Assistant Professor, Health Sciences
Dr. Zhang is an Assistant Professor at Brock University, whose research focuses on evidence-based medicine, guideline development, patient values and preferences, health economics and health technology assessment. He aims to foster public trust through promoting evidence-based decision making and understanding public and patient values and preferences. He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed articles, with over 10,000 citations and h-index of 40.
- patient values and preferences
- evidence-based decision making
- economic evaluation
- MPHA 5P19 – Health Data Governance (HIM focus)
- MPHA 5P29 – Health Information Systems and Technology (HIM focus)
- MPHA 5P39 – Health Information Management and Analytics in Practice (HIM focus)
PUBLICATIONS (last 5 years)
Karam S G, Zhang Y, Pardo-Hernandez H, Siebert U, Koopman L, Noyes J et al. ROBVALU: a tool for assessing risk of bias in studies about people’s values, utilities, or importance of health outcomes BMJ 2024; 385 :e079890 doi:10.1136/bmj-2024-079890
Morsi RZ, Zhang Y, Zhu M, Xie S, Carrión-Penagos J, Desai H, Tannous E, Kothari SA, Khamis A, Darzi AJ, Tarabichi A, Bastin R, Hneiny L, Thind S, Siegler JE, Coleman ER, Mendelson SJ, Mansour A, Prabhakaran S, Kass-Hout T. Endovascular Thrombectomy with or without Bridging Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Neuroepidemiology. 2024;58(1):47-56. doi: 10.1159/000535796. Epub 2023 Dec 21. PMID: 38128500; PMCID: PMC10857025.
Xie F, Shemilt I, Vale L, Ruiz F, Drummond MF, Lord J, Herrmann KH, Rojas MX, Zhang Y, Canelo-Aybar C, Alonso-Coello P, Shamliyan T, Schünemann HJ. GRADE guidance 23: considering cost-effectiveness evidence in moving from evidence to health-related recommendations. J Clin Epidemiol. 2023 Oct;162:135-144. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.08.001. Epub 2023 Aug 18. PMID: 37597696.
Murray RL, Zhang YQ, Ross S, O’Brien KK, Zhu M, Leone FT, Pavalagantharajah S, Lopes LC, Fulone I, Kantrow S, Zhang Y. Extended Duration Treatment of Tobacco Dependence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Aug;19(8):1390-1403. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202110-1140OC. PMID: 35254966.
Zhang Y, Begum HA, Grewal H, Etxeandia-Ikobaltzeta I, Morgano GP, Khatib R, Nieuwlaat R, Ding C, Wiercioch W, Mustafa RA, Lim W, Schünemann HJ. Cost-effectiveness of diagnostic strategies for venous thromboembolism: a systematic review. Blood Adv. 2022 Jan 25;6(2):544-567. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020003576. PMID: 34607343; PMCID: PMC8791567.
- Member of Canadian Health Information Management Association
- Member of ISPOR (The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research)
- Member of GRADE (The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) Working Group
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