Anao Zhang, PhD, LCSW, ACSW, ACBT
He/Him
Center Member
Social Work
Dr. Anao Zhang is an assistant professor of social work at the University of Michigan and the clinical research director of the Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) Oncology Program at Michigan Medicine. Zhang is a health and mental health intervention researcher with a primary research interest in psycho-oncology and adolescent and young adult cancer survivorship. An intervention researcher by training, Zhang contextualizes his work using the social determinants of youth health framework, and aims to develop and deliver integrated and empirically supported mental health treatment to individuals with co-morbid physical and mental health condition, e.g., AYA cancer survivors with depression. Zhang is also an applied quantitative methodologist who uses advanced statistical methods to support his research, including meta-analysis, structural equation modeling, analyzing experimental data, causal inference and machine learning. Zhang serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, and the deputy chair of survivorship SIG at the International Psycho-Oncology Society.
Projects:
The feasibility of an AI-enabled mobile distress screening tool for Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer
University Affiliation(s)
AYA Oncology Program
Community and Professional Affiliation(s)
Asian Center of Southeast Michigan | Cancer Support Community
Research Area(s)
Artificial Intelligence | Clinical research | Data science / Analytics / AI | Health outcomes | Health services research
Publications
- Banking on Fertility Preservation: Financial Concern for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients Considering Oncofertility Services
- National trends in non-fatal suicidal behaviors among adults in the USA from 2009 to 2017
- For whom and what outcomes does cognitive-behavioral-therapy work among cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Grants
- Principal investigator of: Evaluating the effectiveness and implementation of clinician-assisted computer-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for adolescent and young adult cancer patients' depression and anxiety
- Principal investigator of: Validating and evaluating an Artificial Intelligence enabled depression and anxiety screening tool for adolescents and young adults
- Mentor of: Partnering to Advance Psycho-Oncology Services for Underrepresented Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer