Ms Wei-Hong Zhang
Associate Professor
Wei-Hong ZHANG (MD, MPH, PhD, Postdoctoral of University of Oxford), is Professor and supervisor of PhD and Postdoctoral of Public Health at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University of Ghent (UG). She has been settled in 1991 in Belgium where she got two maters diplomats and a PhD in the public health followed by Postdoctoral research at University of Oxford. She has long-standing experience in coordinating international projects, particularly EU-funded projects in Europe and in China in the field of Public Health. To date, she has supervised more than 20 PhD or postdoctoral research projects. Holding the position of adjunct professor at several Chinese universities including Chongqing Medical University; National Research Institution for Family Planning; Tsinghua University; Tongji University School of Medicine and adjunct associate professor at Tulane University, USA and visiting professor at Aga Khan university in Nairobi. Advisor of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council of China, Expert of “Overseas Academicians and Experts Beijing workstation” and awarded as “10 leading Chinese Talents on the Science and Technology in Europe 2019” and Expert of European Commission under HORIZON 2020 in the field Public Health. She is also academic coordinator of East Asia platform of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Science and members of the steering committee East Asia Platform of Ghent University.