Nancy Ewen Wang

Dr. Nancy Ewen Wang is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics. Her career has been dedicated to serving vulnerable populations and reducing health disparities locally and globally. She founded the Stanford section in Social Emergency Medicine, a field which uses the perspective of the Emergency Department (ED) to identify patient social needs which contribute to disease, and to develop solutions to decrease health disparities. Her global work spans Chiapas, Mexico; Borneo, Indonesia; and Galápagos, Ecuador. As a medical expert for the Flores Settlement Agreement, she has assessed detention conditions for unaccompanied immigrant children.

As a Stanford Impact Labs Design Fellow Dr. Wang partnered with community organizations to provide comprehensive social and medical services for asylum seekers in the United States. In her SIL funded project, El Encuentro, Professor Wang is exploring solutions that enable equitable access to effective health programs that are integrated with social and legal services.