Dr Shangzhi Xiong
Conjoint Lecturer
PhD in Medicine, The George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2020-2024
Master of Science in Global Health, Duke University, Durham, the United States, 2016-2018
Medicine & Health
George Institute for Global Health
Shangzhi Xiong (also known as Benson) is a research fellow working at the Health Systems Science Group of the George Institute for Global Health, and a Conjoint Lecturer at the School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Dr. Xiong’s primary research area is health system evaluation and strengthening, with a focus on primary health care, non-communicable disease management, and digital health innovations. He has worked as leading researcher on multiple international projects, practicing a range of scientific methodologies, including designing and conducting pragmatic trials, cohort studies, mixed-methods evaluation, research codesign, policy analysis, and evidence synthesis.
Within the past five years, Dr. Xiong has produced over 30 peer-reviewed publications on renowned peer-reviewed academic journals, including the Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, npj Digital Medicine, and JAMA cardiology.
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Location
L8, Health Translation Hub, 55 Botany Street Randwick NSW 2031
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Recent first-authored publications:
- Xiong, Shangzhi, Wei Jiang, Yongchen Wang, Guosheng Wang, Xinyi Zhang…Limin Mao, David Peiris, & Maoyi Tian. "Co-designing interventions to strengthen the primary health care system for the management of hypertension and type 2 diabetes in China." The Lancet Regional Health–Western Pacific 49 (2024): 101131.
- Xiong, Shangzhi, Wei Jiang, Yongchen Wang, Chi Hu, Jiajuan Yang…Limin Mao, David Peiris, & Maoyi Tian. "Using routinely collected data to determine care cascades of hypertension and type-2 diabetes management in China: a cross-sectional study." The Lancet Regional Health–Western Pacific 45 (2024): 101019.
- Xiong, Shangzhi, Hongsheng Lu, Nicholas Peoples, Ege K. Duman, Alberto Najarro, Zhao Ni, Enying Gong, Ruoyu Yin, Truls Ostbye, Lia M. Palileo-Villanueva, Rinchen Doma, Sweta Kafle, Maoyi Tian, & Lijing L. Yan. "Digital health interventions for non-communicable disease management in primary health care in low-and middle-income countries." NPJ Digital Medicine 6, no. 1 (2023): 12.
- Xiong, Shangzhi, Wei Jiang, Ruilin Meng, Chi Hu, Hui Liao, Yongchen Wang, Chang Cai, Xinyi Zhang, Pengpeng Ye, Yanqiuzi Ma…David Peiris, Limin Mao, & Maoyi Tian. "Factors associated with the uptake of national essential public health service package for hypertension and type-2 diabetes management in China's primary health care system: A mixed-methods study." The Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific (2022): 100664.
- Xiong, Shangzhi, Chang Cai, Wei Jiang…David Peiris, Limin Mao, & Maoyi Tian. "Primary health care system responses to non-communicable disease prevention and control: A scoping review of national policies in Mainland China since the 2009 health reform." The Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific (2022): 100390.
Research projects:
- Project title: Unlocking the power of linked data to improve patient journeys across the health system (2025-2030)
- Project title: SMARThealth for Multiple Long-Term Conditions (MLTC): Development and Feasibility Testing of a Comprehensive MLTC Management Package in India and Indonesia (2025-2026)
- Project title: Strengthening China’s essential public health services package for hypertension and diabetes care in rural village clinics through meaningful use of health information systems [the SAPPHIRE Study] (2019-2025)
- Project title: Establishment of a policy centre for primary health care strengthening in Sri Lanka - Centre for Health Systems Policy and Innovation [CHSPI] (2023-2024)
- Project title: Mechanisms and Path Analyses for Health Management among Chronic Diseases Patients in Urban China: A Community Empowerment-Based Approach [the CEBA Study] (2018-2021)
- Project title: Strengthening Urban Primary Healthcare Service Delivery through the Use of eHealth Programs in China, Nepal, the Philippines, and Peru [the SUPER Study] (2018-2019)
My Teaching
Delivered guest lecture - Leveraging Primary Health Care to Improve Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes Management in China, for the course Global Approaches to Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes and Cancer Prevention, for Master of International Public Health program in School of Population Health, UNSW (Course instructor: Dr. Christine Linhart), 2024 - 2025
Delivered guest lecture - Introduction to the STEPwise approach to non-communicable disease risk factor surveillance (STEPS), for the course Principles of Prevention and Public Health Surveillance, for Bachelor of Public Health program in School of Population Health, UNSW (Course instructor: Dr. Saiful Islam), 2024 - 2025
I am also delivering quantitative research training from the Research Training team of the George Institute for Global Health, and my areas cover: research governance, ethics, and integrity, data management, and observational studies.