Trends in Mental Health Comorbidities Among Substance-Related Visits to Children’s Hospitals

In sponsorship from primary care pediatrician Alexis Ball, MD, MPP and principal data scientist Dwight Barry, PhD my team of fellow graduates described and modeled recent trends in pediatric health.

Alongside Lingfei “Ellen” Jiang, Shizhao “Joshua” Yang and Ruyue “Jasmine” Wang, I co-authored a Statistical Analysis Plan of advanced statistical techniques for clustered longitudinal data (e.g., mixed-effect models and interrupted time-series analysis) and conducted comparative analysis between patient demographics. An outstanding achievement was my facilitating team discussion and decision-making, and spearheading scientific approaches and project planning.

View our final presentation, delivered March 10th, 2025.