Xue Zhang
Xue Zhang
Assistant Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Summary Statement
Xue Zhang’s research focuses on individual, social, community, and structural determinants of population health and health disparities, with a particular emphasis on place-based and rural-urban differences.
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Education
Currently Accepting Graduate Students
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Office Address
225 Biobehavioral Health Building
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Affiliations
- Co-funded facility member, Social Science Research Institute
- Faculty Affiliate, Penn State’s Population Research Institute (PRI)
- Faculty Affiliate, Penn State’s Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center
Research Interests
Xue Zhang’s research focuses on population health, social determinants of health, health disparities, and intervention and prevention across individual, interpersonal, community, and structural levels. Her current research addresses health and well-being, health care access and utilization, social and community environments, and rural-urban disparities across the life course.