Jiajie Zhang

Jiajie Zhang is an esteemed academic and leader in the field of biomedical informatics and cognitive science, currently serving as a member of the National Advisory Council at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality since July 2022. Zhang has held multiple significant roles at the McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston since 1998, including Dean, Professor, Director of the National Center for Cognitive Informatics and Decision Making in Healthcare, and Interim Dean. Additionally, Zhang has been a professor at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences since 2016. Prior academic positions include Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University and Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant roles at UC San Diego. Educational qualifications include a PhD and MS in Cognitive Science from UC San Diego, along with various certificates in academic leadership, executive healthcare administration, and artificial intelligence from prestigious institutions.