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Community Spotlight: Dr. Joseph Romano

October 2, 2024

Joseph Romano, PhD, MPhil, MA is an Assistant Professor of Informatics in the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Senior Fellow in the Institute for Biomedical Informatics (IBI) and an investigator in the Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology (CEET).

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Sharon Xiangwen Xie, PhD

September 9, 2024

Dr. Xie’s current research goals are twofold. First, she continues to develop new statistical methods for survival analysis, missing data, measurement error problems, high dimensional data, biomarker evaluations, and longitudinal […]

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Li Shen, PhD, FAIMBE

September 9, 2024

Dr. Shen is a Professor and the Deputy Director of the Informatics Division in the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics at the Perelman School of Medicine in the University […]

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Mary E. Putt, PhD, ScD

September 9, 2024

Dr. Putt is a translational scientist, whose goal is to both bring state-of-the-art statistical methodologies to the design and analysis of biomedical research studies, and to adapt/develop methodologies to meet […]

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Marylyn D. Ritchie, PhD, FACMI

September 9, 2024

Dr. Ritchie is an expert in translational bioinformatics, with a focus on developing, applying, and disseminating algorithms, methods, and tools integrating electronic health records (EHR) with genomics. The mission of […]

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Joseph D. Romano, PhD, MPhil, MA

September 9, 2024

Joseph D. Romano is an Assistant Professor of Informatics and Pharmacology in the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. He joined the faculty in 2023 after completing postdoctoral and […]

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Mingyao Li, PhD

September 9, 2024

Dr. Li joined the biostatistics faculty in 2006 after receiving her PhD in Biostatistics from the University of Michigan in 2005. She is also a faculty member of the Genomics […]

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Yimei Li, PhD

September 9, 2024

Dr. Li’s methodology research interests include clinical trial design, survival analysis, longitudinal data analysis, and statistical methods for health services research. Her earlier research focused on survival analysis, specifically statistical […]

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Todd A. Miano, PharmD, PhD

September 9, 2024

Dr. Miano is a critical care pharmacist and epidemiologist whose work aims to reduce harm from adverse drug events in acutely ill patients. His research focuses on understanding the determinants […]

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Danielle Mowery, PhD, MS, MS, FAMIA

September 9, 2024

Dr. Danielle Mowery is a collaborative investigator that develops natural language processing (NLP) solutions for processing clinical texts – i.e., clinical notes, chatbots, and transcribed texts – to support clinical […]

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Brendan J. Kelly, MD, MSCE

September 9, 2024

Brendan J. Kelly, MD, MS, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology & Microbiology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he works as an infectious diseases physician and molecular epidemiologist. […]

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Dokyoon Kim, PhD

September 9, 2024

Dr. Dokyoon Kim is an Associate Professor of Informatics and serves as the Director of the Center for AI-Driven Translational Informatics (CATI). He also holds the role of Associate Director […]

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Bonnie Ky, MD, MSCE

September 9, 2024

Dr. Ky’s research interests center on translational cardiovascular epidemiology and focus particularly on novel signaling pathways and mechanisms in human heart failure, cardiac remodeling, and cancer therapy cardiotoxicity. Her current […]

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Wensheng Guo, PhD

September 9, 2024

Dr. Guo joined the Biostatistics faculty at the University of Pennsylvania in 1998, and was promoted to Professor of Biostatistics in 2010. He was elected as ASA fellow in 2010 […]

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Michael Harhay, PhD, MPH

September 9, 2024

Dr. Michael Harhay specializes in the statistical design, analysis, and interpretation of large randomized trials and cohort studies. At Penn, he oversees a broad research portfolio, including serving as the […]

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Jordana Cohen, MD, MSCE

September 9, 2024

Dr. Cohen’s primary research interest is in the area of hypertension. Her research program focuses on better understanding physiology-driven pharmacologic effects of antihypertensive medications in complex and high-risk disease states […]

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George Demiris, PhD, FACMI

September 9, 2024

Dr. Demiris is the Mary Alice Bennett University Professor in the School of Nursing and Perelman School of Medicine, and Associate Dean for Research and Innovation in the School of […]

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Michelle Denburg, MD, MSCE

September 9, 2024

Dr. Denburg’s research focuses on bone and mineral metabolism in childhood kidney diseases, including chronic kidney disease (CKD), glomerular disease, and urinary stone disease. In particular, she has pursued translational […]

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Yong Chen, PhD

September 9, 2024

Dr. Yong Chen is Professor of Biostatistics at Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics (DBEI), and a Senior Scholar at Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics (CCEB) at the University […]

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Jason D. Christie, MD, MSCE

September 9, 2024

Jason D. Christie, MD, MSCE, is the Chief of the Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Division; The Paul F. Harron Jr. Family Chair; and a Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology […]

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Richard Aplenc, MD, PhD, MSCE

September 9, 2024

Dr. Aplenc is a Professor of Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics with a secondary appointment in the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics. His research focus is in pediatric […]

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Gregory P. Bisson, MD, MSCE

September 9, 2024

Dr. Bisson is committed to using clinical and translational research to answer important questions in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection and tuberculosis (TB); he focuses primarily on the application of […]

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False Alarm? Critical Antibiotic Combination Used for Millions of Patients May Not Carry a Previously Reported Risk

July 1, 2022

Patients come to a hospital nearly 36 million times each year in the US, and antibiotics are often part of the picture: One large study showed that clinicians prescribed them […]