Virginia Chang, Ph.D.
Certified End -of -Life DoulaHow do you want to live until the very last moment?
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Virginia Chang, Ph.D.
Certified End -of -Life DoulaHow do you want to live until the very last moment?
Media & Public Events
Increasing public awareness about end-of-life doulas, via education and advocacy, is an important component of Virginia’s work. She has been featured in the media, including the news, articles, radio, and podcasts. She also informs through presentations, workshops, and guided meditations.
Death Doulas Adapt to Pandemic to Provide End-of-Life Support
INELDA May Newsletter Doula Profile Virginia Chang, Ph.D.
People don't have to die alone, without Respect
End-of-life Doulas
Help People Die Comfortably
MIT News Magazine
Alumni Profile
Virginia Chang ‘85
Virginia is on the faculty of UVM's EOL Professional Doula
Program as Lead Instructor
How End-of-life Doulas Are Changing the Conversation Around How We Die
End-of-life doula empowers clients to face their death
A Doula’s Perspective: Dying Well in New York City
A Doula’s Perspective :
Dying Well in New York City
The Completed Life Initiative
August 13, 2024
Death Café
Gay Men’s Health Crisis Wellness Day
June 27, 2024
A Good Death Community Screening
Hudson Valley Hospice
June 13, 2024
Death, Dying, Grief & Loss
Silberman School of Social Work, Hunter College, CUNY
October 18, 2023
May 8, 2024
A Good Death Community Screening
International End-of-Life Doula Association
April 24, 2024
Do I Grieve? Acknowledging Loss in Myself and Others
A 3-session workshop series for the
Mt. Sinai Woman to Woman Cancer Support Program
March 2024
End-of-life doula empowers clients to face their death
Crain’s New York Business
February 5, 2024
“Death Is Just One Day”: How End-of-life Doulas
Are Changing the Conversation Around How We Die
Independent Lens – PBS
February 2, 2024
A Good Death Community Screening
International Doula Life Movement
3rd Annual Birthday Bash
January 10, 2024
End of Life Planning Workshop
Park Slope Center for Successful Aging
presented by Heights & Hills and Park Slope Parents
November 30, 2023
End of Life and The Role of the Doula
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA), Long Island Chapter
November 2, 2023
Learning About End-of-Life Care
Emory School of Medicine, Family Medicine Interest Group
November 10, 2021
November 9, 2022
October 24, 2023
Embracing Life’s Final Chapter
WBAI – 99.5 FM live talk radio show City Watch
October 15, 2023
How Do You Doula?
National End-of-Life Doula Alliance, Panel Discussion
September 7, 2023
‘It’s your life, it’s your death': NYC’s end-of-life doulas
are trying to make dying a little better
Gothamist
April 1, 2023
Meditation & Mortality
Souk Studio, NYC
October 2022 and April 2023
End of Life and The Role of the Doula
Palliative Care Committee, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
January 25, 2023
Mortality Awareness
Connection(s) with Tavia and The McClish
A Christmas Broadcast
December 25, 2022
End of Life and The Role of the Doula
Social Work, Care Coordination Department
New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
October 27, 2022
Approaching Death Differently | Wisdom from A Death Doula
AgeLess Episode 9 | Sharecare
October 2022
Finding Meaning in Life and Peace in Death: A Special Series
A 4-session workshop series for the
Mt. Sinai Woman to Woman Cancer Support Program
August 2022
Guided Meditations: 45:15 – A Community Writing Event
The Center for Fiction
March 2020 to August 2022
Getting Comfortable with Death
Mt. Sinai Woman to Woman Cancer Support Program
May 12, 2022
Dear Death, Finding Meaning in Life, Peace in Death, and Joy in an Ordinary Day
INELDA Notes for the Journey Newsletter, Media of the Month
February 2022
End-of-Life Issues with Older Adults and Family
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, College of Health and Human Services
School of Social Work, Guest Lecturer
February 10, 2022
End-of-Life Books to Help People of All Ages Process Death
The University of Vermont Out•Reach blog
December 25, 2021
That One Step, A Group Conversation
Reimagine Grief, Growth and Action Fall Festival
November 18, 2021
The Violet Hour
A late-night talk show with a twist
October 31, 2021
Cast of The Violet Hour with guest stars from Saturday Night Live’s Melissa Villaseñor and Alex Moffat, and Dr. Virginia Chang
Post-production by QIP
An Expert gives tips on ways to cope with death as
Erie county residents deal with Covid-19 Deaths
Erie News Now
August 30, 2021
Embracing Life, Preparing for Death
Erie County Public Library Workshop
National Grief Awareness Day
August 30, 2021
Death Doulas Adapt to Pandemic to Provide End-of-Life Support
AARP
July 9, 2021
Like Their Childbirth Counterparts, End-Of-Life Doulas Offer Spiritual Support For One Of Life’s Major Events
LA NPR affiliate KPCC's live daily public affairs show AirTalk
Virginia discusses cultural issues at end of life, begin at 1:34:23
July 7, 2021
Doula Profile: Virginia Chang, Ph.D.
INELDA Notes for the Journey Newsletter
May 16, 2021
Menschen müssen nicht allein sterben, ohne Respekt (People don't have to die alone, without Respect)
Die Welt
April 12, 2021
Death, Decay, Destruction : Dark Tourism and Sites of Memory
NYU Program in Museum Studies, Guest Lecturer
April 1, 2021
End-of-life doulas help people die comfortably.
In a pandemic, they're more important than ever
CNN News
March 9, 2021
Dreams And Doulas : Positive Influences As Death Approaches
Agebuzz.com
March 3, 2021
Affirming Life at the End of Life
Slice of MIT
An MIT Alumni Association Publication
March 1, 2021
Getting Comfortable with Death
NYU Langone Medical Center
Community Healthcare Workers Resource and Research Center
Online Community Learning Presentation
April 27, 2020
Learning the Complexities of End-of-Life in UVM's Death Doula Program :
In Her Grief, Virginia Chang Set Out to Support Others as an End-of-Life Doula
The University of Vermont Out•Reach blog
February 28, 2020
Graduate Spotlight : Virginia Chang
The University of Vermont's End of Life Care Newsletter
January 2020
VNSNY Hospice Offers Self-Care Tips
for Healthcare Providers
Frontline VNSNY News Briefs
January 22, 2020
Featured Volunteer, National Volunteer Week
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
April 10, 2019
Hospice Volunteer Kindness Takes Center Stage for National Volunteers Month
The Bronx Voice
An Independent Community Newspaper
April 9, 2019
PREPARE for Your Care :
Learn How to Have Your End of Life Wishes Honored
Reimagine End of Life NYC
Advance Care Planning Workshops
October 27 – November 03, 2018