Dr. Zhang received her MD from the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (HST) program at Harvard Medical School and completed post-graduate training at Duke University, where she remained on faculty until 2021. She is now Associate Professor and Associate Director of Clinical Research for the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Clinically she specializes in genitourinary malignancies. She participates actively in the US cooperative group trials and currently serves as co-chair of the NCI GU Steering Committee Renal Task Force. She is a clinical researcher focused on improving novel therapies and biomarkers for patients with renal, prostate, and urothelial cancers.