Memorial University of Newfoundland
Professor (Epidemiology)
Division of Community Health and Humanities
Faculty of Medicine
300 Prince Phillip Drive
Newfoundland and Labrador
A1B 3V6
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Tel: 709-864-6497
Fax: 709-864-4991
Website: http://www.med.mun.ca/comhealth/

Dr. Wang is a tenured professor in the Division of Community Health and Humanities and crossly appointed professor in Clinical Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland and a senior scientist at BHCRI. He graduated in Medicine from Tianjin Medical University, China and received his PhD in Epidemiology from the DallaLana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. Dr. Wang has extensive research experience with broad interests including: cancer epidemiology, arthritis and disability, immigrant health and quality of life, aging, health surveys, and epidemiological modeling. Among much recognition, Dr. Wang received the Arthritis Society and CIHR Joint Fellowship Award, distinguished visiting professor award from Tianjin Government, and Science and Chinese National Technology Achievement Award. He has been a lead investigator or a co-investigator for more than 40 research grants that have been supported by various provincial, national, and international funding agencies. Dr. Wang is a reviewer for a number of funding agencies and academic journals; he has published more than 100 articles in peer reviewed scientific journals. In the past 10 years, Dr. Wang’s main research focus has been in epidemiology of colorectal cancer, and his research in this area has been well recognized internationally. In addition to his primary academic affiliation, Dr. Wang also held or holds academic appointments in other institutes, such as University of Toronto, University Health Network, Tianjin Medical University, Wenzhou Medical College, and Weifang Medical University. Each year, he spends about 2-3 months in China as part of international collaboration. Dr. Wang is committed to teaching and training future public health researchers and practitioners. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate classes at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Tianjin Medical University. The courses Dr. Wang has chaired or taught in the past 10 years include: Introduction to Epidemiology, Introduction to Community Health, Advanced Epidemiology, Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Research Methods and Cancer Biology, SurvivalAnalysis, and Genetic Epidemiology. Dr. Wang has been a thesis supervisor or a supervisory committee member to more than 30 MSc or Ph.D students in Canada and China.