Gibbons L, Huang LC, Kiang MV, Haynes AB, Gawande AA, Berry WR, & Singer SJ, Implementation of the surgical safety checklist in South Carolina hospitals is associated with improvement in perceived perioperative safety, Journal of the American College of Surgeons (January 2016), doi: 1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.12.052 [PDF]
Krieger N, Chen JT, Waterman PD, Kiang MV, & Feldman J, Police killings and police deaths are public health data and can be counted, PLOS Medicine (December 2015), doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001915 [Open-Access]
Krieger N, Singh N, Chen JT, Coull BA, Beckfield J, Kiang MV, Waterman PD, & Gruskin S, Why history matters for quantitative target setting: long-term trends in socioeconomic and racial/ethnic inequities in US infant death rates (1960-2010), Journal of Public Health Policy (May 2015), doi: 1057/jphp.2015.12 [PDF]
Krieger N, Gruskin S, Singh N, Kiang MV, Chen JT, Waterman PD, Gottlieb J, Beckfield J & Coull BA, Reproductive justice and the pace of change: socioeconomic trends in US infant death rates by legal status of abortion, 1960 – 1980, American Journal of Public Health (April 2015), doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302401 [PDF]
Krieger N, Kiang MV, Chen JT, Waterman PD, Trends in US deaths due to legal intervention among black and white men, age 15–34 years, by county income level: 1960–2010, Harvard Public Health Review (January 2015 — Special Issue)* [Open-Access]
Krieger N, Kosheleva A, Waterman PD, Chen JT, Beckfield J, & Kiang MV, 50-year trends in US socioeconomic inequalities in health: US-born black and white Americans, 1959-2008, International Journal of Epidemiology (August 2014), doi: 10.1093/ije/dyu047
Krieger N, Kiang MV, Kosheleva A, Waterman PD, Chen JT, & Beckfield J, Age at menarche: 50 year socioeconomic trends among US-born black and white women, 1959-2008, American Journal of Public Health (July 2014), doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301936
Singer SJ, Hayes J, Gray GG, & Kiang MV, Making time for learning-oriented leadership in multidisciplinary hospital management groups, Health Care Management Review (July 2014), doi: 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000037
Krieger N, Chen JT, Coull BA, Beckfield J, Kiang MV, & Waterman PD. Jim Crow and premature mortality among the US Black and White population: An age-period-cohort analysis, 1960-2009, Epidemiology (July 2014), doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000104
Singer SJ, Friedberg MW, Kiang MV, Dunn T, & Kuhn DM, Development and preliminary validation of the Patient Perceptions of Integrated Care survey, Medical Care Research and Review (March 2013), doi: 10.1177/1077558712465654 [PDF]
Palamar JJ, Halkitis PN, & Kiang MV, Perceived public stigma and stigmatization in explaining lifetime illicit drug use among emerging adults, Addiction Research and Theory (January 2013), doi: 10.3109/16066359.2012.762508
Palamar JJ, Kiang MV, & Halkitis PN, Religiosity and illicit drug use among emerging adults: Protective effects depend on low exposure to users, Journal of Religion and Health (November 2012), doi: 10.1007/s10943-012-9660-3
Palamar JJ, Kiang MV, & Halkitis PN, Predictors of stigmatization towards use of various illicit drugs among emerging adults, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs (July 2012), doi: 10.1080/02791072.2012.703510
Palamar JJ, Kiang MV, Storholm ED, & Halkitis PN, A qualitative descriptive study of perceived sexual effects of club drug use in gay and bisexual men, Psychology and Sexuality (May 2012), doi: 10.1080/19419899.2012.679363
Palamar JJ, Kiang MV, & Halkitis PN, Development and psychometric evaluation of scales that assess stigma associated with illicit drug users, Substance Use and Misuse (July 2011), doi: 10.3109/10826084.2011.596606
Solomon TM, Halkitis PN, Moeller RW, Siconolfi DE, Kiang MV, & Barton SC, Sex parties among young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in New York City: Attendance and behavior, Journal of Urban Health (July 2011), doi: 10.1007/s11524-011-9590-5
Singer SJ, Hayes J, Cooper J, Vogt J, Sales M, Aristidou A, Gray G, Kiang MV, & Meyer GS, A case for safety leadership team training of hospital managers, Health Care Management Review (April 2011), doi: 10.1097/HMR.0b013e318208cd1d [PDF]
Solomon TM, Kiang MV, Halkitis PN, Moeller RW, & Pappas MK, Personality traits and mental health states of methamphetamine-dependent and methamphetamine non-using MSM, Addictive Behaviors (February 2010), doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.09.002 [PDF]
Kiang MV & Alexander MJ, Decomposition of the US Black/White inequality in life expectancy: Quantifying the impact of deaths of despair. Society for Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting 2019: Minneapolis, MN (June 2019) [Slides]
Vable AM, Kiang MV, Glymour MM, Rigdon J, Drabo E, & Basu S, Performance of matching methods to un-matched ordinary least squares regression under constant effects‡. SER Annual Meeting 2018: Baltimore, MD (June 2018). ‡Best student poster award.
Kiang MV, Alexander MJ, Zhang Z, & Chen JT, The geographical distribution of opioid mortality by race in the United States, 1999–2016: Identifying epidemic hotspots. PAA Annual Meeting 2018: Denver, CO (April 2018) [Interactive Supplement] [Code] [Slides]
Kiang MV, Staples P, Torous J, Alexander MJ, & Onnela JP, A new platform for high density data collection in population health research.PAA Annual Meeting 2017: Denver, CO (April 2018) [More info]
Alexander MJ, Barbieri M, & Kiang MV, Opioid-related deaths by race in the United States: Trends and patterns in multiple causes of death. PAA Annual Meeting 2017: Chicago, IL (April 2017) [Code] [SocArXiv]
Buckner RL, Braga RM, Hutchison M, Shermohammed M, Coombs G, Barnett IJ, Kiang MV, Farfel L, Marotta M, Mair R, O’Keefe T, Meickle J, Liu H, Somerville L, Onnela JP, & Baker JT, Deep dynamic phenotyping of the individual: A platform for precision neuroscience. Society for Neuroscience 2016: San Diego, CA (November 2016)
Shermohammed M, Barnett IJ, Kiang MV, Buckner RL, Baker JT, Onnela JP, & Somerville L, Deep dynamic phenotyping of the individual: Tracking within-subject variability in social and emotional behavioral profiles using smartphones. Society for Neuroscience 2016: San Diego, CA (November 2016)
Jung OS, Kite JG, Jiang W, Conley D, Kiang MV, Huang LC, Childers AK, Edmondson L, Berry WR, & Singer SJ, Implementation objectives associated with success in delivery system innovation: Lessons from Safe Surgery 2015. Academy of Management 2014: Philadelphia, PA (August 2014)
Jung OS, Kite JG, Jiang W, Conley D, Kiang MV, Huang LC, Childers AK, Edmondson L, Berry WR, & Singer SJ, Factors associated with effective implementation of delivery system innovations: Lessons from Safe Surgery 2015. AcademyHealth 2014 Annual Research Meeting: San Diego, California (June 2014)
Kite JG, Jiang W, Huang LC, Kiang MV, Conley D, Edmondson L, Berry WR, & Singer SJ, The relationship between operating room teamwork and safety checklist performance: Safe Surgery AcademyHealth 2014 Annual Research Meeting: San Diego, California (June 2014)
Huang LC, Conley D, Kiang MV, Jiang W, Edmonson L, Gawande AA, Berry WR, & Singer SJ, Factors associated with successful implementation of health delivery innovations: Lessons from Safe Surgery 2015. AcademyHealth 2013 Annual Research Meeting: Baltimore, Maryland (June 2013)
Bixel K, Hur H, Modest A, Kiang MV, & Singer SJ, Impact of perceptions of patient safety on planning and implementation of surgical safety checklists. 41st AAGL Global Conference on Minimally Invasive Gynecology: Las Vegas, Nevada (November 2012)
Singer SJ, Kiang MV, Huang LC, Jiang W, Edmonson L, & Berry WR, Surgical intervention climate in South Carolina hospitals: Measurement as opportunity to motivate, direct, and assess improvement. Academy of Management 2012: Boston, Massachusetts (August 2012)
Singer SJ, Kiang MV, Huang LC, Jiang W, Edmonson L, & Berry WR, Surgical safety culture in South Carolina hospitals. AcademyHealth 2012 Annual Research Meeting: Orlando, Florida (June 2012)
Singer SJ, Hayes J, Gray GG, & Kiang MV, Collective learning in management groups: A function of making time. AcademyHealth 2012 Annual Research Meeting: Orlando, Florida (June 2012)
Singer SJ, Hayes J, Gray GG, & Kiang MV, Making time for learning in leadership teams. Academy of Management 2011: San Antonio, Texas (August 2011)
Singer SJ, Clark J, Valentine M, Kiang MV, & Kane NM, Performance of safety net hospitals: The role of organizational culture and leadership. AcademyHealth 2011 Annual Research Meeting: Seattle, Washington (June 2011)
Palamar JJ, Kiang MV, Tortora K, & Jones D, Stigma as a protective factor against illicit drug use among racial minorities. Disparities Research to Disparities Interventions: Lessons Learned and Opportunities for the Future of Behavioral Health Services Conference: Arlington, Virginia (May 2011)
Solomon TM, Moeller RW, Siconolfi DE, Kiang MV, Barton SC, & Halkitis PN, Sex party attendance among young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men: The role of person and environment. International Conference on Urban Health 2010: New York, New York (October 2010)
Singer SJ, Burgers J, Friedberg M, Rosenthal M, Leape, L, Schneider E, & Kiang MV, Integrated patient care: The next frontier. Academy of Management 2010: Montreal, Canada (August 2010)
Teaching
Instructor, Big Data and Infectious Disease Epidemiology (September 2019), People’s Republic of Bangladesh Directorate General of Health Services
Course developer (x2), Using Python for Research via HarvardX V1 (November 2016) and V2 (January 2018), HSPH, Professor Jukka-Pekka Onnela
Teaching assistant, Society and Health (Fall 2013), HSPH, Professor Ichiro Kawachi
Teaching assistant, Biostatistics II (Spring 2010), NYU, Professor Ying Lu
Teaching assistant, Statistics I (Fall 2009), NYU, Professor Robert Norman
Current Working Papers
Kiang MV, Chen JT, Buckee CO, Krieger N, & Onnela JP. The human factors of digital phenotyping: Evaluating the feasibility of mobile phones in health inequalities research.
Kiang MV, Onnela JP, Krieger N, Chen JT, & Buckee CO. Predicting dengue in Thailand: Comparing administrative and empirical areal units. [Revise and Resubmit]
Kiang MV, Tsai AC, Alexander MJ, Rehkopf DH, Basu S. The rapid acceleration of opioid-related deaths among non-Hispanic Black Americans, 1999–2017. [Under Review]
Kiang MV, Humphreys KN, Cullen MR, Basu S. Opioid prescribing patterns among US providers, 2003–2017. [Revise and Resubmit]
