Prof. Dr. Liang Wang

Public Health, Marshall University, WV, USA

Dr. Liang Wang is currently Founding Director of Marshall Global Health Institute and Tenured Full Professor of Public Health at Marshall University, West Virginia, USA. Previously, Dr. Wang was Director and Tenured Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Baylor University, Texas, USA. Dr. Wang was elected as a Fellow to American College of Epidemiology (USA), The Obesity Society (USA), and Royal Society for Public Health (UK). He has been Visiting Scientist at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and Visiting Scholar at UNC Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health. His research focuses on obesity, nutrition epidemiology, health education and promotion, etc. Dr. Wang has published 170 peer-reviewed papers (e.g., JAMA Internal Medicine, JAMA Network Open, Diabetes Care, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, European Heart Journal, International Journal of Epidemiology, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, and American Journal of Epidemiology), and several book chapters (e.g., International Encyclopedia of Public Health, Prevention and Control of Obesity in China, A Collection of Exemplary Health Education and Promotion Cases in China, and Health Literacy: surveillance and evaluation guide). He has been a PI and Co-I on multiple grants (e.g., NIH, PCORI). He serves the Associate Editor of Nutritional Journal, Obesity Section Editor of Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, and Guest/Topic Editor of Nutrients. Dr. Wang has been serving as President of China Health Policy and Management Society, Founding President of the International Chinese Nutrition Young Scholar Network, Director of Strategic Development and Enhancement Committee of North America Chinese Association for Nutrition, etc. 

Updated 5 November 2024