Xin Zhan

Dr. Xin Zhan is an Affiliated Lecturer at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge. Her research bridges anthropological frameworks with health sciences, focusing on maternal-fetal interactions, nutritional epidemiology of BRCA-related cancers, and neurodevelopmental impacts of inflammation.

• Department of Social Anthropology
• Email: xz434@cam.ac.uk

Her publications (2006–2024) explore:

• Maternal gut microbiome effects on fetal neurodevelopment
• Vitamin D/calcium supplementation in high-risk breast cancer
• Precision medicine approaches to inflammation-depression links
• Genetic polymorphisms in DNA repair and cancer progression

Current work emphasizes cross-disciplinary collaboration between anthropology and biomedical sciences.