Wang, Philip S.- Profile

Wang, Philip S.- Profile
Full Name
Philip S. Wang, MD, DRPH
Credentials
MD, DRPH
Role

Member
Technical
Data and Health Care Systems Core (TDHCS)

Primary title
Profesor, Practice of Psychiatry
Primary Institution
Harvard Medical School
Complete Titles

Director of the Center for Learning Health Systems,
Brigham and Women's Hospital,
Professor of the Practice of Psychiatry,
Harvard Medical School
Professor in the Department of Epidemiology,
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Bio
Philip Wang, MD, DrPH, is a professor of the practice of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School (HMS), and a professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He also directs the Learning Health Systems Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, which helps systems collect and integrate digital and real-world data from electronic health records (EHRs) and administrative claims, to continuously improve access, quality, and outcomes. Dr. Wang completed his undergraduate degree in biochemistry, medical school, masters and doctoral degrees in epidemiology, as well as psychiatry residency and chief residency, all at Harvard University. He was a faculty member at HMS and BWH until 2006, when he went to serve as deputy director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). He has also served as the deputy medical director and director of research for the American Psychiatric Association (APA) where he helped develop the APA’s national quality reporting registry (PsychPRO) and oversaw the recent text revision of DSM. He is currently PI of an NIMH UG3 grant to develop and test clinical decision support tools to personalize treatment-resistant depression care. He has also been awarded research grants from CMS, NIDA, AHRQ, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. He has served on several NIH Study Sections, as well as the FDA Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee, FDA Medical Devices Advisory Committee, and FDA Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee.