Joyce S. Chung, Ph.D., MPH
Dr. Joyce Chung is an epidemiologist in the national VA Public Health Program Office. She currently works on surveillance activities related to veteran health. Previously, she served as the Research Director for the Polytrauma System of Care and Rehabilitation Services at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS) and Site Director for the VA Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems at VAPAHCS. She has research interests in traumatic brain injury (TBI), alcohol, and homelessness. Other projects have included storytelling, educational efforts for high school and college students, and qualitative studies.
Dr. Chung has a Bachelors of Arts from the University of California (UC), Berkeley with a major in Integrative Biology, a Masters in Public Health from Yale University with an emphasis in Environmental Health, and a PhD from the UC Berkeley in Epidemiology. Dr. Chung has worked previously at UC Berkeley and the Santa Clara County Public Health Department.