{"id":2597,"date":"2025-10-22T14:31:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T18:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/kinesiology\/?page_id=2597"},"modified":"2025-10-31T11:54:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T15:54:27","slug":"yen-dang","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/kinesiology\/faculty-and-staff\/yen-dang\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Yen Dang"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/Dang-headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2620\" style=\"width:440px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/Dang-headshot.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/Dang-headshot-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Yen Dang, PharmD, CTTS-M<br><\/strong>Professor and Chair<br>Department of Kinesiology<br>School of Pharmacy and Health Professions<br>William P. Hytche Athletic Center, Room 1121<br>Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ydang@umes.edu\">ydang@umes.edu<\/a><br>Phone: 410-651-6494<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Doctor of Pharmacy (2011) \u2013 University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, United States<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Postgraduate Year One (PGY1) Pharmacy Residency (2012) \u2013 Temple University Hospital, United States<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Postgraduate Year Two (PGY2) Ambulatory Care Residency (2013) \u2013 Temple University School of Pharmacy, United States<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Yen Dang is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Kinesiology. She earned her pharmacy degree at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia and completed two years of residency training at Temple University School of Pharmacy. She holds certifications in tobacco cessation from the University of Pennsylvania, public health at the University of Maryland College Park, and leadership and management from Harvard Business School and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She also serves as the Director of Global Health where she facilities international exchange programs, study abroad programs, and medical missions for students and faculty to build on their humanitarian efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2014, Dr. Dang has created two pharmacotherapy clinics at Chesapeake Healthcare in Princess Anne and Pocomoke, Maryland. She manages complex patients with chronic disease states and provides services free-of-charge to a low-income population. Dr. Dang has worked on initiatives aimed at reducing health disparities in mental health, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and substance abuse on the Eastern Shore. Dr. Dang is also active with policy and legislation among the health agencies in the State of Maryland. She was appointed to serve on the Statewide Advisory Commission on Immunizations and the Maryland Medicaid Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee where she makes recommendations that impact the health and safety of the public at large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Experiences and Interests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mental health and substance abuse; cardiovascular risk reduction; immunizations and vaccine hesitancy; artificial intelligence in healthcare; health disparities; career and workforce development<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yen Dang, PharmD, CTTS-MProfessor and ChairDepartment of KinesiologySchool of Pharmacy and Health ProfessionsWilliam P. Hytche Athletic Center, Room 1121Email:\u00a0ydang@umes.eduPhone: 410-651-6494 Education Biography Dr. Yen Dang is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Kinesiology. She earned her pharmacy degree at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia and completed two years of residency training&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/kinesiology\/faculty-and-staff\/yen-dang\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Dr. Yen Dang<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2163,"featured_media":0,"parent":2590,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-2597","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2597\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/kinesiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=2597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}