Dr. David Yang is a Clinical Instructor at Yale’s Department of Emergency Medicine and the Associate Medical Director of EMS Research. He earned his BS in Biomedical Engineering and BSAS in Electrical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, MD from LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, and his MHS from Yale University.

Nationally, Dr. Yang has served as Mental Health Co-Chair for the Asian American Pacific Medical Students Association (APAMSA) and on the Equity and Inclusion Committee with the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM). At the local level, he works closely with the sexual assault forensics committee.

Dr. Yang’s current research focuses on three domains. First, he examines the experiences of healthcare workers in the clinical setting with a particular focus on Asian Americans. Second, he focuses on improving bystander intervention in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Third, he focusing on improving health outcomes in the prehospital environment.