Tang Scholars 24-25

Qianyun Wang is a third-year PhD student in Social Welfare at UCLA. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Social Work from Beijing Normal University and a master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Calgary. With extensive fieldwork experience across India, Korea, the Philippines, Canada, and China, she is committed to tackling social exclusion, ageism, racism, and migratory injustice through both research and community action. 

Sonia Wang is a third-year medical student at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She grew up in Los Angeles, a true cultural melting pot. Lucky to be surrounded by cultures as distinct as a molcajete is from a soup dumpling, she was a child of the immigrant diaspora. 

Yuxia Wu, MSc, graduated from Fudan University in 2003. She had worked in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Putuo District in Shanghai for over 17 years. Yuxia has been a Chief Physician of Public Health and a Deputy Director of Yichuan Community Health Service Center since 2020, in charge of the Department of Public Health, Department of Health Information, and Department of Scientific Research Management.

Yan Lu, graduated from Zhengzhou University, majoring in preventive medicine, is currently a public health physician, psychotherapist in Shanghai Jiading District Mental Health Center. She has long been engaged in popular science education and mental health promotion for key population. In 2023, she obtained a part-time master 's degree in public health from the School of Public Health of Fudan University. 

Shizhong Shen, a second-year graduate student, expresses his sincere gratitude to the Cyrus Tang Foundation for the opportunity to study and collaborate with peers in the United States. Inspired by his mother, a general practitioner in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), Shizhong developed an early appreciation for the unique charm of TCM, which sparked his interest in pursuing a career as a general practitioner and advancing his expertise in the field. 

Chenyue Mao is a second-year graduate student at Shanghai Longhua Hospital affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (SHUTCM), pursuing a master’s degree in General Practice, with expected expected graduation in 2026.