Hong Zhou is a preventive medicine specialist with decades' experience. She worked for the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Centres in London, serving over one million people. There, she developed evidence-based training materials and collaborated with healthcare professionals to promote bowel cancer prevention and early diagnosis.
Prior to her NHS role, Hong supported mental health initiatives in Westminster. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Western Medicine and earned scholarships to complete a master’s degree in Health Science and a postgraduate diploma in public health, studying in Finland, King’s College London, and Northumbria University. She also has a MHFA certificate.
With a deep interest in blending Western and Eastern medicine, Hong studied modules of Traditional Chinese Medicine and acupressure. She has also explored the links between mindfulness and Eastern philosophies like Buddhism and Taoism. To deepen her understanding of mindfulness, which was developed by a medical professor based on East Asian Buddhist teachings, she taught herself Korean and Japanese in just six months, in addition to her native Chinese.
Hong’s work on mental health has been featured in Top Person Magazine and London Business Matters Magazine. She is also the author of Chivalrous Spirit – My Panacea for Catastrophic Living, inspired by her personal journey of overcoming mental health challenges and clinically diagnosed stress-related illnesses..