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