Professor Yanzhong Wang
Professor of Statistics in Population Health
Research interests
- Biomedical and life sciences
Biography
Yanzhong Wang is Professor of Statistics in Population Health and Head of Medical Statistics (Consultancy and Service) at King’s College London. He obtained his PhD in statistics from University of Glasgow in 2004, and then worked at Cambridge and Glasgow Universities on cancer genomics, large epidemiological studies and clinical trials before joining King’s College London in 2009. His main research interests are clinical prediction models, stroke epidemiology, multimorbidity, and clinical trials. He is a module leader for the Master of Public Health (MPH). He leads high-impact research on epidemiology and prognostication of stroke which was widely reported in Daily Mail, Telegraph, Guardian and Sky News. He is director of statistical consultancy providing statistical advice and support to clinical researchers at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) at King's. In 2014, he worked as an expert statistician on ‘the Chantler Review’ to advise UK government on legislation on plain packaging of cigarettes. He is a statistical editor/advisor for PLOS Medicine, Thorax and Emergency Medicine Journal (EMJ) and a funding committee member of NIHR doctoral fellowship (DCAF).
Research
Unit for Medical Statistics
A group medical statisticians with a broad range of collective expertise who undertake research, consultancy, training and teaching at King’s and beyond.
Stroke Research Group
We are a multidisciplinary group (epidemiologists, stroke physicians, GPs, social scientists, statisticians, health informaticians and health economists) focused on stroke and with a wider interest in vascular long-term conditions and analytics.
Epidemiology research group
The Epidemiology research group focuses on epidemiological methodologies and applications in public health and health services research
Improving the lives of stroke survivors with data
We aim to improve the lives of stroke survivors through a programme of stakeholder engagement, data collection, analysis and modelling, and use in practice.
Project status: Ongoing
News
Support needed for depressed stroke survivors as incidence climbs
Researchers say more needs to be done for depressed stroke survivors as new findings show 60% of stroke survivors would experience depression within 18 years,...
UK stroke brain bleed deaths to increase by 40 per cent
Deaths from brain bleeds caused by strokes is predicted to increase by 40% in the UK, and by 8.9% in Europe by 2050
Study reveals urgent need for stroke prevention and care strategies in Sierra Leone
The research into common risk factors for stroke, type of stroke and outcomes of stroke in Sierra Leone uncovers a need for improved stroke care in the region
One in five people in south London live with multiple long-term conditions
New research has found one in five people in the south London live with multi-morbidity.
Risk of death from stroke falls by 24%
Thousands more patients each year are surviving strokes, as the risk of death and disability after a stroke fell significantly between 2000 and 2015,...
Research
Unit for Medical Statistics
A group medical statisticians with a broad range of collective expertise who undertake research, consultancy, training and teaching at King’s and beyond.
Stroke Research Group
We are a multidisciplinary group (epidemiologists, stroke physicians, GPs, social scientists, statisticians, health informaticians and health economists) focused on stroke and with a wider interest in vascular long-term conditions and analytics.
Epidemiology research group
The Epidemiology research group focuses on epidemiological methodologies and applications in public health and health services research
Improving the lives of stroke survivors with data
We aim to improve the lives of stroke survivors through a programme of stakeholder engagement, data collection, analysis and modelling, and use in practice.
Project status: Ongoing
News
Support needed for depressed stroke survivors as incidence climbs
Researchers say more needs to be done for depressed stroke survivors as new findings show 60% of stroke survivors would experience depression within 18 years,...
UK stroke brain bleed deaths to increase by 40 per cent
Deaths from brain bleeds caused by strokes is predicted to increase by 40% in the UK, and by 8.9% in Europe by 2050
Study reveals urgent need for stroke prevention and care strategies in Sierra Leone
The research into common risk factors for stroke, type of stroke and outcomes of stroke in Sierra Leone uncovers a need for improved stroke care in the region
One in five people in south London live with multiple long-term conditions
New research has found one in five people in the south London live with multi-morbidity.
Risk of death from stroke falls by 24%
Thousands more patients each year are surviving strokes, as the risk of death and disability after a stroke fell significantly between 2000 and 2015,...