About Me

I am Xian Zhang. I earned my Bachelor’s degree in Corporate Finance from the Shanghai University of International Business and Economics in 2017 and my Master’s degree in Economics from Duke University in 2019.             

I am currently a Research Fellow supported by the PKU Young Scholar Fellowship in Global Health and Development. Previously, I worked as a consultant in Universal Health Coverage at the World Bank Group (2019–2021) under the supervision of Economist Sven Neelsen. I then worked as a Research Fellow at the Global Health Research Center of Duke Kunshan University (2021–2024) under the supervision of Prof. Lijing L. Yan.             

My research interests includes Health Economics, Healthy Aging, and Health policy and management.