Jing Wang PhD

Education

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH
PhD, Bowling Green State University
MA and MS, Morehead State University
BS, Ocean University of China

Biography

Jing Wang, Ph.D., is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and a Research Psychologist at the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress. Dr. Wang also holds a secondary appointment with the Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. She received her Ph.D. in Quantitative Psychology from Bowling Green State University and then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Dr. Wang’s research interest is applying the most appropriate and advanced statistical methodology to answer research questions on mental health in military populations. She is particularly interested in structural equation modeling, latent class analysis, multilevel modeling, and longitudinal data analysis. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed journal articles examining risk and protective factors for mental health problems such as suicidal risk and posttraumatic stress disorder. She is also interested in inter- and intra-individual variability in PTSD symptoms from data collected from ecological momentary assessment. At CSTS, she is currently working on projects including Daily Dairy Study, Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS), Family Violence Study, and the Mental Health and Service Utilization among Reserve and National Guard forces study.

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

Wang, J., Ursano, R. J., Dinh, H., Thomas, J. L., Cohen, G. H., Sampson, L., Galea, S., & Fullerton, C. S. (2023). Understanding a Time of High Risk for Suicide: Adversities Associated with Separation from Military Service among National Guard and Reserve Service members. Psychiatry, Apr 3; 1-13. doi: 10.1080/00332747.2023.2188627

Wang, J., Naifeh, J. A., Mash, H.B.H., Morganstein, J.C., Fullerton, C. S., Cozza, S. J., Stein, M. B., & Ursano, R. J. (2022). Attachment Style and Risk of Suicide Attempt Among New Soldiers in the U.S. Army, Psychiatry, 85 (4): 387-398. doi: 10.1080/00332747.2022.2062661

Wang, J., Ursano, R. J., Gifford, R. K., Dinh, H., Weinberg, A., Cohen, G. H., Sampson, L., Galea, S., & Fullerton, C. S. (2022). Suicide Ideation and Social Support Trajectories in National Guard and Reserve Servicemembers. Psychiatry, 85 (3): 246-258. doi: 10.1080/00332747.2021.2004785

Wang, J., Naifeh, J. A., Mash, H.B.H., Morganstein, J.C., Fullerton, C. S., Cozza, S. J., Stein, M. B., & Ursano, R. J. (2022). Parental Suicide Attempt and Subsequent Risk of Pre-Enlistment Suicide Attempt Among Male and Female New Soldiers in the U.S. Army. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 52(1): 59-68. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12772.

Biggs, Q. M., Ursano, R. J., Wang, J., Wynn, G., Admin, R., & Fullerton, C. S. (2021). Daily Variation in Sleep Characteristics in Individuals with and without Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. BMC Psychiatry, 21(1): 292. doi: 10.1186/s12888-021-03282-3.

Wang, J., & West, J. C. (2020). The Mental Health and Service Utilization among Reserve and National Guard Forces Study: A Summary of Key Findings. May 2020. StressPoints: An award-winning e-newsletter for the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. May 2020. https://istss.org/public-resources/trauma-blog/2020-may/military-matters-the-mental-health-and-service-uti

Biggs, Q. M., Ursano, R. J., Wang, J., Wynn, G., Carr R. B., & Fullerton, C. S. (2020). Post traumatic stress symptom variation associated with sleep characteristics. BMC Psychiatry, 20 (1), 56-63. doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02550-y