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Lily Zhou

Scientist, MD, MSC

Dr. Lily Zhou is a stroke neurologist at Vancouver General Hospital and an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She completed her Doctor of Medicine at the University of Ottawa, neurology residency at UBC, Master of Science in epidemiology at Harvard, and fellowships in vascular neurology and neuroepidemiology at Stanford and NIH StrokeNet. She is active in medical education, and her research interests include stroke epidemiology, machine learning using administrative data, cost-benefit analysis in health care, and venous sinus thrombosis treatment and outcomes.

Research Interests

  • Stroke Epidemiology
  • Cost–Benefit Analysis
  • Machine Learning
  • Stroke and Cerebral Vein Sinus Thrombosis
Additional Affiliations
  • Neurologist, Vancouver General Hospital
  • Assistant Professor, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Scientist, Vancouver Coastal Health Research

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