Dr Yang Zhao is currently a clinical epidemiologist and working as a Senior Research Fellow & Implementation Scientist in Health Service Research Institute at Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore and Director at the Institute for Health Systems & Policy Research in Shandong Medical University. His research focuses on population health, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. multimorbidity, stroke and brain health, digital health and implementation science, health systems and policy research. Since 2020, Dr Zhao ever worked as Academic Lead at the Digital Health & Stroke Program at The George Institute for Global Health, and the Acting Head of Women Health & Diabetes Program at The George Institute. He was also an conjoint senior lecturer at the University of New South Wales and an honorary fellow at Melbourne School of Population and Global Health in The University of Melbourne in Australia. Dr. Zhao has been selected the World Heart Federation (WHF) Science Committee Member (2023-2024) and is a member of the International Epidemiological Association (IEA), International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE), China Health Policy and Management Society (CHPAMS), and an deputy/associate editor of BMJ Mental Health, editorial board member of BMC Geriatrics, BMJ Family Medicine and Community Health, Brain Research and Asian Journal of Obesity. As Principal Investigator (PI) / Co-PI, Dr. Zhao has led and participated in several international projects.