Faculty and Talent Research Profiles

Dr. Michael Zhang, Sobey Professorship in Finance, Information Systems and Management Science 

Dr. Michael Zhang is Associate Professor in the Department of Finance, Information Systems and Management Science at the Sobey School of Business. He was Acting Associate Dean in Research and Knowledge Mobilization at the Sobey School of Business from 2019 to 2020. He also holds Adjunct Professor appointments in the Department of Applied Human Sciences at the University of Prince Edward Island and the Department of Industrial Engineering at Dalhousie University. Dr. Zhang’s research is in the area of analytics in healthcare services management and operations management. He is currently Nominated Principal Investigator on Supporting Youth with Mental Health Conditions using Machine Learning and Analytics with a three-year, $273,000 grant from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. His work has been published in numerous journals, including 11 A* and A publications at the journals ranked at ABDC List. He is supervising one PhD student and five Master’s students on analytics projects in healthcare and supply chain management. Dr. Zhang was president of the Saint Mary’s University faculty union from 2018 to 2019. He received his PhD in Management Science from the Ivey Business School, University of Western Ontario; his Master of Economics (Financial Engineering) from Xiamen University, China, in 1998; and his BSc (Electronic Engineering) from Zhejiang University, China in 1994.