Staff Bio
Bao-Ping Zhu, MD, PhD, MS
Dr. Bao-Ping Zhu is the Director of the Office of Science Quality and Library Services in the Office of Science.
Role at CDC
Dr. Zhu is a medical epidemiologist with extensive domestic and international experience in public health. first joined CDC as an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) officer in 1996. Since then, he has held multiple scientific leadership positions with CDC, state health departments, and other public health organizations.
Previous experience
Dr. Zhu's previous positions include serving as director of Quality Performance Management and Research Programs at the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, resident advisor for CDC’s Advanced Field Epidemiology Training Programs in Uganda, Turkey, and China, Missouri state epidemiologist, CDC state assignee in Michigan, and a principal research scientist for the Battelle Memorial Institute.
Achievements
Dr. Zhu has received numerous awards for his research and service, including the CDC Director’s Award for Excellence in Epidemiology and Public Health Response, the William H. Foege Award, the Jeffrey P. Koplan Award, and the Young Professional of the Year Award, awarded by the American Public Health Association/MCH Section.
Dr. Zhu has also conducted extensive epidemiologic research on, infectious diseases, chronic diseases, cancer, maternal and child health, environmental and occupational health, food intoxication, tobacco use, and neglected tropical diseases.
He has authored more than 140 scientific publications.
Education
Dr. Zhu received his medical degree from Anhui Medical University in China, a doctorate in epidemiology from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, a master's in biostatistics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and post-doctoral research training in epidemiology and biostatistics at the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) in France.