Tingzhong Yang, MD, Distinguished Prof of Children's
Hospital / Prof and Director, Center for Tobacco Control Research, Zhejiang
University School of Medicine, China. Dr. Yang is a
member, the expert group of National Association on Tobacco Control, and review
committee for science and technology awards of National Education Ministry and Chinese
Preventive Medicine Association, and an external faculty affiliate of Injury
Control Research, West Virginal University, U.S. He also was an advisor for the
former World Health Organization in delivering policy and program on tobacco
control to health professions students, and served as an expert in updating
CRDs section in
the former WHO Global Action Plan for the Prevention
and Control of NCDs 2013-2020. His primary academic focus is health behavior,
and research interests are in tobacco control. The Series of projects of
“tobacco control advocacy capacity” covered all provinces in China, including
more than 70 cities, which was officially
reported by the World Health Organization. "Building Tobacco 2014 Treatment
Capacity in Medical Universities and Affiliated Hospitals in China" won the
Global Bridges 2014 Tobacco Dependence Treatment Award. In recent years he
published more than 70 international papers. Several papers were cited by former
WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, and other official documents. Core
information of “Global Health Professions Student Survey (GHPSS) in Tobacco
Control in China “was released by the United Nations. Dr. Yang s research on
tobacco control has been selected one of the Research Highlights of the
University at the celebration of the 120th anniversary of Zhejiang
University.

Research
interest: Health behavior, mental stress, and
tobacco control