Lori Beth Chibnik, PHD
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Biostatistics - Boston University School of Public Health
Biography
Dr. Lori Chibnik, PhD, MPH is a biostatistician and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Boston University School of Public Health as well as Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Department of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School. She received her MPH in International Health and her PhD in biostatistics from Boston University where she worked on predictive modeling methods for disease risk. Over her career, she has developed and assessed predictive models for diseases such as HIV, prenatal screening, and autoimmune diseases and continues to apply her methods to various diseases. Dr. Chibnik’s current research focuses primarily on genetics and genomics of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia with an emphasis on longitudinal cohorts. In addition to her research, she is internationally renowned for her training programs and innovative teaching techniques, having developed multiple courses in biostatistics for varied audiences. While at Boston University she managed the Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics, an NHLBI funded, 6-week summer program designed to bring undergraduate students into the fields of Biostatistics and Public Health. Most recently she developed and implemented a series of biostatistics and programming courses specific to the needs of scientists in sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, she directs the Global Initiative for Neuropsychiatric Genetics Education in Researcher at the Harvard-Chan School and the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research in the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT.
Education
- Boston University School of Public Health, PhD Field of Study: Biostatistics
- Boston University School of Public Health, MPH Field of Study: Epidemiology
- University of Wisconsin Madison, BS Field of Study: Physiology
Publications
- Published on 5/8/2025
Sampson L, Lawn RB, Murchland AR, Liu J, Marquez CID, Scoglio AAJ, Jha SC, Sumner JA, Roberts AL, Kang JH, Chibnik LB, Koenen KC, Kubzansky LD. Psychological Distress and Cognitive Function in Women: Exploring Potential Mediation by Use of Opiates, Sleep Aids, or Minor Tranquilizers. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2025 May 08. PMID: 40336460.
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- Published on 5/1/2025
Roberts AL, Townsend MK, Chibnik LB, Kubzansky LD, Tworoger SS. Timing of depression in relation to risk of ovarian cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2025 May 01; 117(5):989-996. PMID: 39745894.
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- Published on 4/18/2025
McNally MA, Lau LA, Granak S, Hike D, Liu X, Yu X, Donahue RA, Chibnik LB, Ortiz JV, Che A, Chavez-Valdez R, Northington FJ, Staley KJ. Ongoing loss of viable neurons for weeks after mild hypoxia-ischaemia. Brain Commun. 2025; 7(2):fcaf153. PMID: 40297712.
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- Published on 4/16/2025
Merker VL, Ma Y, Chibnik LB, Radtke HB, Kelts K, Yohay K, Ullrich NJ, Plotkin SR, Jordan JT. Self-reported access to specialty clinics and receipt of health surveillance among U.S. patients with neurofibromatosis 1: a national survey. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2025 Apr 16; 20(1):185. PMID: 40241092.
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- Published on 4/3/2025
Welikovitch LA, Mate de Gerando A, Khasnavis A, Bhavsar H, Meltzer JC, Buée L, Chibnik LB, Bussiere T, Hyman BT. Tau, synapse loss and gliosis progress in an Alzheimer's mouse model after amyloid-ß immunotherapy. Brain. 2025 Apr 03; 148(4):1316-1328. PMID: 39504519.
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- Published on 4/1/2025
Wang S, Menor A, Chibnik LB, Kang JH, Vyas CM, Blacker DL, Kubzansky LD, Koenen KC, Roberts AL. COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Exposures and Cognitive Function in Middle-Aged Women. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Apr 01; 8(4):e255532. PMID: 40244583.
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- Published on 3/1/2025
Hua Y, Beam A, Chibnik LB, Torous J. From statistics to deep learning: Using large language models in psychiatric research. Int J Methods Psychiatr Res. 2025 Mar; 34(1):e70007. PMID: 39777756.
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- Published on 2/24/2025
Thaweethai T, Selvaggi CA, Ng TC, Cheng D, Cao T, Chibnik LB, Shinnick DJ, Foulkes AS. Biomarker states and risk of death among individuals hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infection. BMC Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 24; 25(1):260. PMID: 39994606.
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- Published on 2/21/2025
Wang B, Chibnik LB, Choi SH, Blacker D, DeStefano AL, Lin H. Association of genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease and cognitive function in two European populations. Sci Rep. 2025 Feb 21; 15(1):6410. PMID: 39984543.
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- Published on 2/17/2025
Berry JD, Maragakis NJ, Macklin EA, Chibnik LB, Quintana M, Saville BR, Detry MA, Vestrucci M, Marion J, McGlothlin A, Stommel EW, Chase M, Pothier L, Harkey BA, Yu H, Sherman A, Shefner J, Hall M, Kittle G, Babu S, Andrews J, D'Agostino D, Tustison E, Scirocco E, Giacomelli E, Alameda G, Locatelli E, Ho D, Quick A, Ajroud-Driss S, Katz J, Heitzman D, Appel SH, Shroff S, Felice KJ, Simmons Z, Miller T, Olney N, Weiss MD, Goutman SA, Fernandes JA, Jawdat O, Owegi MA, Foster L, Vu T, Ilieva H, Newman DS, Arcila-Londono X, Jackson C, Ladha S, Heiman-Patterson T, Caress J, Swenson A, Peltier A, Lewis R, Fee D, Elliott M, Bedlack R, Kasarskis EJ, Elman L, Rosenfeld J, Walk D, McIlduff CE, Twydell P, Young E, Johnson K, Rezania K, Goyal NA, Cohen JA, Benatar M, Jones V, Glass J, Shah J, Beydoun SR, Wymer JP, Zilliox L, Nayar S, Pattee GL, Martinez-Thompson J, Rynders A, Evan J, Evan J, Hartford A, Sepassi M, Ho KS, Glanzman R, Greenberg B, Hotchkin MT, Paganoni S, Cudkowicz ME. CNM-Au8 in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: The HEALEY ALS Platform Trial. JAMA. 2025 Feb 17; 333(13):1138-49. PMID: 40067821.
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