Dr. Jonathan Zhang

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Jonathan Zhang is an Assistant Professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, with a core faculty appointment at the Duke-Margolis Institute. He earned his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 2020 and holds a B.S. from the University of British Columbia, Canada, completed in 2014. His research focuses on health policy, particularly the socioeconomic barriers to mental health care access and the impacts of opioid prescribing. Zhang's work has been published in prestigious journals such as the Journal of Health Economics and JAMA Network Open, contributing significant findings on the opioid crisis and healthcare utilization patterns. He is actively involved in courses related to microeconomics and public policy-making, fostering a new generation of policy analysts and economists at Duke University.

Research Interests

Courses

PUBPOL 810: Microeconomics Public Policy-Making PUBPOL 590S: Advanced Topics Public Policy PUBPOL 303D: Microeconomic Policy Tools

Requirements for Duke University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.2
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:24
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Multivariable Calculus Introduction to Physics (mechanics) Introduction to Chemistry
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Specialization Notes

Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)