Heping Zhang PhD
Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Public Health (Biostatistics) and Professor in the Child Study Center and of Statistics

Departments & Organizations
High Performance ComputationBiological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Global Health Initiative: Women & Child Health
School of Public Health: Biostatistics | Global Health | Collaborative Center for Statistics in Science
Child Study Center: NIMH Research Training Program in Childhood-onset Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Stress & Addiction Clinical Research Program
Biography
Dr. Zhang published 200 some research articles and monographs in theory and applications of statistical methods and in several areas of biomedical research including epidemiology, genetics, child and women health, mental health, and substance use. He directs a training program in mental health research funded by the NIMH. He directs the Collaborative Center for Statistics in Science that coordinates two major national research networks to understand the etiology of pregnancy outcomes and to evaluate treatment effectiveness for infertility. He is a fellow of the American Statistical Association and a fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. He was named the 2008 Myrto Lefokopoulou distinguished lecturer by Harvard School of Public Health and a Medallion Lecturer by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. In 2011, he received the Royan International Award on Reproductive Health.Education
- Ph.D., Stanford University , 1991
Selected Publication
- Zhang, H.P. and Zhu, H.T. Generalized Score Test of Homogeneity for Mixed Effects Models. Annals of Statistics 34: 1545-1569, 2006
Latest Honor and Recognition
- Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics(2006)
Articles
May 2012
Biostatistician, substance abuse researcher is appointed Susan Dwight Bliss Professor
Heping Zhang, Ph.D., a specialist in research on substance use, statistical methods in genetic studies of substance...

