Xin Zhang, PHD, MPH, MS

Education

• PhD, Environmental Health Science and Scientific Computing, University of Michigan, 2022-2025
• MS, Biostatistics, University of Michigan, 2023-2025
• MPH, Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, 2018-2020
• BS, Psychology, Peking University, 2015-2018
• BS, Nursing, Peking University, 2014-2018

Awards and Scholarships

• 2025 – The Warren A. Cook Award by U of M Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering
• 2024 – U of M Rackham International Students Fellowship / Kan-Chuang Fellowship
• 2024 – U of M Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Outstanding Mentor Award
• 2023, 2024 – U of M Rackham Graduate Student Research Grants
• 2021 – The Michigan Industrial Hygiene Merit Society Scholarship by Michigan Industrial Hygiene Society
• 2017 – PKU Student of Merit

Selected Publications

1. Zhang, X., Park, S.K., Smith, L.M., & Neitzel, R. L. Association between environmental and headphone noise and heart rate variability: a longitudinal study. Manuscript under review
2. Tang, Y., Zhang, X., Smith, L. M., Shkembi, A., Green, G. E., & Neitzel, R. L. (2026). Tinnitus prevalence and characteristics in the United States: insights from the 2019–2022 Apple Hearing Study cohort. BMC Public Health. doi: 10.1186/s12889-026-27048-2
3. Zhang, X., Wu, J., Smith, L. M., Li, X., Yancey, O., Franzblau, A., Dvonch, J. T., Xi, C. & Neitzel, R. L. (2022). Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 in air and on surfaces and estimating infection risk in buildings and buses on a university campus. Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology, 32(5), 751-758. doi: 10.1038/s41370-022-00442-9