Yuan Zhang

  • Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences (in the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center)
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Yuan Zhang - Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences (in the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center). Yuan Zhang’s research examines how social factors across different life stages influence aging-related outcomes, with an emphasis on populations in less economically developed countries. She also studies population health trends to uncover how disease burden, dementia, and mortality are unfolding in the population, and how they are linked to other structural changes such as increasing education.

Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences (in the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center)

Research

For current students at Columbia interested in working with Dr. Zhang, a commitment of at least two semesters (20 hours/week) is strongly encouraged.