Xue Zhang is the Lerner Postdoctoral Scholar in Population Health. She is a social scientist, demographer and population health scholar who conducts research on geographical differences in demographic structure, public policy, and social determinates of health, with a special interest in rural-urban differences and health disparity.

Xue's most recent research examines governments’ policy response during COVID-19. She is interested in factors related to governments’ policy decision, and the relation between various policies and health outcomes, including physical, mental, psychological health, mortality, and COVD-19 infections and deaths. Xue's research also examines factors at the individual, community, and policy levels that contribute to a better population health.