Ms. Wang’s research focus is on medical practice patterns and medical care delivered to injured workers. Her most recent research has been focused on physical medicine treatment for workers with low back pain and she is the lead author of a series of WCRI studies on timing and utilization of physical medicine services including manual therapy and chiropractic care. Her past research include impact of treatment guidelines and utilization management for low back pain, as well as several WCRI studies on utilization of workers compensation pharmaceuticals, physician dispensing and prescribing patterns of opioids.

She has a master’s degree in applied economics and did her graduate work in applied econometrics, labor economics an industrial organization at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.