Ms Wei-Hong Zhang
Assistant 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 (UGent). She has long-standing experience in coordinating international projects, particularly EU-funded projects in Europe and China in the field of reproductive health and maternal health. She has published papers as the first or last authors at BMJ and Lancet journals, she teaches courses focused on epidemiology and evidence-based medicine. Wei-Hong Zhang is also academic coordinator of China platform of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Science at UG. Collaboration with Chinese partners in the Medicine, Health Science remains very suitable and is currently being further expanded. She has held the position of adjunct professor at several Chinese universities including Tsinghua University, Research Centre for Public Health; Shanghai Tongji University School of Medicine; Chongqing Medical University, National Research Institution for Family Planning. She has been appointed adjunct associate professor at Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, USA and visiting professor in the department of Population Health at Aga Khan university in Nairobi. She is also Advisor of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council of China since 2014 and Experts of “Overseas Academicians and Experts Beijing workstation in Tsinghua University” since 2017. She is external expert appointed by European Commission for evaluating the Research Projects in the field of the maternal health and the Coordination Projects targeted EU-China collaboration under HORIZON 2020.
Publicaties van Wei-Hong
2020 Anaphylaxis in pregnancy : a population‐based multinational European studyWei-Hong Zhang
2020 Challenges of the outbreak of COVID-19 in the nursing home setting : a cross-sectional investigation in 14 Chinese provincesWei-Hong Zhang
2020 Coping with minority stress in romantic relationships among lesbian, gay and bisexual peopleWei-Hong Zhang
2020 Prevention measures of the infection disease in Belgium and its revelation to COVID-19Wei-Hong Zhang
2020 Sexual and reproductive health correlates of polysubstance use among female adolescents who sell sex in the southwest of ChinaWei-Hong Zhang
2019 Contraceptive practices among unmarried women in China, 1982-2017 : systematic review and meta-analysisWei-Hong Zhang
2019 Is repeat abortion a public health problem among Chinese adolescents? : a cross-sectional survey in 30 provincesWei-Hong Zhang
2019 Initiation and completion rates of isoniazid preventive therapy among people living with HIV in Far-Western Region of Nepal : a retrospective cohort studyWei-Hong Zhang
2019 Prediction of fetal loss in Chinese pregnant patients with systemic lupus erythematosus : a retrospective cohort studyWei-Hong Zhang
2018 Contraception determinants in youths of Sierra Leone are largely behavioralWei-Hong Zhang
2018 Management and outcomes of pregnancy with or without lupus nephritis : a systematic review and meta-analysisWei-Hong Zhang
2018 Pregnancy outcomes among Chinese women with and without systemic lupus erythematosus : a retrospective cohort studyWei-Hong Zhang
2018 Sexual attraction and the nonmedical use of opioids and sedative drugs among Chinese adolescentsWei-Hong Zhang
2018 Underreporting of deaths in the maternal deaths surveillance system in one region of MoroccoWei-Hong Zhang
2017 A qualitative exploration of perceptions and experiences of contraceptive use, abortion and post-abortion family planning services (PAFP) in three provinces in ChinaWei-Hong Zhang
2017 Effects of post-abortion family planning services on contraceptive practices in China : protocol for a clustered randomized controlled trialWei-Hong Zhang
2017 Effects of post-abortion family planning services on preventing unintended pregnancy and repeat abortion (INPAC) : a cluster randomised controlled trial in 30 Chinese provincesWei-Hong Zhang
2017 Post-abortion family planning counselling practice among abortion service providers in China : a nationwide cross-sectional studyWei-Hong Zhang
2017 Repeat abortion in Chinese adolescents : a cross-sectional study in 30 provincesWei-Hong Zhang
2017 Fistula recurrence, pregnancy, and childbirth following successful closure of female genital fistula in Guinea : a longitudinal studyWei-Hong Zhang