Biography

Coupled with the pandemic and the endemic of COVID-19 after graduation, Hanju Zhu observed the first breakout in nursing homes, the mandatory public health regulation and the increasingly growing populations with urgent needs in rehabilitation. This was the moment Zhu realized that research in epidemiology merely assists in studying distinct characteristics of diseases, providing prediction in disease prevalence and equipping people with necessary aids in overcoming infections, yet it overlooks, in some sense, the aftermath of recovery and rehabilitation that people undergoing the pandemic need, especially people who’re themselves already incurring inconvenience brought about by disabilities. Zhu believes that a Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Science will help to focus more on people with disabilities and the aging population, and dive deeper into tools including health policy, data-driven research and coverage policy. This can hopefully can be improved to enhance rehabilitation and obtain professionalism in technology dedicated in the mitigation of disabilities.