David Chang

High Impact

Research Physician

UAMS

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

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46 h-index 395 pubs 8,885 cited

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David Chang's research focuses on several areas within health and medicine, with a significant emphasis on infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, and specific patient populations. He has investigated weight gain associated with dolutegravir in the African Cohort Study and explored the intersection of HIV and SARS-CoV-2, including vaccine research and development. His work also examines non-communicable diseases in individuals living with and without HIV across four African countries, and implementation gaps for pre-exposure prophylaxis among populations vulnerable to HIV acquisition in Kenya.

Further research interests include bone health in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a condition influenced by multiple factors beyond corticosteroid use and loss of ambulation. Chang has also published on reducing blood culture contamination and vancomycin use through the Specimen Diversion Device® in an academic medical center, and on strategies for waste reduction in orthopedic surgery. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 46, with 397 total publications and 8,844 total citations, designating him as a highly cited researcher. He leads a research group and collaborates with other researchers, including Zain Alamarat.

Metrics

h-index: 46
Publications: 395
Citations: 8,885

Selected Publications

Retention, blinding, and health outcomes from a rural pediatric obesity feasibility randomized control trial (2026)

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Efforts to Enhance Recruitment and Engagement of Caregivers from Medically Underserved Communities in a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Vaccine Promotion App (2025)

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Corrigendum to “Hesitancy and confidence in pediatric COVID-19 vaccination among diverse caregivers of unvaccinated children” [Vaccine 61 (2025) 127245] (2025)

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Hesitancy and confidence in pediatric COVID-19 vaccination among diverse caregivers of unvaccinated children (2025)

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A family-based behavioral group obesity randomized control feasibility trial across a clinical trials network: a focus on contact hours (2025)

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Validation of remote anthropometric measurements in a rural randomized pediatric clinical trial in primary care settings (2024)

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Validation of remote anthropometric measurements in a rural randomized pediatric clinical trial in primary care settings (2023)

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