Dr. Chang has previously served as the principal investigator of three independent minority student research-training grants sponsored by NIGMS and NIDDK, National Institutes of Health (NIH). Between 1991-2002, Dr. Chang, who is of Native Hawaiian and Chinese ancestry, received research funding from the Research Centers in Minority Institutions Program, NCRR, NIH, for work in building community-capacity, diabetes epidemiology and cardiovascular disease risk factors among Native Hawaiians, and support to investigate the insulin-resistance syndrome among Hawaii's Multi-Ethnic populations. Her current research involves using health information technology that includes a decision support system to improve patient-centered diabetes health care in rural Hawaii communities. As a faculty in Ecology and Health, Dr. Chang has contributed, as a Peer Reviewer on the Editorial Board of the international journal EcoHealth, was a Guest Editor of a Special Issue of EcoHealth, "Indigenous Perspectives on Ecosystem Sustainability and Health", and currently serves on the EcoHealth Advisory Council. Dr. Chang is the Recruitment Coordinator for the NSF/IGERT grant - Integrating Ecology, Conservation, and Pathogen Biology Graduate Program. As an instructor with the Interdisciplinary Seminar series on Current Topics in Global Health and Population Studies, she leads discussions on issues related to Indigenous Peoples, Health Disparities, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and Place-Based Health.

Grandinetti A, Chang HK, Theriault A, Mor J. Metabolic syndrome in a multi-ethnic population in rural Hawaii. Ethn Dis 2005;15:233-237.

Vinetz JM, Wilcox BA, Aguirre A, Gollin L, Katz A, Fujioka R, Maly K, Horwitz P, Chang H, Watt G. Beyond disciplinary boundaries: Development of novel methodologies to study leptospirosis as a transdisciplinary model of understanding infectious disease emergence EcoHealth, 2005, 2:291-306.

Grandinetti A, Seifried SD, Mor J, Chang HK, Theriault A. Prevalence and risk factors for prolonged QTc in multiethnic cohort in rural Hawaii. Clin Biochem, 2005;38:116-122.

Kaholokula JK, Braun K, Kanaiaupuni S, Grandinetti A, Chang HK. Ethnic-by-gender differences in cigarette smoking among Asian and Pacific Islanders. Nic Tobacco Res, 2006;8(2):275-286.

Araneta MRG, Morton DJ, Lantion-Ang L, Grandinetti A, Lim-Abrahan MA, Chang H, Barrett-Connor E, Rodriguez BL, Wingard DL. Hyperglycemia and type 2 diabetes among Filipino women in the Philippines, Hawaii, and San Diego. Diabetes Res Clin Pract, 2006;71:306-312.

Kaholokula, JK, Nacapoy, A, Grandinetti, A, Chang, HK. Association between acculturation modes and type 2 diabetes among Native Hawaiians. (Brief Report). Diabetes Care, 2008:31:4:698-700.

Kaholokula, JK, Braun KL, Santos, JI, Chang HK. Culturally-Informed Smoking Cessation Strategies for Native Hawaiians. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2008;8:4:671-681.