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 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 5/14/2025

    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 May 14. PMID: 40366369.

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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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  • Published on 11/4/2024

    Kramer JM, Ni P, Pfeiffer B, Persch A, Guerrero Calle F, Schwartz A, Barbour E, Davies DK. Psychometric properties of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory - Patient Reported Outcome: A cognitively accessible measure of functional performance. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2025 Jun; 67(6):770-778. PMID: 39497492.

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  • Published on 6/25/2024

    Resnik LJ, Borgia M, Graczyk EL, Barth J, Ni P. Prosthesis usability experience is associated with extent of upper limb prosthesis adoption: A Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis. PLoS One. 2024; 19(6):e0299155. PMID: 38917074.

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  • Published on 5/14/2024

    Deng H, Abouzeid CA, Shepler LJ, Ni P, Slavin MD, Barron DS, Herrera-Escobar JP, Kazis LE, Ryan CM, Schneider JC. Moderation Effects of Daily Behavior on Associations Between Symptoms and Social Participation Outcomes After Burn Injury: A 6-Month Digital Phenotyping Study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2024 Sep; 105(9):1700-1708. PMID: 38754720.

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  • Published on 1/5/2024

    Patel KF, Ni P, Surette KE, Rencken CA, Rodríguez-Mercedes SL, McGwin MB, Fabia R, Tully C, Warner P, Romanowski KS, Palmieri T, Stoddard FJ, Schneider JC, Kazis LE, Ryan CM. Development of the Preschool Life Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation (PS-LIBRE1-5) Profile. J Burn Care Res. 2024 Jan 05; 45(1):136-144. PMID: 37703100.

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  • Published on 10/4/2023

    Lin YN, Van Sang P, Chiu V, Kang JH, Liou TH, Ni P, Chang FH. Prediction of Changes in Functional Outcomes During the First Year After Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation: A Longitudinal Study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2024 Mar; 105(3):487-497. PMID: 37802175.

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  • Published on 9/22/2023

    Pineles SL, Ni P, Pandey S, Japuntich SJ, Cesare N, Shor R, Carpenter JK, Gregor K, Joos CM, Blumenthal TD, Rasmusson AM. Tobacco withdrawal-induced changes in sensorimotor filtering as a predictor of smoking lapse in trauma-exposed individuals. Addict Behav. 2024 Jan; 148:107868. PMID: 37774527.

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