Publications

See also my Google Scholar, ORCID, and SSRN profiles.

Peer-reviewed articles & commentaries

Yuan, K., Ye, Y., Zhou, X., Gu, Y., Jiang, Y., Yin, S., Zhang, Q., Yang, H., Sang, X., Jiang, L., Zhuang, Z., Xu, K., & Huang, S. (2026). Integrated multi-omics and machine learning analyses to improve and explore molecular subtypes and immune profiles of primary hepatocellular carcinoma. Discover Oncology. DOI

Zhang, Q., & Fu, Y. (2026). Ensuring trustworthy AI assisted guideline development for clinical practice. npj Digital Medicine, 9(1), 661. DOI

Zhang, Q. (2026). Do Negative Social Ties Accelerate Aging in Adults, or Does Aging Erode Social Ties? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 123(20), e2608036123. DOI

Zhang, Q. (2026). Keep REMS focused on safety, not as a barrier to generics. Health Affairs, 45(4), 451. DOI

Zhang, Q. (2026). Enhancing life-course analyses of financial disadvantage and depressive mood through longitudinal design and causal inference. Journal of Epidemiology, 36(5), 173–174. DOI

Zhang, Q. (2026). Overcoming bias in a fall prevention program in resource-limited areas. JAMA, 335(4), 370–371. DOI

Zhang, Q. (2026). Operationalizing distributional cost-effectiveness in genomic medicine: A United States–focused comment. Value in Health, 29(1), 172–173. DOI

Zhang, Q. (2026). On “The joint impact of greenspace and air pollution on mortality”: Methodological proposals. International Journal of Epidemiology, 55(1), dyaf224. DOI

Zhang, Q. (2025). Re: Khodakarami et al, “Exploring neighborhood opportunity as a factor in pediatric asthma visits to the emergency department”: A causal roadmap for Child Opportunity Index 2.0. Public Health Reports. DOI

Invited book chapters

Zhang, Q. (2026). Social Determinants of Health and Multidimensional Poverty. In R. Baikady (Ed.), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Concepts and Theories in the Context of Global Poverty. Palgrave Macmillan / Springer Nature. DOI

Zhang, Q. (under review). Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI): Measurement, Health Deprivations, and Policy Use. In R. Baikady (Ed.), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Poverty Research. Palgrave Macmillan / Springer Nature.

Global Burden of Disease 2023 — collaborative papers (under review)

Co-authored under the GBD collaborators’ group authorship, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).

GBD 2023 Colon and Rectum Cancer Collaborators. Global, Regional, and National Burden of Colon and Rectum Cancer from 1990 to 2023, with Forecasts to 2050: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. Under review, The Lancet Oncology. (IHME ID: 4219.)

GBD 2023 Western Pacific WHO AMR Collaborators. The Burden of Bacterial Antimicrobial Resistance in the WHO Region of the Western Pacific: A Cross-Country Systematic Analysis. Under review, The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific. (IHME ID: 4006.)

GBD 2023 Type 1 Diabetes Collaborators. Global, Regional, and National Type 1 Diabetes Burden: A Systematic Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. Under review, The Lancet Primary Care. (IHME ID: 5338.)

GBD 2023 Alzheimer’s Collaborators. Global, Regional, and National Burden of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias in 204 Countries and Territories, 1990–2023, with Forecasts to 2050: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. Revised version under review, The Lancet. (IHME ID: 6217.)

GBD 2023 Diet Collaborators. Global, Regional, and National Disease Burden Attributable to Dietary Risks among Adults 25 Years and Older, 1990–2023: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. Revised version under review, The Lancet Public Health. (IHME ID: 6115.)

GBD Non-communicable Diseases Collaborators. Global Patterns, Trends, and Cross-Country Inequality in Non-Communicable Diseases and the Impact of Population Ageing: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. Revised version under review, The Lancet Public Health. (IHME ID: 5410.)

Working papers

Zhang, Q. Working Through Frailty: Chronic versus Acute Health Shocks and the Margins of Labor Supply. To be presented at the Southern Economic Association (SEA) 96th Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, November 2026. SSRN

Zhang, Q., & Hu, W. Subclinical Cardiometabolic–Inflammatory Burden, Disability-Free Working Life and Work Exit in Three Ageing Cohorts.

Zhang, Q., Lyu, J., Slavens, C., & Hu, W. Sustained Insulin Resistance and Incident Coronary Heart Disease in Older English Adults: A Selection-Weighted Cohort Analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. SSRN

Zhang, Q. Health Shocks and the Permanent Labor-Market Exit of Older Europeans.

Nutritional Depletion, Inflammation, and Colorectal Cancer in US Adults, 2001–2023 (with Z. Wang and Y. Fu).

Conference presentations & workshops

Zhang, Q. (2026). Working Through Frailty: Chronic versus Acute Health Shocks and the Margins of Labor Supply. Southern Economic Association (SEA) 96th Annual Meeting, session “Health and Work,” Houston, TX, November 21, 2026.

Zhang, Q. (2026). Health Insurance Design and Work Exit After Chronic Disease Onset: Harmonized Evidence from the United States, England, and China. Gateway Research Workshop on Cross-Country Comparisons (Gateway to Global Aging Data), held during the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting, National Harbor, MD, November 4, 2026.

AWARD Network Summer Training Institute (selected participant, one of 22 early-career scholars), University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, July 20–24, 2026.