Biostatistics Monthly Seminar.

Dr. Rui Duan is an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, with affiliations at the Center for Precision Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital.She received her PhD in Biostatistics from the University of Pennsylvania. Her research develops statistical, machine learning, and informatics methods to generate reliable real-world evidence from large health data sources such as electronic health records, biobanks, claims, and surveys. She focuses on improving the generalizability of algorithms across healthcare systems and designing efficient, privacy-preserving approaches for multi-institutional collaboration. Her methods have been applied in national research networks including OHDSI, 4CE, PCORnet, eMERGE, and PsycheMERGE to study a range of health conditions. She has received recognition such as the Harvard Chan School Dean’s Award for Scientific Advancements, the Harvard Data Science Initiative Competitive Research Award, and the IMS New Researcher Award, and her work has been supported by NIH, Google, Merck, and other funders.