Dr Zhou was a recipient of ARC (Australian Research Council) DECRA award (Discovery Early Career Researcher Award). She has a broad research interest in medical image analysis, machine learning, and computer vision. Her current research is focused on medical image analysis with statistical graphical models and deep learning, as well as general visual recognition problems. Dr Zhou is co-leading (since 2021) the Digital Health Imaging (DHI) research theme under Digital Sciences Initiatives (DSI) launched by the Faculty of Engineering, USyd. DHI is devoted to promoting the synergy of USyd’s strengths and leadership in AI and medical imaging and building trust with the industry for impactful research. Zhou is also affilated with the Sydney Artificial Intelligence Centre and the Brain and Mind Centre. Dr Zhou is a Senior member of IEEE.