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E-Shien (Iggy) Chang, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Gerontology in Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. A gerontologist by training, Dr. Chang conducts research to impact social determinants of elder mistreatment while supporting older persons, caregivers, and the direct care workforce. Her research considers how structural mechanisms, including ageism and racism, play a significant role in shaping the risks and responses to elder mistreatment across community, clinical, and public health systems. Dr. Chang has served in many elder justice advocacy and advisory roles nationally and internationally, including her most recent role as a science contributor to the World Health Organization’s Global Report on Ageism. Dr. Chang currently holds a K01 Mentored Research Scientist Development Award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to investigate the role of race/ethnicity in resident-to-resident aggression among racially/ethnically diverse residents of long-term care to inform a novel staff education intervention. Dr. Chang received her Ph.D. degree in Social and Behavioral Sciences from Yale School of Public Health, M.A. degree in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago, and completed a NIA-funded postdoctoral research fellowship in behavioral geriatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine.