Professor Tony Zhang
Details
Department: Health and Biomedical Sciences
Campus: Bundoora West Australia
tony.zhang@rmit.edu.au
ORCID: 0000-0002-0968-9380
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Professor Tony Zhang is Deputy Dean (International) in the School of Health and Biomedical Sciences.
Current roles:
Deputy Dean (International), School of Health and Biomedical Sciences
Co-Deputy Director, China-Australia International Research Centre for Chinese Medicine
Research supervision
Completion: 28 PhD, one MPhil and one BHSci (Hons)
Current: 8 PhD
Research fields
- 4206 Public health
- 3202 Clinical sciences
- 4208 Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine
- 4202 Epidemiology
- 4203 Health services and systems
- 420312 Implementation science and evaluation
Academic positions
- Deputy Dean, International
- RMIT University
- School of Health and Biomedical Sciences
- Melbourne, Australia
- 30 Mar 2026 – Present
- Associate Dean, Academic Operations
- RMIT University
- STEM|Health and Biomedical Sciences
- Melbourne, Australia
- 29 Jan 2024 – 29 Mar 2026
- Associate Dean, Allied Health
- RMIT University
- School of Health and Biomedical Sciences
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jan 2021 – 1 Jan 2024
- Discipline Leader
- RMIT University
- School of Health and Biomedical Sciences
- Melbourne, Australia
- 14 Feb 2011 – 1 Jan 2021
- Research Fellow
- RMIT University
- School of Health Sciences
- Australia
- 4 Sep 2006 – 13 Feb 2011
- Health Economic Analyst
- Northern Health
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Mar 2004 – 1 Mar 2006
Supervisor projects
- Systematic Evaluation of Chinese Medicine Evidence for Common Chronic Conditions
- 13 Feb 2025
- Systematic Evaluation of Chinese Medicine Evidence for Common Chronic Conditions
- 23 Dec 2024
- Systematic Evaluation of Chinese Medicine Evidence for Common Chronic Conditions
- 29 Nov 2024
- Systematic Evaluation of Chinese Medicine Evidence for Common Chronic Conditions
- 21 Nov 2024
- Systematic Evaluation of Chinese Medicine Evidence for Common Chronic Conditions
- 4 Nov 2024
- Evaluating Acupuncture Service in an Emergency Department in Australia
- 13 Jun 2024
- Chinese Herbal Medicine Bath Therapy for Psoriasis Vulgaris: Current State of Evidence, a Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial and Patients’ Experience
- 17 Feb 2022
- TCM-CVD1: A Novel Chinese Herbal Medicine Formula for Cardiovascular Risk Management in People with HIV
- 23 Nov 2021
- Chinese Herbal Medicine for Mild Cognitive Impairment: Current State of Evidence and Perspectives of Patients, Caregivers and Clinicians
- 15 Jul 2021
- The Role of Chinese Herbal Medicine for Reducing the Recurrence of Colorectal Adenoma: Current State of Evidence and Clinical Implications
- 19 May 2021
- Chinese Herbal Medicine Tangshen Qushi Formula for Patients with Stage 2–4 Diabetic Kidney Disease: Clinical Evidence and Natural Product Development
- 14 May 2021
- Chinese Herbal Medicine Therapies for Migraine: Current State of Evidence, Impact on Practice, and a Real-world Setting Evaluation
- 9 Jul 2020
- Achieving Consensus on Syndrome Differentiation and Chinese Herbal Medicine for Early Breast Cancer
- 13 Feb 2020
- Therapeutic Inertia for Glycaemic and Cardiovascular Risk Factor Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Real-world Electronic Medical Records Based Study
- 1 Feb 2019
- Chinese Medicine for Major Depressive Disorder: Clinical Evidence, Patients¿ Experience and Expectations, and Doctors¿ Perceptions
- 18 Jul 2016
- Chinese Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture for Acne Vulgaris: Efficacy, Patient Preferences and Health-Related Quality of Life
- 31 May 2016
- Acupuncture for Cancer Pain: An Umbrella Review and a Pilot Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial
- 29 Feb 2016
- Add-on Benefit of Chinese Medicine for Post- Stroke Spasticity: Current State of Evidence and Future Research Priorities
- 2 Mar 2015
- Chinese Herbal Medicine for Diabetic Kidney Disease: Historical Perspective, Clinical Evidence and New Therapeutic Development
- 2 Mar 2015
- Chinese Herbal Medicine for Mild Cognitive Impairment and Related Disorders: Evidence from Modern and Classical Literature and Its Implications for Future Research
- 27 Jul 2014
- Chinese Herbal Medicine for Insomnia: Evidence, Practice and Opinions
- 3 Mar 2014
- Know thy tool: the intricacies of acupuncture needles
- 12 Feb 2014
- Evaluation of the efficacy, safety and tolerability of herbal medicine for management of the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia
- 20 Jan 2014
- Evidence-based Chinese Medicine Approach for Atopic Eczema: Current State of Evidence and Future Priority
- 27 Feb 2012
- Systematic evaluation of clinical and experimental evidence for the application of Chinese herbal medicines in the management of colorectal cancer
- 24 Feb 2011
Teaching interests
Research interests
Evidence-based public health research; Epidemiological studies; Health Service Research; Randomised controlled trial; Systematic review and meta-analysis; Clinical epidemiology; Biostatistics and Research methods; Research Translation, Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Complementary and Alternative Medicine,.
