Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
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2024 - Present
Sanford School of Public Policy
Core Faculty Member, Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy
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2024 - Present
Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy,
University Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Association between prenatal opioid exposure and health, education, and foster care between ages 0 and 18.
Journal Article PNAS nexus · March 2026 The opioid crisis has emerged as a critical public health challenge, yet the long-term outcomes of children exposed before birth remain underexamined. Prior studies have focused on acute neonatal outcomes or adult opioid misuse, leaving the broader develop ... Full text CiteInvisible Wounds: How Mental Disability Benefits Shape Veteran Well-Being
Journal Article American Economic Journal: Economic Policy · February 1, 2026 We study impacts of VA disability compensation on the health and well-being of the large and rapidly growing population of veterans claiming mental disorders. We leverage quasi-random assignment of veterans to medical examiners with varying assessi ... Full text CiteHigh-risk emergency department visits and risk of all-cause mortality, suicide, and fatal overdose among US military veterans.
Journal Article American journal of epidemiology · January 2026 Deaths due to overdose and suicide together comprise an urgent public health challenge. Using Veterans Health Administration (VHA) electronic health records, we identified patients with high-risk emergency department (ED) visits related to suicidality or o ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
VA IPA for Jonathan Zhang
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by VA Palo Alto Health Care System · 2024 - 2026View All Grants
Education
Stanford University ·
2020
Ph.D.
University of British Columbia (Canada) ·
2014
B.S.