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Anao Zhang

Center Member

Eisenberg Family Depression Center

Orcid identifier0000-0002-3199-1113
  • Center Member
    Eisenberg Family Depression Center
  • Center Member
    Precision Health Initiative
  • +1 734-647-6787 (Work)
  • University of Michigan, School of Social Work, 1080 S. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, United States

BIO

Dr. Anao Zhang is an associate professor of social work at the University of Michigan, the clinical research director of the Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) Oncology Program at Michigan Medicine, and the associate director of training at the Curtis Center for Health Equity Training and Research. Zhang is a health and mental health intervention researcher with a primary research interest in psycho-oncology and adolescent and young adult cancer survivorship. An intervention researcher by training, Zhang contextualizes his work using the social determinants of youth health framework and aims to develop and deliver integrated and empirically supported mental health treatment to individuals with co-morbid physical and mental health conditions, e.g., AYA cancer survivors with depression. Zhang is also an applied quantitative methodologist who uses advanced statistical methods to support his research, including meta-analysis, structural equation modeling, analyzing experimental data, causal inference, and machine learning. Zhang is an associate editor for the Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, the Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, and the journal Systematic Reviews. Zhang served as the deputy chair of survivorship SIG at the International Psycho-Oncology Society (2020-2022), and currently chairs the educational committee at the national Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Coalition.

Clinically, Zhang is a licensed clinical social worker (dual licensed in Michigan and Pennsylvania), a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers, a Certified Oncology Social Worker, and a diplomate of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. Zhang has over five years of clinical experience in various hospital settings and specializes in solution-focused brief therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy. Zhang's teaching interests include advanced clinical social work practice, clinical social work practice in integrated healthcare, inter-professional education, and advanced quantitative methods in social work research. Zhang received his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin and completed the graduate portfolio program in Applied Statistical Modeling. Zhang received his MSW from the University of Pennsylvania and an LL.B. in social work from Fudan University in Shanghai, China.

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN APPOINTMENTS

  • Center Member
    Eisenberg Family Depression Center
  • Center Member
    Precision Health Initiative

DEGREES

  • PhD
    The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States1 Sep 2014 - 15 May 2018
  • Graduate Portfolio in Applied Statistical Modeling
    The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States1 Sep 2016 - 15 May 2018
  • MSW
    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States1 Sep 2010 - 15 May 2012
  • LL.B in Social Work
    Fudan University, Shanghai, China1 Sep 2006 - 30 Jun 2010

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Transitional Post-Doctoral Fellow
    University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, School of Social Work, Ann Arbor, United States2 Jul 2018 - 2 Sep 2019
    Psychosocial OncologyPostdoctoral FellowshipSupervised by Zberack BZ

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Chinese (Mandarin)
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review