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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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GBD 2021 Lower Respiratory Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators. Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality burden of non-COVID lower respiratory infections and aetiologies, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 15 April 2024. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00176-2.
GBD 2021 Demographics Collaborators. Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet. 11 March 2024. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00476-8.
GBD 2021 Nervous System Disorders Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting  the nervous system, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Neurology. 14 March 2024. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00038-3.
GBD 2021 Neck Pain Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of neck pain, 1990–2020, and projections to 2050: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Rheumatology. 19 March 2024. doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(23)00321-1.
Gil G, Anderson J, Aravkin A, et al. Health effects associated with chewing tobacco: a Burden of Proof study. Nature Communications. 5 February 2024. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-45074-9.