Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 330 Brookline Ave; RO-130
Boston, MA 02215
Advanced Degree And Training Info:
Year
Institution
Area or Rank
2000
University of California, Berkeley
PhD in Biostatistics
1988
IBM Almaden Research
Analyst
1991
Ischemia Research
Director of Biostatistics
2001
University of California, Berkeley
Lecturer
2002
Harvard University, School of Public Health
Research Fellow
2004
Harvard Medical School
Instructor in Medicine
2005
Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor
Research Team Listing
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Areas of Interest:
Cancer & Hematologic
Cardiovascular
Epidemiology / Health Outcomes
Genetics / Genomics
Gerontology / Aging
Imaging, Radiopharmacy
Infectious Diseases, Inflammation
Informatics / Bioinformatics
Neuroscience, Neurobiology, CNS
Major Research Theme:
My rearch focuses on the modeling of air pollution data and the evaluation of their effects on health. I am interested in the public health impact of air pollution especially in third world countries, and also the methodological issues related to the modeling of pollutants (semi-parametric models, smoothing methods, Bayesian model averaging, and model selection). I also am interested in the use of physiologically-based pharmacokinetic models and MCMC for the modeling and estimation of the distribution, clearance, and metabolism of gases or particles in humans. My recent research work also focuses on the application and methodology of competing risk modeling method in survival analysis for cancer screening in the elderly.
Ngo L, Ryan LM, Mezzetti M, Bois FY, Smith TJ. Estimating Metabolic Rate for Butadiene at Steady State Using a Bayesian Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic Model. Journal of Environmental and Ecological Statistics. Oct 2009.
Ngo L, Latham NK, Jette AM, Soukup J, Iezzoni LI. Use of physical and occupational therapy by Medicare beneficiaries within five conditions: 1994-2001. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2009 Apr;88(4):308-21.
Ngo L, Wand MP. (2004), Smoothing with Mixed Model Software, Journal of Statistical Software. Vol 9, Issue 1, pp. 1-56.
Mezzetti M, Ibrahim JG, Bois F, Ryan LM, Ngo L, Smith TJ (2003), A Bayesian compartmental model for the evaluation of 1,3-Butadiene metabolism, Journal of Royal Statistical Society, Series B (Applied Statistics), Vol 52, Part 3, pp. 291-305.
Ngo L, Tager IB, Hadley D. Application of exponential smoothing for nosocomial infection surveillance. American Journal of Epidemiology. 1996 Mar 15;143(6):637-47
External Recognition:
2000- SAS Certified Professional
1998-2001 Member, SAS Institute Quality Partner
2002-2004 Fellowship, Harvard University Department of Biostatistics, Boston, MA
2003 Invited Panelist, First Scientific Collaboration Conference between the United States and Vietnam on Agent
Orange, Hanoi, Vietnam
2004 Invited Workshop Lecturer, International Biometrics Conference (IBC) Satellite Workshop, Sidney, Australia
2004 Panel Speaker, Special Contributed Session on Pharmacokinetic Modeling, IBC Conference, Cairns, Australia
2004 Best Statistical Paper Award, International SUGI 29 Conference, Montreal, Canada
2004-2007 Member, Editorial Review Board, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
2009- Member, National Commitee on Disability and Statistics, American Statistical Association
Major Collaborative Activities:
Collaboration with BIDMC Department of Radiology, Emergency, Hematology, Infectious Diseases, Neurology, Surgery, Cardiology, Stoneman Center for Quality Improvement
Collaboration with Harvard AIDS Institute in Vietnam (HAIVN), Environmental Health at Harvard School of Public Health, Health Policy Department at Massachusetts General Hospital, Hebrews SeniorLife
