Feng Chang, University of Waterloo

Research

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Latest papers

Risk-Calibrated Uncertainty-Aware Edge-Cloud Scheduling for Reliable Multi-Tenant ML Inference
2026 · senior author
Lightweight Edge-Cloud Cooperative Inference for Small and Medium Models under WAN Constraints
2026
Barriers and facilitators to implementation research on pharmacist-led medication reviews in memory clinics: A qualitative study using the TDF-COM-B
PLoS ONE · 2026

All 77 publications

Latest funding

The feasibility and costs of pharmacy models supporting rural and remote communities: A simulation study
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$581,400
Match Making: Empowering older adults to age in place through matching automated medication adherence technology to ability
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$97,396
Drug-related problems in persons with cognitive impairment and dementia in primary-care based memory clinics: Effectiveness of medication reviews
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$9,942

All 3 grants and awards

77 publications.

01

Risk-Calibrated Uncertainty-Aware Edge-Cloud Scheduling for Reliable Multi-Tenant ML Inference

Xinxin Huang, Tianjian Xia, Yihao Zhou, Jiajing Liao, Lu Ren, Feng Chang

2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.13140/rg.2.2.35585.83045

02

Lightweight Edge-Cloud Cooperative Inference for Small and Medium Models under WAN Constraints

Jiajing Liao, Feng Chang, Tianjian Xia, Zeyu Huang, Xinxin Huang, Yihao Zhou

2026Open Access

DOI: 10.13140/rg.2.2.10625.21603

03

Barriers and facilitators to implementation research on pharmacist-led medication reviews in memory clinics: A qualitative study using the TDF-COM-B

Sharma R, Aslam Y, Faisal S, McAiney C, Chang F, Sadowski CA, Lee L, Roy M, Baby B, Mamdani M

PLoS ONE2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0341014

04

Characteristics of exercise- and nutrition-based continuing education for health-care professionals to support community-living older adults in Canada.

Robertson A, Liao A, Mills C, Chang F, Fischer S, Middleton L, Russell C, Keller H, Giangregorio L

Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme2026

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2025-0166 PMID: 41411636

05

Personalized Predictive Model to Predict Subtask Success of Medication Adherence Technologies for Older Adults With Diverse Capabilities: Development and Internal Validation Study

Baby B, Elba G, Kim M, Park S, Hudani I, Sharma R, Patel H, Bajaj S, Patterson PK, McKinnon A

JMIR Aging2026Open Access

DOI: 10.2196/84616

06

Performance-Based Usability of Medication Adherence Technologies Among Older Adults With Diverse Capabilities: Quantitative Study

Baby B, Elba G, Park S, Hudani I, Sharma R, Patterson K, McKinnon A, Guilcher SJT, Chang F, Lee L

JMIR Aging2026Open Access

DOI: 10.2196/88398

07

Drug-related problems in older adults with mild cognitive impairment or dementia: A cross-sectional comparison of 2 different instruments

Sharma R, Chang F, Lee L, Patel T

Canadian Pharmacists Journal2026Open Access

DOI: 10.3138/cpj-24-0083

08

Coordinating Training and Inference in Heterogeneous Cloud GPU Clusters with Learned Interference Models

Tianjian Xia, Xinxin Huang, Yihao Zhou, Feng Chang, Lu Ren

2026Open Access

DOI: 10.13140/rg.2.2.15926.66885

09

Medication Adherence Technologies: A Classification Taxonomy Based on Features

Baby B, Gill JK, Faisal S, Elba G, Park S, McKinnon A, Patterson K, Guilcher SJT, Chang F, Lee L

Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health20254 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpdig.2025.100237

10

Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use Among Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Attending Primary Care-Based Memory Clinics

Sharma R, Lee L, Chang F, Patel T

Pharmacy20253 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/pharmacy13030082

The feasibility and costs of pharmacy models supporting rural and remote communities: A simulation study

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Zhang, Wei; Kuo, I fan; Tseng, Ling-I Olivia

Keywords: Costing; Equity; Health Care Access; Pharmacy Models; Pharmacy Services; Rural And Remote Communities; Rural Incentive Program

$581,400

Match Making: Empowering older adults to age in place through matching automated medication adherence technology to ability

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Aging in Place Challenge

Principal investigators: Patel, Tejal; Griffin, Ryan H

Keywords: Aging In Place Challenge

$97,396

Drug-related problems in persons with cognitive impairment and dementia in primary-care based memory clinics: Effectiveness of medication reviews

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Patel, Tejal; Lee, Linda

Keywords: Aging; Cognitive Disorders; Dementia; Medication Reviews; Pharmacists; Team-Based Care

$9,942

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Michael Beazely and Mike Beazely: 75 shared papers
Linda Lee and Tejal Patel: 37 shared papers
Sara Guilcher and Tejal Patel: 34 shared papers
Lisa McCarthy and Sara Guilcher: 33 shared papers
Lisa McCarthy and Barbara Farrell: 30 shared papers
Tejal Patel and Feng Chang: 26 shared papers
Kelly Grindrod and Catherine Burns: 24 shared papers
Kelly Grindrod and Ross Tsuyuki: 16 shared papers
Linda Lee and Feng Chang: 15 shared papers
Lisa McCarthy and Tejal Patel: 10 shared papers
Barbara Farrell and Lisa Bishop: 10 shared papers
Kelly Grindrod and Tejal Patel: 10 shared papers
Kelly Grindrod and Michael Beazely: 10 shared papers
Kelly Grindrod and Mike Beazely: 10 shared papers
Martin Cooke and Feng Chang: 10 shared papers
Ross Tsuyuki and Zubin Austin: 10 shared papers
Linda Lee and Lora Giangregorio: 9 shared papers
Barbara Farrell and Derek Jorgenson: 9 shared papers
Beth Sproule and Feng Chang: 9 shared papers
Linda Lee and Carrie McAiney: 8 shared papers
Katelyn Halpape and Derek Jorgenson: 8 shared papers
Lisa McCarthy and Beth Sproule: 7 shared papers
Catherine Burns and Feng Chang: 7 shared papers
Susan Elliott and Martin Cooke: 6 shared papers
Linda Lee and Catherine Burns: 6 shared papers
Linda Lee and Sara Guilcher: 6 shared papers
Kelly Grindrod and Zubin Austin: 6 shared papers
Sara Guilcher and Feng Chang: 6 shared papers
Susan Elliott and Feng Chang: 5 shared papers
Lisa McCarthy and Emily Milne: 5 shared papers
Lisa McCarthy and Feng Chang: 5 shared papers
Barbara Farrell and Zubin Austin: 5 shared papers
Kelly Grindrod and Feng Chang: 5 shared papers
Lisa McCarthy and Martin Cooke: 4 shared papers
Beth Sproule and Martin Cooke: 4 shared papers
Beth Sproule and Emily Milne: 4 shared papers
Martin Cooke and Emily Milne: 4 shared papers
Emily Milne and Feng Chang: 4 shared papers
Lora Giangregorio and Kelly Grindrod: 3 shared papers
Lora Giangregorio and Catherine Burns: 3 shared papers
Ross Tsuyuki and Michael Beazely: 3 shared papers
Ross Tsuyuki and Derek Jorgenson: 3 shared papers
Ross Tsuyuki and Mike Beazely: 3 shared papers
Zubin Austin and Feng Chang: 3 shared papers
Michael Beazely and Feng Chang: 3 shared papers
Mike Beazely and Feng Chang: 3 shared papers
Linda Lee and wajd Alkabbani: 2 shared papers
Lora Giangregorio and Feng Chang: 2 shared papers
Lisa McCarthy and Katie Cook: 2 shared papers
Beth Sproule and Lisa Bishop: 2 shared papers
Beth Sproule and Katelyn Halpape: 2 shared papers
Beth Sproule and Dana Turcotte: 2 shared papers
Beth Sproule and Katie Cook: 2 shared papers
Lisa Bishop and Michael Beazely: 2 shared papers
Lisa Bishop and Katelyn Halpape: 2 shared papers
Lisa Bishop and Dana Turcotte: 2 shared papers
Lisa Bishop and Feng Chang: 2 shared papers
Martin Cooke and Katie Cook: 2 shared papers
Tejal Patel and Carrie McAiney: 2 shared papers
Tejal Patel and wajd Alkabbani: 2 shared papers
Ross Tsuyuki and Chiranjeev Sanyal: 2 shared papers
Ross Tsuyuki and Feng Chang: 2 shared papers
wajd Alkabbani and Feng Chang: 2 shared papers
Michael Beazely and Dana Turcotte: 2 shared papers
Katelyn Halpape and Feng Chang: 2 shared papers
Derek Jorgenson and Feng Chang: 2 shared papers
Dana Turcotte and Feng Chang: 2 shared papers
Katie Cook and Feng Chang: 2 shared papers
Susan Elliott and Michael Beazely: 1 shared paper
Barbara Farrell and Feng Chang: 1 shared paper
Beth Sproule and Chiranjeev Sanyal: 1 shared paper
Lisa Bishop and Chiranjeev Sanyal: 1 shared paper
Martin Cooke and Carrie McAiney: 1 shared paper
Carrie McAiney and Feng Chang: 1 shared paper
Chiranjeev Sanyal and Feng Chang: 1 shared paper

School of Pharmacy
Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences
Department of Oncology
School of Public Health Sciences
Affiliated Scientist
Department of Systems Design Engineering
Earth, Environment & Society
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2 shared papers, latest 2025

Joslin Goh

Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science

1 shared papers, latest 2026

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