Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
McGill University
Peterson Hall Building, Room 340
3460 McTavish Street
Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0E6
Tel.: 514-398-6854
Fax: 514-398-3403
E-Mail: zoua.vang [at] mcgill.ca (Zoua M. Vang)
Website: http://www.zouamvang.com/
Professor Vang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and an Associate Member of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at McGill University. She is the founding Director of the Indigenous Maternal-Infant Health & Well-being (IMIHW) Lab at McGill. She is particularly interested in the social determinants of adverse birth outcomes and maternal-infant health among immigrants and Indigenous peoples.
Research
Professor Vang's current research has been focusing on three main areas:
- Migration and health
- Indigenous maternal-infant health
- Relationship between discrimination and health
Education
PhD in Sociology (2008): Harvard University
Recent Publications
Vang, Zoua M., Gagnon, Robert, Lee, Tanya, Jimenez, Vania, Navickas, Arian, Pelletier, Jeannie, & Shenker, Hannah. (2018). “Interactions between Indigenous Women Awaiting Childbirth Away from Home and Their Southern, Non-Indigenous Healthcare Providers.” Qualitative Health Research, 28(12): 1858-1870. Available here.
Shor, Eran, Roelfs, David, & Vang, Zoua M.. (2017). "The 'Hispanic Mortality Paradox' Revisited: Meta-analysis and Meta-regression of Life-Course Differentials in Latin American and Caribbean Immigrants' Mortality." Social Science & Medicine 186:20-33.
Khan, Mushira, Kobayashi, Karen, Vang, Zoua M., & Lee, Sharon M. (2017). "Are Visible Minorities Invisible in Canadian Health Data and Research? A Scoping Review." International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, 13(1): 126-143.
Vang, Zoua M., Sigouin, Jennifer, Flenon, Astrid, & Gagnon, Alain. (2017). "Are Immigrants Healthier than Native-born Canadians? A Systematic Review of the Healthy Immigrant Effect in Canada." Ethnicity & Health, 22(3):209-241. DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2016.1246518
Vang, Zoua M. (2016). "Infant Mortality among the Canadian-born Offspring of Immigrants and Non-immigrants in Canada: A Population-based Study." Population Health Metrics 14:32. DOI: 10.1186/s12963-016-0101-5