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Yanzhong Wang

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. After his PhD in statistics from University of Glasgow in 2004, he first worked at Cambridge University on cancer genomics and then Glasgow University on 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 a 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 Lancet, PLOS Medicine and Thorax, a GBD Senior Collaborator, and a funding committee member of NIHR doctoral fellowship (DCAF).

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Research

Med statistics hero
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.

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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 (thumbnail)
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

cardiovascular health
Prevent from Home: Young person and buddies’ cardiovascuLar heaLth Improvement feasibility Study

The PHYLLIS Study is a pioneering research initiative focused on improving cardiovascular health in postpartum women.

Project status: Starting

News

AI tackles huge problem of antimicrobial resistance in intensive care

Artificial intelligence (AI) can provide same-day assessments of antimicrobial resistance for patients in intensive care – critical to preventing...

A patient lies in a hospital bed, their head is out of frame

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,...

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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

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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

Zainab SISLE test patients blurred

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.

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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,...

risk of death from stroke falls

The publication feed is not currently available.

Research

Med statistics hero
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 thumbnail 780×440
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 (thumbnail)
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

cardiovascular health
Prevent from Home: Young person and buddies’ cardiovascuLar heaLth Improvement feasibility Study

The PHYLLIS Study is a pioneering research initiative focused on improving cardiovascular health in postpartum women.

Project status: Starting

News

AI tackles huge problem of antimicrobial resistance in intensive care

Artificial intelligence (AI) can provide same-day assessments of antimicrobial resistance for patients in intensive care – critical to preventing...

A patient lies in a hospital bed, their head is out of frame

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,...

Stroke Research Group thumbnail 780×440

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

Stroke Research Group hero 1800x500

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

Zainab SISLE test patients blurred

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.

780x450 Pills

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,...

risk of death from stroke falls