Prof Zhang is a very experienced medical AI specialist and health economist. He has rich cross-disciplinary research experience in mathematics, epidemiology, artificial intelligence and health economics. He has supervised >70 postdocs/postgraduates. His research has been funded by international, governmental and philanthropic grants, with a total of $7.2m. His team was awarded China's Key Medical Development Award 2020, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Australasian Sexual and Reproductive Health Alliance Innovation Award in 2021. To date, he has published 266 publications, 181 of which are first/senior authored. He regularly publishes in leading journals, including 15 publications in the Lancet series.
He has advised for Technical Working Group for Needle-Syringe Programs Evaluation in EECA at the World Bank, the Strategic and Technical Advisory Committee for Viral Hepatitis at WHO, the Strategic and Technical Advisory Committee for Viral Hepatitis and at WHO Western Pacificand Immunization and Vaccines Related Implementation Research Advisory Committee at WHO Geneva. He is a founding member of China's National Cervical Cancer Control Committee and the Working Committee of the Chinese Medical Association for Promoting the Elimination of Viral Hepatitis, China.
