Zhang Lei
Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,
School of Public Health,
Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center,
Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710061, PR China.
Prof Zhang is currently a full Professor at School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China.
He completed his Bachelor and Masters in Mathematics at the University of Sydney in 2002. He then pursued his PhD in Medicine in the University of New South Wales in HIV pathology. In 2006, He accepted a postdoctoral position offer at Humboldt University, Berlin and researched on topics of bioinformatics. In 2009, he completed a Master of Public Health in 2009. During 2009-2015, he served a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer position at Kirby Institute, UNSW. He was then appointed Associate Professor at Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine Monash University during 2015-2018. He accepted a Professor position at School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University since 2019.
Prof Zhang is a very experienced modeller and epidemiologist in HIV/STI research. He has cross-disciplinary research experience in mathematics, epidemiology, artificial intelligence and cost-effectiveness evaluation. He also has strong background in statistical analysis and computational research. He conducts high-quality HIV/STI research. So far, he has published 139 publications (85 papers, 5 book chapters, 9 technical reports), 85 of which are first/senior authored. He regularly publishes in leading journals (Lance HIV, Lancet ID, Genetics in Medicine, International Journal of Epidemiology, PNAS; CID; AIDS and JAIDS). He has led or contributed to six international projects with UNAIDS and the World Bank. These findings have been translated into health policies that foster effective HIV interventions in Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia. He has developed and demonstrated his leadership in these projects. His papers have been cited more than 2000 times. He has also given more than 30 oral and post conference presentations at several national and international conferences. He has supervised four PhD and 14 master students to completion. Currently, he is supervising three PhD and three master students. Over the course of his career, he has established strong collaboration with national health institutes (e.g. China CDC) and international organisations (WHO, UNAIDS and the World Bank). He also served as long-time consultant and technical advisor to WHO Western Pacific Region.
E-mail: lei.zhang1@xjtu.edu.cn
