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Shankuan Zhu
Medical School
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang
Language: English, Japanese, Chinese
Chronic Disease
Epidemiology
Nutrition
Obesity
Metabolic Syndrome
Cardiovascular
Diabetes
Hypertension
Cancer
Cohort Studies
Areas of Focus
- Chronic Disease Epidemiology
- Nutritional Epidemiology
- Obesity
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Cancer
- Adult Cohort Studies
- Birth Cohort Studies
Work Experience
- 2007–Present: Qiushi Distinguished Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Zhejiang University
- 2017–Present: Professor (Status Only), University of Toronto
- 2020–Present: Adjunct Professor, Zhejiang University Children's Hospital
- 2019–Present: Deputy Director, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders
- 2017–Present: Director, Zhejiang University-Stanford University Health Joint Laboratory
- 2012–Present: Head, Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University
- 2011–Present: Director, Institute of Chronic Disease, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University
- 2008–Present: Director, Obesity and Body Composition Research Center, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
- 2018–2020: Adjunct Professor, Zhejiang University Affiliated Women's Hospital
- 2009–2017: Deputy Dean, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University (2009-2013 Acting Dean)
- 2008–2010: Adjunct Associate Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin
- 2007–2008: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin
- 2003–2007: Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
- 2003: Research Associate, Obesity Research Center, Columbia University Medical Center
- 1997–2000: Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health, Nagoya University School of Medicine
- 1993–1997: Teaching Assistant (part-time), Department of Public Health, Nagoya University School of Medicine
- 1988–1992: Teaching Assistant, Department of Clinical Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
- 1988–1992: Member, Social Medicine Project, Department of Social Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (part-time)
- 1988–1992: Doctor, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (part-time)
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2000–2003: Postdoctoral Researcher, Columbia University Medical Center, Institute of Nutrition, Obesity Research Center
- 1993–1997: Ph.D., Nagoya University School of Medicine, Department of Public Health
- 1992–1993: Graduate Student, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Department of Public Health
- 1983–1988: Undergraduate, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (Zhejiang Medical University), Department of Clinical Medicine
- Elsevier Highly Cited Chinese Scholar (2014-2022)
- CMB Distinguished Professor (2009)
- Heidelberg University Silver Medal (2012)
Awards
- CMB Distinguished Professor (2009)
- Heidelberg University Silver Medal (2012)
- Elsevier Highly Cited Chinese Scholar (2014-2022)
