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Tongzhang Zheng is a Professor of Epidemiology at the Brown School of Public Health. He holds a Sc.D. in epidemiology from Harvard University, with minors in environmental health sciences and biostatistics, and he earned his medical degree from Tongji Medical School, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Zheng conducts extensive research in cancer epidemiology and environmental epidemiology, focusing on the relationship between environmental exposures, genetic polymorphisms, and epigenetic factors in gene-environment interactions related to cancer risks in China, including breast cancer and various hematological malignancies. He has authored and co-authored 380 articles and book chapters and co-edited the textbook 'Epidemiology and Biostatistics'. Zheng is also involved in significant training programs in China and has collaborated on numerous epidemiological studies. He is currently building large cohort studies in China, such as the Jingchuan Metal Exposure Cohort Study and the Kailuan Coal Industry Cohort Study, while working closely with the China National Cancer Center and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Additionally, he has served as a Senior Advisor on committees of the National Academy of Sciences and the International Agency for Research on Cancer, affiliated with the World Health Organization.
Department: Department of Economics