Dr. Ni Zhang

I specialize in health communication, social marketing, and community-based participatory research. I received a Bachelor of Medicine degree in Health Administration from Anhui Medical University, a Master of Arts degree in Communication Studies at University of Science and Technology of China, a Master of Public Health, and a PhD at Department of Community and Behavioral Health of College of Public Health in the University of Iowa. During my PhD program, I worked on a project to evaluate the cost of sexual violence in Iowa state. My first job out of the PhD program was working at a community-based organization, Asian Health Coalition for substance abuse prevention among Chinese youth in Chicago Chinatown. I also worked as a research coordinator supervising patient navigators for a NIH R01 grant, to promote breast and cervical cancer screen among Chinese women in Chicago. I recently developed the American Lung Association’s COVID-19 vaccine toolkit for Chinese population. My current research is about how college students are coping with COVID-19 and how the social support on social media is associated with Asian college students’ anxiety level.