Fengyan Tang, PhD, MSW

Professor, School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh

Adjunct Member, Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research

Professor Fengyan Tang earned her Ph.D. in Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis. Tang’s research focuses broadly on social engagement and health outcomes among older adults, assessing how to optimize engagement opportunities to maintain and improve physical, mental, cognitive health and quality of life. She also conducts research on risk factors for cognitive decline and dementia among community-dwelling aging immigrants and the effects of activity engagement on cognitive health. Her work aims to address health disparities and advance social justice through investigation of the intersection of race, ethnicity, gender, social class, and immigration – the social contexts of inequality over the life course with profound impacts on the well-being and engagement with life in old age.