Ms Wei-Hong Zhang
Associate Professor
Wei-Hong ZHANG is a professor of Public Health at Ghent University, specializing in health issues in Europe and China. She supervises PhD and postdoctoral research and has long-standing experience coordinating international projects, particularly public health EU-funded projects in Europe and China.
Following graduation from medical school in China, Wei-Hony ZHANG moved to Belgium in 1991, where she obtained two master’s degrees and a PhD in public health, followed by postdoctoral research at the University of Oxford.
Her research focuses on evidence-based health, aging populations, reproductive health, perinatal epidemiology, environmental health, and knowledge translation into policy. She has published papers as the first author at BMJ and Lancet and edited two books.
With a distinguished academic career, she has built a vast professional network spanning 30 Chinese provinces, collaborating with universities, hospitals, NGOs, and national institutions. She has supervised over 30 PhD and postdoctoral projects and teaches epidemiology, evidence-based public health, and health information systems. She also holds adjunct professor positions at Tsinghua University, Tongji University School of Medicine, and the National Research Institute for Family Planning in China, as well as at Tulane University in the U.S. and Aga Khan University in Nairobi.
Prof. Zhang is advisor of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council of China, expert of the “Overseas Academicians and Experts Beijing Workstation” and awarded as “10 leading Chinese Talents on Science and Technology in Europe 2019” and expert of the European Commission under HORIZON 2020 in the field of Public Health. She is also academic coordinator of East Asia platform of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Science and member of the steering committee of East Asia platform of Ghent University. Wei-Hong ZHANG has been initiator and organizer of the annual EU-China Health Forum launched in 2017.
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