Dr. Xinyu Zhang is a Research Assistant Professor of Global Health at Duke Kunshan University (DKU). Her research interest and experience center on vaccine delivery research in China and other low- and middle-income countries, and health policy and health system reform in China (with a focus on payment system reform and health services research). Her teaching interests at Duke Kunshan include health economics, evaluation of health services, and quantitative methods in health services research.

She has a Bachelor of Management degree in Public Service Administration and a Ph.D. in Social Medicine and Health Management from Fudan University, China, where she also served as a post-doctor from 2022 to 2024. She also served as a postdoctoral associate at Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, US in 2023. She has participated in multiple research projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, National Healthcare Security Administration of China, etc.