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Prof. ZHANG Qingpeng (張清鵬博士)

BEng (HUST), MS (Arizona), PhD (Arizona)

Adjunct Professor

Contact Information

Phone: (+852) 3442-7887
Email: qingpeng.zhang (at) cityu (dot) edu (dot) hk
Web: Homepage

Research Interests

  • Healthcare Data Analytics
  • Medical Informatics
  • Network Science
  • AI in Drug Discovery
Qingpeng Zhang is an Associate Professor with the Institute of Data Science and the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, LKS Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He is also an Adjunct Professor (previously a full-time Associate Professor) with the Department of Data Science (DS) at CityU, where he served as the inaugural internship coordinator and BScDS deputy program leader.

His research interests include healthcare data analytics, medical informatics, AI in drug discovery and network science. His research has been published in leading journals such as Nature Human Behaviour, Nature Communications, PNAS, Proceedings of the Royal Society A, JAMIA, and MIS Quarterly, as well as featured in press such as The Washington Post, The New York Times, New York Public Radio, The Guardian and Ming Pao.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and a Senior Member of IEEE. He serves as an Associate Editor for npj Digital Medicine, BMJ Mental Health, IEEE TITS, IEEE TCSS, Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (2021), and PLoS ONE.




Awards and Achievements

  • 2022 “The President's Award” City University of Hong Kong.
  • 2022 “Excellent Doctoral Dissertation in Behavioral Heath Award (supervisor)” The Hong Kong Society of Behavioral Health.
  • 2022 “International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva Silver Metal” International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva.
  • 2021 “Outstanding Research Award for Junior Faculty” City University of Hong Kong.
  • 2021 “Andrew P. Sage Best Transactions Paper Award” IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society.
  • 2021 “The Outstanding Group in the National Science and Technology System against the COVID-19 Epidemic” 抗疫先進集體, Ministry of Science and Technology of China. Core team member, led by Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Automation.


Previous Experience

  • Jul 2020 - Jul 2023, Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong. School of Data Science.
  • Jan 2014 - Jun 2020, Assistant Professor, City University of Hong Kong. School of Data Science (2018-2020) and Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management (2014-2018).
  • Aug 2012 - Jan 2014, Postdoctoral Scholar, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The Tetherless World Constellation, Department of Computer Science.
  • May 2011 - Aug 2011, PhD Intern, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The Center for Adaptive Supercomputing Software-Multithreaded Architectures (CASS-MT).
  • Jun 2010 - Aug 2010, Visiting Scientist, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Institute of Automation.
  • Aug 2009 - May 2012, Research and Teaching Assistant, The University of Arizona. The Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering and the Department of Management Information Systems.


Publications Show All Publications


Journal

  • Lu, Yi.†. , Chu, Q. , Li, Z. , Wang, M. , Gatenby, R. & Zhang, Q.*. (in press). Deep reinforcement learning identies personalized intermittent androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer. Briefings in Bioinformatics. bbae071 doi:10.1093/bib/bbae071
  • Luo, Y.†. , Yip, S.F.P. & Zhang, Q.*. (Nov 2024). Positive association between Internet use and mental health among adults aged ≥50 years in 23 countries. Nature Human Behaviour. doi:10.1038/s41562-024-02048-7
  • Yao, Y.†. , Chen, F.Y.H. & Zhang, Q.*. (Oct 2024). Optimized patient-specific immune checkpoint inhibitor therapies for cancer treatment based on tumor immune microenvironment modeling. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 25/6. bbae547 doi:10.1093/bib/bbae547
  • Ye, Y.†. , Cao, Z. , Zeng, D.D. & Zhang, Q.*. (Feb 2024). Supply chain loss from easing COVID-19 restrictions: an evolutionaryeconomic-epidemiological modelling study. Proceedings of the Royal Society A. 480/2283. 0803 (cover feature) doi:10.1098/rspa.2023.0803
  • Zhang, Q.*. (Nov 2023). Online health communities provide important support in China. Nature Human Behaviour. doi:10.1038/s41562-023-01766-8
  • Yao, Y.†. , Zhou, H.†. , Cao, Z. , Zeng, D.D. & Zhang, Q.*. (Sep 2023). Optimal Adaptive Nonpharmaceutical Interventions to Mitigate the Outbreak of Respiratory Infections Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Study in Hong Kong, China. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 30/9. 1543 - 1551. doi:10.1093/jamia/ocad116
  • Zhang, Q. (Aug 2023). Complex Interplay between Population Immunity and Viral Dynamics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120/35. e2312198120 doi:10.1073/pnas.2312198120
  • Zhou, J.†. , Zhang, Q. (joint first author). , Zhou, S.*. , Li, X.*. & Zhang, M. (Mar 2023). Unintended Emotional Effects of Online Health Communities: A Text Mining-Supported Empirical Study. MIS Quarterly. 47/1. 195 - 226. doi:10.25300/MISQ/2022/17018
  • Yang, J.†. , Li, Z. , Wu, W.K.K. , Yu, S. , Xu, Z.†. , Chu, Q.*. & Zhang, Q.*. (Nov 2022). Deep Learning Identifies Explainable Reasoning Paths of Mechanism of Action for Drug Repurposing from Multilayer Biological Network. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 23/6. bbac469 doi:10.1093/bib/bbac469
  • Guo, M.†. , Xu, Z.†. , Zhang, Q.*. , Liao, X. & Liu, J. (Jun 2022). Deciphering Feature Effects on Decision-Making in Ordinal Regression Problems: An Explainable Ordinal Factorization Model. ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data. 16/3. 1 - 26. doi:10.1145/3487048
  • Zhang, Q.*. , Gao, J. , Wu, J.T. , Cao, Z. & Zeng, D.D. (Jan 2022). Data Science Approaches to Confronting the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Narrative Review. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical and Engineering Sciences. 380/2214. 20210127 doi:10.1098/rsta.2021.0127
  • Ye, Y.†. , Zhang, Q.*. , Wei, X. , Cao, Z. , Yuan, S.H.Y. & Zeng, D.D.*. (Jan 2022). Equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines makes a life-saving difference to all countries. Nature Human Behaviour. 6. 207 - 216 (cover feature). doi:10.1038/s41562-022-01289-8
  • Yang, J.†. , Xu, Z.†. , Wu, W.K.K. , Chu, Q. & Zhang, Q.*. (2021). GraphSynergy: Network Inspired Deep Learning Model for Anti–Cancer Drug Combination Prediction. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 28/11. 2336 - 2345. doi:10.1093/jamia/ocab162
  • Ye, Y.†. , Zhang, Q.*. , Ruan, Z. , Cao, Z. , Xuan, Q. & Zeng, D.D. (Oct 2020). Effect of heterogeneous risk perception on information diffusion, behavior change, and disease transmission. Physical Review E. 102. 042314 doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.102.042314
  • Wang, Y.†. , Zhang, Q.*. & Yang, X. (joint first authors)*. (Jun 2020). Evolution of the Chinese Guarantee Network under Financial Crisis and Stimulus Program. Nature Communications. 11. 2693 doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16535-8


Alumni

  • Dr. Yitao Lu (Ph.D. Jointly supervised with Prof. Clint Ho 2020-2024, Current: Y-intercept)
  • Dr. Dandan Wang (Ph.D. Jointly supervised with Prof. Feicheng Ma, Wuhan University and Prof. Linyan Li 2021-2024, Current: Hong Kong Baptist University)
  • Dr. Zhiheng Lyu (Ph.D. Jointly supervised with Prof. Kowk Leung Tsui, Virginia Tech and Prof. Linyan Li 2019-2024, Current: China Mobile Research Institute)
  • Dr. Hanchu Zhou (Ph.D. Jointly supervised with Prof. Helai Huang, Central South University 2019-2023, Current: Central South University)
  • Dr. Jiannan Yang (Ph.D. 2019-2023, Current: The University of Hong Kong)
  • Dr. Yang Ye (Ph.D. 2019-2023, Current: Yale University)
  • Dr. Weilan Wang (Postdoc 2021-2023, Current: National University of Singapore)
  • Ms. Xinru Fang (RA 2022, Current: The Boston Consulting Group)
  • Dr. Yu Cheng (Ray) Hsu (Ph.D. Jointly supervised with Prof. Kwok Leung Tsui, Virginia Tech 2020-2022, Current: The University of Hong Kong)
  • Mr. Yishun Luo (RA 2021-2022, Current: The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
  • Mr. Wenlong Liu (M.S. and RA 2021-2022, Current: The University of Hong Kong)
  • Ms. Xinxin Gong (RA 2021-2022, Current: Huawei)
  • Dr. Jin Wang (Postdoc 2021, Current: Rutgers Business School, Rutgers University)
  • Dr. Fengshi Jing (Ph.D. 2018-2021, Next: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Current: City University of Macau)
  • Dr. Chaocheng He (Ph.D. Jointly supervised with Prof. Jiang Wu, Wuhan University 2018-2021, Current: Wuhan University)
  • Dr. Mengzhuo Guo (Ph.D. Jointly supervised with Prof. Xiuwu Liao, Xi'an Jiaotong University 2018-2021, Next: Tencent, Current: Sichuan University)
  • Dr. Jiandong Zhou (Ph.D. 2018-2021, Next: The University of Oxford, University of Warwick, Current: The University of Hong Kong)
  • Mr. Xinmiao Qu (M.S. 2020-2021, Current: China Telecom Global)
  • Mr. Kaichen Tang (M.S. 2019-2020, Current: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston)
  • Mr. Zhe Yuan (M.S. 2019-2020, Current: Huawei)
  • Dr. Zhongzhi Xu (Ph.D. 2017-2020, HKSBH Excellent Doctoral Dissertation in Behavioral Heath Award, Next: The University of Hong Kong, Current: Sun Yat-sen University)
  • Dr. Lu Zhong (Ph.D. 2015-2019, Current: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
  • Mr. Chenhan Zhang (M.S. 2018-2019, Next: Southern University of Science and Technology, Current: University of Technology Sydney)
  • Dr. Jiaqi Zhou (Ph.D. 2015-2018, Current: Alibaba)
  • Dr. Haolin Wang (Ph.D. Jointly supervised with Prof. Jiahu Yuan, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2015-2018, Current: Chongqing Medical University)
  • Dr. Lifang Li (Ph.D. jointly supervised with Prof. Jun Tian, Xi'an Jiaotong University 2015-2018, Next: South China University of Technology, Current: King's College London)
  • Dr. Yingli Wang (Ph.D. jointly-supervised with Prof. Xiaoguang Yang, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2016-2018, Next: Chinese Academy of Sciences)
  • Ms. Yi Chai (M.S. 2016-2017, RA 2017-2018, Next: obtained Ph.D. from The University of Hong Kong, Current: The University of Hong Kong)
  • Dr. Ronghua Xu (Ph.D. 2014-2017, Current: Zhejiang University of Technology)
  • Ms. Manqing Dong (M.S. 2015-2016, Next: obtained Ph.D. from The University of New South Wales, Current: eBay)


Press coverage (till 07/2023)



Last update date : 28 Nov 2024