Faculty Member
Peizhong Peter Wang
- Email Address(es)
- peizhong.wang(at)utoronto.ca
- Division(s)/Institute(s)
- Clinical Public Health Division
- Position
- Professor
- SGS Status
- Associate Member
- Appointment Status
- Status Only
Dr. Wang is a professor (Epidemiology) in the Division of Community Health and Humanities, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN). Dr. Wang graduated from Tianjin Medical University, China and received his PhD in Epidemiology from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto.
Dr. Wang has extensive research experience with broad interests including: cancer epidemiology, arthritis and disability, immigrant health and quality of life, aging, health surveys, and epidemiological modeling. Among many recognitions, Dr. Wang received the Arthritis Society and CIHR Joint Fellowship Award, distinguished visiting professor award from Tianjin Government, and Science and Chinese National Technology Achievement Award. He has been a lead investigator or a co-investigator for more than 30 research grants that have been supported by various provincial, national, and international funding agencies. Dr. Wang is a reviewer for a number of funding agencies and academic journals; he has published more than 80 articles in peer reviewed scientific journals. In the past 5 years, Dr. Wang’s main research focus has been in epidemiology of colorectal cancer, and his research in this area has been well recognized internationally. In addition to his primary academic affiliation, Dr. Wang also holds academic appointments in other institutes.
Dr. Wang is committed to teaching and training future public health researchers and practitioners. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate classes at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Tianjin Medical University. The courses Dr. Wang has chaired or taught since 2005 include: Introduction to Epidemiology, Introduction to Community Health, Advanced Epidemiology, Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Research Methods and Cancer Biology and Survival Analysis. Dr. Wang has been a thesis supervisor or a supervisory committee member to more than 30 MSc or Ph.D students in Canada and China.