{"id":5166,"date":"2019-09-30T08:52:19","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T12:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radonc\/?post_type=directory&#038;p=5166"},"modified":"2026-02-11T19:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T00:46:18","slug":"sha-chang","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radonc\/directory\/sha-chang\/","title":{"rendered":"Sha Chang"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Specialties<\/h2>\n<p>Radiation therapy, medical physics, multidisciplinary research<\/p>\n<h2>Education\/Degrees<\/h2>\n<p>Ph.D., Solid State Physics, Clark University, Massachusetts, USA<br \/>\nMedical Physics Residency, The Joint Center for Radiotherapy, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, USA<br \/>\nB.S., Physics, Nanking University, Nanking, China<\/p>\n<h2>Research Interests<\/h2>\n<p>Microbeam and spatially-fractionated radiation therapy preclinical research<br \/>\nCarbon nanotube field emission based radiation technology development<br \/>\nEarly treatment outcome detection using acoustic angiography<br \/>\nEnhancement of NP drug tumor delivery using microbeam radiation<br \/>\nIMRT dose optimization and delivery<br \/>\nRecyclable compensator-IMRT solution<br \/>\nRadiotherapy treatment planning system development<br \/>\nRadiotherapy physics education<\/p>\n<h2>Board Certifications<\/h2>\n<p>American Board of Radiology (1996)<\/p>\n<h2>Academic Honors\/Awards<\/h2>\n<p>Fellow of American Association of Physics in Medicine (2012)<br \/>\nFellow of Academy of Educators of UNC School of Medicine (2011)<br \/>\nPresident of Southeast Chapter of American Association of Physics in Medicine (2008)<\/p>\n<h2>Grants (Active)<\/h2>\n<p>Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence Pilot Grant (2015-2016) ($50,000.00)<b><br \/>\n<\/b>Enhance Tumor Delivery of Carrier-Mediated Agents Using Microbeam Radiation Therapy<br \/>\nPI: S Chang<\/p>\n<p>UNC Eshelman Institute for Innovation Grant (2015-2016) ($50,000.00)<b><br \/>\n<\/b>Enhancing tumor delivery of nanoparticle anticancer agents using microbeam radiation therapy<br \/>\nPI: W Zamboni<br \/>\nCo-PI: S Chang<\/p>\n<p>UNC-UIH PLUNC 2.0 Development Grant (2013-2017) ($550,000.00)<b><br \/>\n<\/b>UIH is an emerging Chinese medical device company. The grant supports the collaboration between UNC and UIH to develop and commercialize a treatment planning system based on the PLUNC software used in UNC.<br \/>\nPI: S. Chang<\/p>\n<h2>Book Chapters<\/h2>\n<p>S. Chang, Chapter 93 Compensator-based IMRT, Quality and Safety in Radiation Oncology,<br \/>\nEditors T. Pawlicki, P. Dunscombe, A. Mundt, and P. Scalliet, (2010). P 565-569<\/p>\n<p>S. Wang, O. Zhou, S. Chang, Chapter 19: Carbon-nanotube field emission electron and x-ray<br \/>\ntechnology for medical research and clinical applications, The Oxford Handbook of Nanoscience and<br \/>\nTechnology, p.673-696 (2010).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Specialties Radiation therapy, medical physics, multidisciplinary research Education\/Degrees Ph.D., Solid State Physics, Clark University, Massachusetts, USA Medical Physics Residency, The Joint Center for Radiotherapy, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, USA B.S., Physics, Nanking University, Nanking, China Research Interests Microbeam and spatially-fractionated radiation therapy preclinical research Carbon nanotube field emission based radiation technology development Early treatment outcome &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radonc\/directory\/sha-chang\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Sha Chang\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2430,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-5166","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sha Chang | Department of Radiation Oncology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/radonc\/directory\/sha-chang\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sha Chang | Department of Radiation Oncology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Specialties Radiation therapy, medical physics, multidisciplinary research Education\/Degrees Ph.D., Solid State Physics, Clark University, Massachusetts, USA Medical Physics Residency, The Joint Center for Radiotherapy, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, USA B.S., Physics, Nanking University, Nanking, China Research Interests Microbeam and spatially-fractionated radiation therapy preclinical research Carbon nanotube field emission based radiation technology development Early treatment outcome &hellip; 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