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Richard Calvin Chang, JD, is the data analytics director and co-founding member of the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) Data Policy Lab at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR). His current work focuses on raising awareness of COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on NHPIs and ensuring the community is accurately represented with policymakers and stakeholders. His duties include developing and maintaining data dashboards highlighting NHPI data, developing data reports for national and local NHPI partners, and assisting with the development of a national policy platform for NHPIs.
Prior to joining UCLA CHPR, Chang worked as an attorney and policy director for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) nonprofits and served as president of the Pacific Islander Health Partnership. He previously managed health policy and data equity campaigns that led to the passage of a smoke-free outdoor area ordinance in the city of Carson and mandating further disaggregation of Asian and Pacific Islander groups by the California Department of Public Health. He has also worked with the California Department of Justice to ensure NHPI data is disaggregated under the Racial and Identity Profiling Act. Chang was also the project manager and co-author of the first demographic profiles of NHPIs in the U.S. and California and the Policy Platform Blueprint for NHPIs in the United States.
Chang received a BA in political science from the University of California, San Diego, a JD from Seton Hall University School of Law, and is currently an MS candidate in computational analysis and public policy at the University of Chicago.
Prior to joining UCLA CHPR, Chang worked as an attorney and policy director for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) nonprofits and served as president of the Pacific Islander Health Partnership. He previously managed health policy and data equity campaigns that led to the passage of a smoke-free outdoor area ordinance in the city of Carson and mandating further disaggregation of Asian and Pacific Islander groups by the California Department of Public Health. He has also worked with the California Department of Justice to ensure NHPI data is disaggregated under the Racial and Identity Profiling Act. Chang was also the project manager and co-author of the first demographic profiles of NHPIs in the U.S. and California and the Policy Platform Blueprint for NHPIs in the United States.
Chang received a BA in political science from the University of California, San Diego, a JD from Seton Hall University School of Law, and is currently an MS candidate in computational analysis and public policy at the University of Chicago.

Policy Research Report
The Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) Data Policy Platform is a resource for change agents, policymakers, community activists, and data-driven institutions seeking to improve their data processes to better address NHPI needs and develop more fruitful relationships with NHPI communities.
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March, 2023
01:00 PM - 02:30 PM PDT
UCLA CHPR's NHPI Data Policy Lab unveiled a series of data dashboards aimed at providing accessible data tools on the health and health needs of the NHPI community. Designed with community input from 34 NHPI organizations, the data dashboards hope to address the community’s barriers to accessing and utilizing disaggregated health and social determinants of health data to inform advocacy efforts and programs.
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November, 2022
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM PST
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research’s Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Data Policy Lab as they unveil the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) Data Policy Platform, No Health Equity without Data Equity, created to improve NHPI data quality, identify data gaps, and create data systems processes that provide meaningful opportunities for community involvement.
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August, 2020
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM PDT
So how does a group which has often been masked by a lack of meaningful data become unhidden? The brand-new Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) COVID-19 Data Policy Lab at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR) is looking to change that — by revealing targeted data for NHPIs across the nation in order to better deploy resources and other actions to help the disproportionately affected population.
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