Dr. Shang focuses on research that advances public health through cancer prevention. Through cutting-edge research that examines how regulatory policies can reduce health-compromising behaviors, experts in the Shang Lab are working to inform global health policies, as well as health policies at the national, state and community levels.
In addition to Dr. Shang’s research work, she is an assistant professor in the Division of Medical Oncology at The Ohio State University. She is also a member of several professional organizations, including the American Economic Association, the American Society of Health Economists and the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco.
As a member of the Center for Tobacco Research and the Cancer Control Program at the OSUCCC – James, Dr. Shang is a health economist with extensive experience in regulatory science. Her research evaluates the effectiveness of policies that regulate tobacco, alcohol and recreational marijuana, with a focus on taxation.
In these studies, Dr. Shang and her team of experts integrate preference research, behavioral economics and statistical modeling to investigate cancer-causing behaviors and the impact of regulations on these behaviors.
She currently serves as a principal investigator or co-investigator on a number of NIH-funded research projects, including a pair of studies funded by the National Cancer Institute that examine smokers’ decision-making about tobacco use and the impact of tobacco control policies in the nicotine delivery market.
Dr. Shang’s work has been published in a number of peer-reviewed scientific journals, including American Journal of Medicine, Tobacco Control, Nicotine and Tobacco Research, Preventive Medicine and Addiction. She was also one of six peer reviewers to receive the 2020 Reviewer of the Year Award from Tobacco Control, a leading journal for tobacco control research.
Principal Investigator
Other Team Members
Shaoying Ma, PhD – Postdoctoral Scholar, OSUCCC – James Center for Tobacco Research
Shuning Jiang – PhD Student, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Meng Ling – PhD Student, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Collaboration With Other Ohio State Labs and Research Teams
The nationally and internationally recognized Shang Lab research experts believe collaboration is the key to supporting effective policies that target the behaviors that increase cancer risks.
Here at Ohio State, translational research teams in the Shang Lab have partnered with several researchers to perform groundbreaking research, including:
- Theodore Wagener, PhD, director, OSUCCC – James Center for Tobacco Research
- Darren Mays, PhD, associate professor, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
- John FP Bridges, PhD, professor, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
- Theodore Brasky, PhD, assistant professor, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
- Jian Chen, PhD, associate professor, The Ohio State University College of Engineering
- Bo Lu, PhD, professor, The Ohio State University College of Public Health
When looking for collaborators, Dr. Shang looks for individuals who share the same vision in advancing public health through cancer prevention, who have the expertise to work in a team science framework and who share an enthusiasm for working in an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary environment.
For more information on the team, collaborations, opportunities and lab-specific inquiries, please contact Dr. Ce Shang at 917-868-8682 or ce.shang@osumc.edu.