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About Jian Zhang

Biography, Disciplines and Teaching Interests
Jian Zhang worked with the Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the World Health Organization prior to moving to US for an advanced degree. He obtained a Doctorate in Public Health from the Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, USA. Before he joined the faculty of Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health in 2008, he had worked with the University of South Carolina, Institute of Family in Society, and the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA.

Disciplines: Epidemiology
Teaching Interests: Research Methods, Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Public Health Surveillance

Positions

Present Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Environmental Health Sciences
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Disciplines

Research Interests

Grants

2012 - 2017 Accelerate sustain and the progresses of vaccine-preventable disease control and Prevention in poor regions
Government of Guangxi Autonomous Region
Role: Co-PI
Colleague(s): Jiatong Zhuo (PI)
$130,000
2015 Assessment of patient centered outcomes for diabetes self-management
Institute of Public & Preventive Health, Georgia Regents University
Role: Georgia Southern University onsite advisor
Colleague(s): Frances Yang (PI)
$7,200
2010 - 2015 Accelerating and sustaining measles elimination in impoverished areas of China
UNICEF / CDC /Guangxi Provincial Government
Role: PI
2013 Health care seeking behavior and its influencing factors among Chinese elderly
Ministry of Health, China
Role: Consultant
Colleague(s): Fei Yan (PI)
$20,000
2013 Reducing the disparity between permanent residents and temporary migrants, Stop TB Shanghai
World Health Organization, and Shanghai City Commission of Health and Population Planning
Role: Consultant
Colleague(s): Fei Yan (PI)
$30,000
2012 - 2013 The impact of free distributing antipsychotics to the poor schizophrenics in Jiangsu Province, China
China Medical Board [New York, USA] young faculty seed grant in Health Policy and Systems
Role: Consultant
Colleague(s): Hui Lu (PI) and Fei Yan(Co-PI)
$10,000
2009 - 2010 Peri-natal risk factors of pediatric obesity
Georgia Southern University Faculty Research Award
Role: PI
$6,500
1998 - 2004 Evaluation, technical assistance and consultation on the medically fragile children’s program and medically complex population
South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Role: Research Associate (2002-2004), Graduate Research Assistant (1998-2002)
Colleague(s): Ana Lopez De Fede (PI)
$2,500,000
1994 - 1996 Alternative strategies for controlling and eliminating measles in China
Ministry of Health, China
Role: Co-PI
Colleague(s): Wang Kean (PI)
$12,000
1994 - 1996 Cost-benefit & cost-effectiveness study of the Polio Eradication Program
Ministry of Health, China
Role: PI
$20,000
1994 - 1996 Trend analysis of health investment in poor provinces of China
China Ministry of Health and World Bank
Role: PI
$15,000
1992 - 1995 Referral pattern of acute flaccid paralysis diseases in China
Ministry of Health, China
Role: Co-PI
Colleague(s): Zhang Rong-zhen (PI)
$40,000
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2018 Member, Promotion and Tenure Review Committee, GSU
2012 - 2015 Committee member, Faculty Development Committee, GSU
2012 - 2013 Member, Epidemiology faculty search committee, GSU
2011 - 2013 Member, General Education Council, GSU
2011 - 2013 Alternate, Institutional Review Board, GSU
2011 Chair, Epidemiology faculty search committee, GSU
2011 Member, Working group for the governmental language of governmental committee, GSU
2010 - 2011 Committee member, Graduate Committee, GSU
2009 - 2010 Committee member, Committee on advising and counseling, GSU
2009 - 2010 Committee member, Committee on doctoral program requirement, GSU
2009 - 2010 Committee member, Committee on faculty diversity, GSU
2009 - 2010 Committee member, Committee on program length, GSU
2009 Member, Epidemiology faculty search committee, GSU
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Honors and Awards

  • Recipient, National Award in Recognition of Extraordinary Contributions to the Science and Technology of Health, The Ministry of Health of China (1995)
  • Recipient, Unit Commendation, Chinese Centers for Disease Control (1996)
  • Recipient, Faculty Awards of Research Excellence, Georgia Southern University (2015)

Courses

  • Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases (EPID 9281)
  • Chronic Diseases, A Modern Epidemic (PUBH 3131)
  • Introduction to Public Health (PUBH 5520)
  • Public Health Capstone Research Projects (PUBH 7991)
  • Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases (EPID 9281)
  • Epidemiological Research Method I (EPID 7133)
  • Public Health Surveillance (EPID 7233)
  • Epidemiological Research Method II (EPID 7134)
  • Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases (EPID 7131)

Education

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2002 DrPH. in Epidemiology, University of South Carolina
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1992 M.Sc. in Health Service Research, Fudan University
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1989 M.D. in Preventive Medicine, Shanxi Medical University
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Links

Contact Information

PO Box 8015
Statesboro, GA 30460
Office: Hendricks Hall

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Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals (106)