Email

bndang@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor

Department of Medicine
Section of Infectious Diseases
Baylor College of Medicine

Investigator

Clinical Effectiveness & Population Health Program
VA Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

Associate Professor

Department of Education, Innovation & Technology
Baylor College of Medicine

Education

BA from Rice University

05/1999 - Houston, Texas United States

Spanish Language and Linguistics

MD from University Of Texas Southwestern Medical School

05/2003 - Dallas, Texas United States

Residency at University Of Texas Southwestern Medical School

06/2006 - Dallas, Texas United States

Internal Medicine

Fellowship at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

06/2008 - Cincinnati, Ohio United States

Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS)

Fellowship at Baylor College Of Medicine

06/2011 - Houston, Texas United States

Infectious Diseases

Fellowship at Houston VA Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence

06/2013 - Houston, Texas United States

Health Services Research

Honors & Awards

Chao Physician Scientist Award

One of two recipients. This award recognizes the most promising young clinician-investigators in the College.

03/2013

Harris Health Hero (for exceptional care at Thomas Street)

Nominating patient testimony: "About a month ago, I had to miss my appointment because I was in the ER. I talked to Dr. Dang's nurse and before I saw the ER doctor, Dr. Dang called me. Her taking that extra step means a lot to me, cause I was afraid.... She was as sweet and professional in person as on the phone. I felt very special for once in my life with this illness."

07/2015

Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award in Educational Research

09/2020

Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching & Evaluation

12/2020

Professional Interests

• Patient-provider communication
• HIV prevention and treatment
• Community engaged research

Professional Statement

I am an infectious diseases physician and HIV health services researcher. My research focuses on health communication and decision-making. In my research, I use effective communication as a tool to strengthen the patient-provider relationship, and beyond the clinic walls - to strengthen community relationships and HIV prevention and treatment outcomes, particularly for underserved and vulnerable populations.

My areas of methods expertise include qualitative research (in-depth interviews, thematic content analysis), survey development (instrumentation, testing, psychometrics) and survey analysis (multiple regression, factor analysis, structural equation modeling).

I have received NIH (K23, R21, R01), VA and BCM grants to study communication strategies at multiple levels of influence (e.g., patient-, provider-, and community), to optimize HIV prevention and treatment outcomes.

In my current research, I partner with communities in the US South to develop and test communication strategies for uptake of HIV prevention tools.

In addition to research, I am passionate about research education and mentoring. Since 2012, I have served as course faculty and precepted medical students in the Family and Community Medicine Caring for the Underserved track. I also serve as an academic advisor and mentor trainees interested in an academic research career.

Websites

Funding

Engaging communities to develop and evaluate communication strategies for HIV prevention among women in the Southern US - #R01MH134749

( 08/15/2024 - 05/31/2029 )

Grant funding from National Institutes of Health

We will use Community Engagement Studios to engage the community in co-creating and testing communication content across multiple components (e.g., message features, ads, brief videos/commercials). We will then conduct three separate randomized trials to see what types of message features and communication strategies have the greatest impact on HIV prevention intention.

Pilot testing of a video-based provider coaching in coaching and feedback intervention to improve the patient HIV care experience - #R21MH115756

( 07/02/2018 - 04/30/2021 )

Grant funding from National Institutes of Health

We developed and tested a brief, same day video-based coaching and feedback intervention to enhance key provider communication skills. This work shows that 1) non-clinician communication coaches can provide feedback to providers in ways that are credible and well-received, and 2) video-based coaching is a feasible approach to teaching providers communication skills that have the potential to improve the patient-provider relationship and ultimately, adherence to medicines and retention in HIV care.

Patient satisfaction, retention in HIV care, and adherence to antiretroviral therapy - #K23MH100965

( 07/01/2014 - 06/30/2019 )

Grant funding from National Institutes of Health

In my early research, I focused on patient-provider communication and the critical role new providers have in shaping attitudes and behaviors that foster and strengthen key behavioral outcomes, like retention in HIV care. These studies show that 1) effective communication is of critical importance in developing positive patient-provider relationships, and 2) patients with positive patient-provider relationships are more likely to stay in HIV care and take their HIV medicines, which in turn, can lead to greater HIV suppression.