Fan Zhang

Fan Zhang is a Senior Professor at the University of North Texas Health Science Center. His research focuses on Alzheimer's disease biomarkers, cognitive impairment, and health disparities in aging, with particular emphasis on neurodegenerative diseases and neuroscience of aging. His recent work includes precision medicine approaches for Alzheimer's disease in Down syndrome, characterization of pTau181 and neurofilament light biomarkers across diverse community-based cohorts, and immunometabolic biomarker networks associated with depression. He leads the Health and Aging Brain Study–Health Disparities (HABS-HD), examining biomarker associations with premorbid intellectual functioning and cognitive outcomes in multi-ethnic populations. His contributions span geriatrics, public health, and translational research addressing Alzheimer's disease disparities.