Oliver Zhao

Oliver Zhao, MD, is a physician-educator whose personal and professional journey spans the United States, the United Kingdom, and China. Dr. Zhao is committed to providing primary care for diverse patient populations, with particular attention to socioeconomically marginalized and sociopolitically excluded communities. Guided by a bio-psycho-social framework, his research focuses on health justice, including immigrant health, LGBTQ+ health, and innovation in medical education.

As an educator, Dr. Zhao’s teaching experience spans students from childhood through medical school. Since 2020, he has been part of the Inclusive Anatomical Representation project at Harvard, a pioneering initiative that examines structural bias in medical textbooks and atlases and develops inclusive educational materials addressing racism, sexism, ageism, colonialism, and other forms of exclusion. In addition, Dr. Zhao serves on the Pre-Health Professions Advising Team, supporting USF students as they pursue careers in the health professions.

• Primary care
• Healthcare interpretation
• Clinical and research ethics

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• Global health
• Mental wellbeing
• Health equity
• Medical education
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• Peking University, MD in Medicine, 2025
• Harvard Medical School, MA in Bioethics, 2022
• UC San Francisco, MS in Global Health, 2015
• University of San Francisco, BS in Kinesiology, 2014

• Extern in Medicine, UCSF Fresno (2024-2025)
• Teaching Assistant in Medical Mandarin, Harvard Medical School (2021-2025)
• Research Coordinator of Inclusive Anatomical Representation Project, Harvard Medical School (2020-2025)

• Peking University Affiliated Teaching Hospital Valedictorian of the Class, 2025
• Harvard Culture Lab Innovation Fund Team Recipient, 2023
• Chinese Government Scholarship Recipient of the Year, 2020

• Zhang, C., Zhang, H., Zhao, M., Li, Z., Cook, C.E., Buysse, D.J., Zhao, Y. and Yao, Y., 2020. Reliability, validity, and factor structure of Pittsburgh sleep quality index in community-based centenarians. Frontiers in psychiatry, 11, p.573530.
• Yao, Y., Jin, X., Cao, K., Zhao, M., Zhu, T., Zhang, J. and Zeng, Y., 2021. Residential proximity to major roadways and cognitive function among Chinese adults 65 years and older. Science of The Total Environment, 766, p.142607.
• Zhang, C., Wang, T., Zeng, P., Zhao, M., Zhang, G., Zhai, S., Meng, L., Wang, Y. and Liu, D., 2021. Reliability, validity, and measurement invariance of the general anxiety disorder scale among chinese medical university students. Frontiers in psychiatry, 12, p.648755.
• Zhang, C., Zeng, P., Tan, J., Sun, S., Zhao, M., Cui, J., Zhang, G., Jia, J. and Liu, D., 2021. Relationship of problematic smartphone use, sleep quality, and daytime fatigue among quarantined medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in psychiatry, 12.
• Zhang, C., Zhang, H., Zhao, M., Chen, C., Li, Z., Liu, D., Zhao, Y. and Yao, Y., 2022. Psychometric properties and modification of the 15-item geriatric depression scale among Chinese oldest-old and centenarians: a mixed-methods study. BMC geriatrics, 22(1), pp.1-13.