Biografie
Zhu erhielt einen BS (1982) in Computermathematik und Informatik von der Shanghai University, einen MS (1987) und einen PhD (1992) in Statistik von der Queen's University bzw. der University of Toronto. Er absolvierte ein Postdoc-Stipendium im Bereich Umweltgesundheit bei Health Canada, bevor er an die Fakultät des University of South Florida College of Public Health wechselte. Er war über ein Jahrzehnt lang Gründungsdirektor des ersten PhD-Programms für Biostatistik im Bundesstaat Florida. Er kam 2017 zum Health Science Center der University of New Mexico
Persönliche Äußerung
Dr. Zhu has conducted research, both as an independent investigator and a collaborator, in diverse health-related fields. His research interest and expertise have expanded to include biostatistics, environmental health, health service research, health system and policy, and data science. He appreciates and values the important role biostatistics plays in multi-disciplinary research and education in team science settings. He has been exploring and practicing interdisciplinary teaching in his decade-long leadership role in graduate Biostatistics programs. Dr. Zhu proactively promotes science-based policy and practice through service at national committees and advisory boards in areas of health protection and health.
Fachgebiete
Biostatistics and Data Science
Environmental Health and Health Risk Assessment
Health Service Research
Design, Conduct, and Evaluation of Clinical Studies (e.g. Clinical Trials)
Health System and Policy in Rural China
Erfolge & Auszeichnungen
Fulbright Scholar, Public Policy in China, 2012-2013
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science and Technology Policy Fellow, US Environmental Protection Agency, 2013-2015
Faculty Research Excellence Award for Individual Contribution to Team Science, UNM Health Science Center, 2023
University of South Florida President's Faculty Excellence, 2003
University of South Florida Outstanding Faculty, 2013
Geschlecht
Männlich
Sprachen
- Chinesisch
- Englisch
Lehrveranstaltungen
Dr. Zhu has taught biostatistics and research method courses at undergraduate, Master's and PhD levels for over two decades, covering survival data analysis, survey and sampling, experimental design, probability theory, statistical inference, statistical computing methods, and spatiotemporally clustered data. He has also conducted workshops and summer programs both in the US and internationally on research methods in multidisciplinary settings.
Forschung und Stipendium
Dr. Zhu's current research and scholarship are focused in five broad-based areas, analytic methods in data sciences, rural health in China, environmental health and risk assessment, innovative and adaptive training in biostatistics and research methods, and broad-based collaboration in health-related research. Dr. Zhu leads the Loess Plateau Health Project, an 18-year cohort study in rural northwestern China, which aims to inform evidence-supported health policies and program implementation. Dr. Zhu also develops innovative methods to implement pathway-informed multi-sector data integration across heterogeneous systems to support environmental health risk assessment and policy impact assessment. He is also developing personalized, on-demand, and adaptive training in biostatistics and research methods for health researchers.