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Peng Zheng

Assistant Professor

Peng Zheng, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Health Metrics Sciences at the at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. Dr. Zheng specializes in statistical modeling, optimization, and algorithm design for inference, inversion, and machine learning. He designed and implemented the MR-BRT software package for meta-analysis and evidence score work, along with underlying open source LimeTr and Xspline packages that improve on the general state of the art for mixed effects models and B-splines. Dr. Zheng engages with researchers across many projects on a range of technical problems including risk factor analysis, meta-analysis, robust modeling, and frontier analysis; implements, tests, and helps deploy these solutions across IHME.

Dr. Zheng earned a PhD in Applied Mathematics from University of Washington.

IHME was established at the University of Washington in Seattle in 2007. Its mission is to deliver to the world timely, relevant, and scientifically valid evidence to improve health policy and practice.

Publications

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He J, Flaxman A, Imai-Eaton JW, et al. Association Between Early Sexual Debut and New HIV Infections Among Adolescents and Young Adults in 11 African Countries. AIDS and Behavior. 15 June 2024. doi: 10.1007/s10461-024-04343-w.
Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study & the GBD 2019 Blindness and Vision Impairment Collaborators. Global estimates on the number of people blind or visually impaired by diabetic retinopathy: a meta-analysis from 2000 to 2020. Eye. 27 June 2024. doi: 10.1038/s41433-024-03101-5.
Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study & the GBD 2019 Blindness and Vision Impairment Collaborators. Global estimates on the number of people blind or visually impaired by age-related macular degeneration: a meta-analysis from 2000 to 2020. Eye. 4 July 2024. doi: 10.1038/s41433-024-03050-z.
Johnson CO, DeCleene NK, Blacker BF, et al. State-Level Cardiovascular Mortality Rates Among Hispanic, Non-Hispanic Black, and Non-Hispanic White Populations, 1990 to 2019. JAMA Cardiology. 15 March 2023. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2023.0112. 
GBD 2021 Gout Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of gout, 1990–2020, and projections to 2050: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Rheumatology. 9 July 2024. doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(24)00117-6.