Pengsheng Ni
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Pengsheng Ni, MD

Research Associate Professor, Health Law, Policy & Management - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 358-2257
psni@bu.edu
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Biography

Pengsheng Ni, MD, MPH has a medical degree from Shanghai Medical University is Research Associate Professor of Health Law, Policy & Management at Boston University School of Public Health. His main research interest is statistical methodology development and application for patient report outcome. His current work is applying different Item Response Theory (IRT) models to practical health care assessment issues, building Unidimensional and Multidimensional Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) models. He has been worked in multiple health care outcome assessments development process (such as Activity Measure for Post-acute Care (AM-PAC), Late Life Function and Disability Instrument, Work Disability Functional Assessment Battery (WD-FAB), etc.), which included the data collection program development, item bank construct, CAT program development and evaluation.

Education

  • Shanghai Medical University, MD Field of Study: Medicine
  • Shanghai Medical University, MPH Field of Study: Biostatistics

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Publications

  • Published on 12/30/2025

    Sterling A, Bodien YG, Goostrey K, Hammond FM, Kazis LE, Nakase-Richardson R, Ni P, O'Neil-Pirozzi TM, O'Rourke J, Sanders WR, Sherer M, Waters AB, Zafonte RD, Giacino JT. Multicenter Validation of a Telephone-Based Caregiver Interview for Longitudinal Assessment of Outcome after Severe Brain Injury: A Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Study. J Neurotrauma. 2025 Dec 30. PMID: 41468169.

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  • Published on 12/18/2025

    Deng H, Abouzeid CA, Ni P, Rothfeld-Wehrwein ZR, Dhand A, Slavin MD, Herrera-Escobar JP, Kazis LE, Ryan CM, Schneider JC. The role of personal social networks in social participation for adult burn survivors: A cohort study. Clin Rehabil. 2025 Dec 18; 2692155251406571. PMID: 41411188.

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  • Published on 11/21/2025

    Dukes K, Ni P, Alperen J, Cesare N, LaValley M, Tripp T, Lane K, Mohammed S, Patil P, Emig D, Winter M, Davis B, Wang B, Jain A, Acker M, Rickles M. A national growth mixture modeling analysis of county-level COVID-19 incidence rate trajectories and health inequities during three successive pandemic waves in 2020. Sci Rep. 2025 Nov 21; 15(1):41272. PMID: 41271888.

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  • Published on 11/1/2025

    Quach ED, Ni P, Zhao S, Ngo V, Shimada SL, Am L, Chang DJ, Pimentel CB. Beyond Aggregated Race and Ethnicity Codes: An Examination of Additional Methods to Identify Asian American and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Veteran Subgroups in Administrative Databases. Mil Med. 2025 Nov 01; 190(11-12):e2513-e2520. PMID: 40366369.

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  • Published on 10/10/2025

    Hsu SP, Kang JH, Hung TH, Lin YN, Liou TH, Ni PS, Chang FH. Postdischarge participation and functional outcomes across three common stroke subtypes based on the exploratory retrospective study. Sci Rep. 2025 Oct 10; 15(1):35432. PMID: 41073474.

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  • Published on 9/26/2025

    Resnik L, Borgia M, Heinemann AW, Stevens P, Ni P. Two-handed task performance in upper limb prosthesis users: rethinking measurement approaches. Disabil Rehabil. 2025 Dec; 47(26):7023-7035. PMID: 41004319.

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  • Published on 9/19/2025

    Hsu SP, Hung TH, Lin YN, Kang JH, Han DS, Chiu V, Liou TH, Wu YH, Ni PS, Skidmore ER, Chang FH. Enhancing Societal Participation for Stroke Survivors With Cognitive Impairments: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Oct 07; 14(19):e042295. PMID: 40970531.

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  • Published on 5/21/2025

    Lin YN, Hsu SP, Kang JH, Liou TH, Han DS, Ni P, Chiu V, Rodakowski J, Chang FH. Enhancing dyadic outcomes of stroke survivors and caregivers: protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2025 May 21; 15(5):e090751. PMID: 40398954.

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  • Published on 5/14/2025

    Ryan CM, Schneider JC, Ni P, Slavin MD, Acton A, Vasudevan A, Sosa-Ebert A, Kazis LE. The Life Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation (LIBRE) Profile: Historical Overview and Future Directions. Eur Burn J. 2025 May 14; 6(2). PMID: 40407679.

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  • Published on 1/24/2025

    Capell EL, Kazis LE, Gabbe BJ, Tracy LM, Ryan CM, Slavin MD, Singer Y, Ryan T, Scott H, Bailey HM, Vasudevan A, Ni P, Edgar D. Measuring the Social Impact of Burn Injuries in Australia: An Adaptation of the Life Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation-The Aus-LIBRE Profile. J Burn Care Res. 2025 Jan 24; 46(1):107-112. PMID: 38943673.

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