Having received her initial medical training in China, she came to Yale for her MPH and PhD in epidemiology from the Yale School of Public Health. Dr. Zhang completed a one-year post-doctoral fellowship at the National Cancer Institute, and then joined the faculty of the Yale School of Public Health in 2005 as an assistant professor. An adjunct professor at the China National Cancer Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Qidong Liver Cancer Research Institute, and Taiyuan Medical University, Dr. Zhang is a recipient of the "Innovation and Pioneering