Junjia Zhu

Junjia Zhu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at Pennsylvania State University, affiliated with the Penn State Cancer Institute and the Penn State Center for Research on Tobacco and Health. Their research focuses on biostatistics and bioinformatics with applications in oncology, smoking cessation, and public health interventions. Dr. Zhu has led and collaborated on projects such as the National Cancer Institute-funded 'Time to First Cigarette and Early Detection in the National Lung Screening Trial' (2015–2018). Their work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to health and well-being (SDG 3).

• Education: MS and PhD (specific fields not explicitly stated)

Key research interests include analyzing smoking behavior, cancer screening methodologies, and the epidemiology of malignant neoplasms. Recent studies explore chemotherapy side effects management, prognostic modeling in thymic tumors, and voting barriers for psychiatric inpatients. Dr. Zhu has been recognized with the 'Outstanding Collaborative Research Team' award twice (2015 and 2018) for multidisciplinary projects.

• Grants: 1 active research project
• Labs/Teams: Collaborations in cancer control, tobacco research, and biostatistical analysis