Professor Yanzhong Wang

Biography

Yanzhong Wang is Professor of Statistics in Population Health and Head of Medical Statistics (Consultancy and Service) at King’s College London. After earning his PhD in statistics from the University of Glasgow in 2004, he first worked at Cambridge University on cancer genomics and then Glasgow University on cardiovascular epidemiology and clinical trials before joining King’s in 2009. His research focuses on clinical prediction models, stroke epidemiology, multimorbidity, and clinical trials. He is a module leader for the Master of Public Health (MPH). He leads high-impact research on stroke epidemiology and prognostication, widely reported by the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Guardian and Sky News. He is a director of statistical consultancy providing statistical support to clinical researchers at King's Health Partners.

In 2014, he served as an expert statistician on the Chantler Review, advising the UK government on legislation of plain cigarettes packaging. He is a statistical editor/advisor for PLOS Medicine and Lancet Healthy Longevity, a GBD Senior Collaborator, and a funding committee member of NIHR doctoral fellowship.