Xi Zhu, PhD, is an affiliate at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and a professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

Zhu uses quantitative and qualitative methods to explore questions in three broad areas: 1) how team design, team process, and quality improvement activities in health care organizations affect care quality and safety; 2) how market and policy environments affect health care organizations’ structures, strategies, and efficiency; and 3) how changes (e.g., quality improvement initiatives, innovations) are implemented in health care organizations and what strategies may facilitate the change processes. He is particularly interested in how the health delivery system responds to payment reform (including Medicare and Medicaid policies) and how policy provisions interact with system response to affect health outcomes. 

Zhu received his PhD in sociology from the University of Minnesota.