Harvard Catalyst Profiles

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD	PhD	07/2022	Environmental Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD	Certificate	06/2020	Clinical Trials
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD	MHS	05/2018	Cardiovascular and Clinical Epidemiology
Peking University, Beijing	BS	06/2016	Experimental Medical Sciences
Peking University, Beijing	BEcon	06/2016	Economics

Dr. Mingyu Zhang is a faculty member in the Department of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Zhang received his PhD (environmental epidemiology) and MHS (cardiovascular disease and clinical epidemiology) degrees from Johns Hopkins University. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute.

The primary focus of Dr. Zhang's research program is to understand how environmental exposures shape disease risks and impact cardiovascular and metabolic health across the lifespan. His scholarly collaborations at Johns Hopkins and Harvard have led to 39 manuscripts published in high-impact, peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Zhang has successfully competed for grants from the American Heart Association (AHA) and has received prestigious awards such as the AHA Jeremiah and Rose Stamler Research Award for New Investigators and the Scott Grundy Fellowship Award for Excellence in Metabolism Research.

Major media outlets, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, and Reuters, have covered Dr. Zhang's work. His research has also been cited in guidelines by national and international organizations, including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Public Health Association (APHA). Dr. Zhang currently serves as an Associate Editor for the journal Trials.

• Epidemiology
• Environmental Health
• Cardiovascular Diseases
• Hypertension
• Pediatrics
• Maternal Health
• Microbiome
• Metabolomics