Dr. Wenzhen (Jen) Zuo

Dr. Wenzhen (Jen) Zuo (She/her/hers) is first generation immigrant-settler from China who grew up in Tiohtiá:ke (Montreal) in traditional territory of the Kanien’kehà:ka Nation.

She currently lives, plays and works on, unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, as a re-entry 4th/5th year resident in Public Health and Preventive Medicine at the University of British Columbia. 

She received her Medical Doctorate at the Université de Montréal and trained in family medicine at McGill University. She completed her Family-Medicine R3 in hospitalist medicine at UBC, after which she practiced as a hospitalist in Vancouver Coastal Health. She completed a Master of Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom with a Chevening Scholarship. After her MPH, she worked as a consultant for the World Health Organization in the Health Workforce department on global public health workforce strengthening.

She is interested in merging her expertise as hospitalist and public health physician to advance populational health and health system strengthening and adaptation to meet the needs of an aging population, changing climate and future emergencies preparedness and response. She has a strong interest in public health policy, including for global health diplomacy. With her role at WHO, she participated in the international negotiations of the newly adopted Pandemic Treaty and the amendments of the International Health Regulation 2005.

Outside of work, Jen loves all arts, more especially music. She plays the violin and adores the symphonies of Mahler. She DJs ethnic house and techno music. She sails in summer and enjoys Alpine and Cross-country skiing in winter. As a big fan of languages and cultures, she is currently learning Spanish.