Yanzhong Wang is Professor of Statistics in Population Health and Head of Medical Statistics (Consultancy and Service) at King’s College London. After his PhD in statistics from University of Glasgow in 2004, he first worked at Cambridge University on cancer genomics and then Glasgow University on large epidemiological studies and clinical trials before joining King’s College London in 2009. His main research interests are 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 epidemiology and prognostication of stroke which was widely reported in Daily Mail, Telegraph, Guardian and Sky News.

He is a director of statistical consultancy providing statistical advice and support to clinical researchers at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) at King's. In 2014, he worked as an expert statistician on ‘the Chantler Review’ to advise UK government on legislation on plain packaging of cigarettes. He is a statistical editor/advisor for Lancet, PLOS Medicine and Thorax, a GBD Senior Collaborator, and a funding committee member of NIHR doctoral fellowship (DCAF).