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College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences

Faculty and Staff Profile

Lu Zhang

Assistant Professor


Office: 513 Edwards Hall

Phone: (864) -6563082

Email: lz3@clemson.edu
 

Educational Background

Ph.D. Epidemiology
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center 2016

MPH Epidemiology
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center 2012

BA German
Nan Chang University 2003

Courses Taught

HLTH3800 Epidemiology
HLTH 8090 Epidemiologic Research
HLTH 8290 Epidemiology II: Study Design

Profile

Dr. Lu Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Public Health Sciences. Her research interests include health disparities in cancer and other chronic diseases, lung cancer screening implementation, and personalized cancer treatment.

Research Interests

health disparities in cancer and other chronic diseases, lung cancer screening implementation, personalized cancer treatment

Research Publications

Hopkins C, Williams J, Rau M, Zhang L. Epidemiology of NCAA Track and Field Injuries From 2010 to 2014. The Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine 2022, 9(10). DOI: 10.1177/23259671211068079

Hsieh M, Zhang L, Velasco-Gonzalez C, Yi Y, Pareti L, Trapido E, Chen VW, Wu X. Impact of Diabetes and Modifiable Risk Factors on Pancreatic Cancer Survival in a Population-based Study after Adjusting for Clinical Factors. Cancer Causes Control 2021,11. DOI: 10.1007/s10552-021-01497-z.

Zhou M, Thompson T, Lin H, Chen VW, Karlitz J, Fontham E, Theall K, Zhang L, Pollack L, Wu X. Impact of relative dose intensity of FOLFOX adjuvant chemotherapy on risk of death among stage III colon cancer patients. Clin Colorectal Cancer 2021;1:S1533-0028(21)00094-3. DOI: 10.1016/j.clcc.2021.09.008

Neroda P*, Hsieh M*, Wu X, Cartmell K, Mayo R, Wu J, Hicks C, Zhang L. Racial disparity and social determinants in receiving timely surgery among stage I-IIIA non-small cell lung cancer patients in a U.S. Southern state. Frontiers in Public Health 2021; 9:662876. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.662876

Zhang L, Hsieh M, Renner L, Neroda P, Wu X, Hicks C, Wu J, Gimbel R. Diagnosis-to-surgery interval and survival for different histologies of stage I-IIA lung Cancer. Translational Lung Cancer Research 2021; 10(7)):3043-3058. DOI: 10.21037/tlcr-21-168.

Zhang L, Hsieh M, Kelly C, Yu Q, Shi L, Wu J, Hicks C, Wu X. Racial Differences in the Risk of Second Primary Bladder Cancer Following Radiation Therapy among Localized Prostate Cancer Patients. Cancer Epidemiology 2021; 73:101967. DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2021.101967

Yu Q, Zhu L, Zhang L, Hsieh M, Wu X, Li B. Multiple Mediation Analysis for Competing-Risk Data -- With an Application to Explore Racial Disparity in Breast Cancer Recurrence. Accepted by Stat.

Li B, Yu Q, Zhang L, Hsieh M. Regularized Multiple Mediation Analysis. Statistics and Its Interface 2021;14:449-458. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4310/21-SII664

Yu Q, Zhang L, Wu X, Li B. Inference on Moderation Effect with Third-Variable Effect Analysis -- Application to Explore the Trend of Racial Disparity in Oncotype DX Test for Breast Cancer Treatment. Accepted by J Applied Statistics.

Chen L*, Zhang L*, Shi L, Fu J, Jiang C. The role of surgery type in postoperative atrial fibrillation and in-hospital mortality in esophageal cancer patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction. World J Surg Oncol 2020,18(1): 224. DOI: 10.1186/s12957-020-02011-6

Rennert L, Zhang L, Lumsden B, Harwood K, Tyler L, Ashby M, Hanna J., Gimbel R. Factors influencing lung cancer screening completion following participation in shared decision-making: A retrospective study in a U.S. academic health system. Cancer Treatment Res Commun 2020; 24:100198. DOI: 10.1016/j.ctarc.2020.100198

Wu J, Mamidi T, Zhang L, Hicks C. Delineation of the Germline and Somatic Mutation Interaction Landscape in Triple Negative and Non-Triple Negative Breast Cancer. Int J Genomics 2020. DOI: 10.1155/2020/2641370

Wu J, Mamidi T, Zhang L, Hicks C. Unraveling the Genomic-Epigenomic Interaction Landscape in Triple Negative and Non-Triple Negative Breast Cancer. Cancers 2020,12(6). DOI: 10.3390/cancers12061559

Zhang L, Hsieh M, Petkov V, Yu Q, Chiu YW, Wu X. Trend and survival benefit of Oncotype DX use among female hormone receptor positive breast cancer patients in 17 SEER registries, 204-2015. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 2020. DOI: 10.1007/s10549-020-05557-x

Francis EC, Zhang L, Witrick B, Chen L. Health behaviors of American pregnant women: a cross-sectional analysis of NHANES 2007-2014. J Public Health 2019. DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdz117

Wu J, Mamidi T, Zhang L, Hicks C. Deconvolution of the genomic and epigenomic interaction landscape of triple negative breast cancer. Cancers 2019,11(11). DOI: 10.3390/cancers11111692

Hsieh M, Zhang L, Wu X, Davidson M, Loch M, Chen VW. A population-based study on the association of breast cancer subtypes, guideline-concordant adjuvant systemic therapy and survival among women with stage I-III disease. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2019,17(6):676-686. DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2018.7272

Wu J, Mamidi T, Zhang L, Hicks C. Integrating germline and somatic mutation information for the discory of biomarkers in triple-negative breast cancer. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019,16(6),1055. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16061055

Hsieh M, Zhang L, Wu X, Davidson M, Loch M, Chen VW. A population-based study on the association of breast cancer subtypes, guideline-concordant adjuvant systemic therapy and survival among women with stage I-III disease. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2019,17(6):676-686. DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2018.7272

Gimbel R, Pirrallo R, Lowe S, Wright D, Zhang L, Woo M, Fontelo P, Liu F, Connor Z. Effect of clinical decision rules, patient cost and malpractice information on clinician brain CT image ordering: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2018,18(1):20. DOI: 10.1186/s12911-018-0602-1.

Zhang L, King J, Wu X, Hsieh M, Chen VW, Yu Q, Fontham E, Loch M, Pollack L, Ferguson T. Racial/Ethnic differences in the utilization of chemotherapy among stage I-III breast cancer patients, stratified by subtype: findings from ten National Program of Cancer Registries state. Cancer Epidemiology 2018(58):1-7. DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2018.10.015.

Zhang L, Yu Q, Wu X, Hsieh M, Loch M, Chen V, Fontham E, Ferguson T. Impact of chemotherapy relative dose intensity on cause-specific and overall survival for stage I-III breast cancer: ER+/PR+, HER2- vs. Triple-Negative. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2018. DOI: 10.1007/s10549-017-4646-1

Hu Q, Shi L, Chen L, Zhang L, Truong K, Ewing A, Wu J, Scott J. Seasonality in the adverse outcomes in weight-loss surgeries. Surg Obes Relat Dis 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2017.11.029.

Zhang L, Scott J, Shi L, Truong K, Hu Q, Ewing JA, Chen L. Changes in utilization and peri-operative outcomes of bariatric surgery in large U.S. hospital database, 2011-2014. Plos One 2017,12(10);e0186306. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186306.

Sheng B, Truong K, Spitler H, Zhang L, Tong X, Chen L. The long-term effects of bariatric surgery on type 2 diabetes remission, microvascular and macrovascular complications, and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Obes Surg 2017 DOI: 10.1007/s11695-017-2866-4

Booth J, Li J, Zhang L, Chen L, Muntner P, Egan B. Trends in prehypertension and hypertension risk factors in US adults: 1999-2012. Hypertension 2017,70(2):275-284. DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.116.09004

Chen L, Crockett A, Covington-Kolb S, Heberlein E, Zhang L, Sun X. Centering and Racial Disparities (CRADLE Study): Rationale and Design of A Randomized Controlled Trial of CenteringPregnancy and Birth Outcomes. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2017,13;17(1):118 DOI:10.1186/s12884-017-1295-7

Yu Q, Scribner R, Leonardi C, Zhang L, Park C, Chen L, Simonsen N. Exploring racial disparity in obesity: a mediation analysis considering geo-coded environmental factors. Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2017.02.001

Yuan X, Tseng TS, Zhang L, Yu Q. Does caffeine intake and coffee consumption associate with endometrial cancer among postmenopausal women in America using NHANES 2003-2012? Transl Cancer Res 2016 DOI: 10.21037/tcr.2016.10.91

Yoshida Y, Simonsen N, Chen L, Zhang L, Scribner R, Tseng TS. Sociodemographic Factors, Acculturation, and Nutrition Management among Hispanic American Adults with Self-reported Diabetes. J Health Care Poor Underserved 2016;27(3):1592-607 DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2016.0112

Zhang Y, Hu G, Zhang L, Mayo R, Chen L. A novel testing model for opportunistic screening of pre-diabetes and diabetes among U.S. adults. PLoS One 2015,19;10(3): e0120382 DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0120382

Zhang L, Ferguson TF, Simonsen N, Chen L, Tseng TS. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health-Related Quality of Life among Participants with Self-reported Diabetes from NHANES 2001-2010. Diabetes Educ 2014,40;4:496-506

Zhang L, Zhang Z, Zhang Y, Hu G, Chen L. Evaluation of Finnish Diabetes Risk Score in Screening Undiagnosed Diabetes and Prediabetes among U.S. Adults by Gender and Race: NHANES 1999-2010. PLoS One 2014,22;9(5):e97865 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097865


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