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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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Stein C, Flor LS, Gil GF, et al. The health effects associated with physical, sexual and psychological gender-based violence against men and women: a Burden of Proof study. Nature Human Behaviour. 2025 April 10. doi: 10.1038/s41562-025-02144-2.
Flor LS, Stein C, Gil GF, et al. Health effects associated with exposure of children to physical violence, psychological violence and neglect: a Burden of Proof study. Nature Human Behaviour. 2025 April 10. doi: 10.1038/s41562-025-02143-3
Huang X, Steinmetz J, Marsh EK, et al. A systematic review with a Burden of Proof meta-analysis of health effects of long-term ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure on dementia. Nature Aging. 20 March 2025. doi: 10.1038/s43587-025-00844-y.
GBD 2021 Adult BMI Collaborators. Global, regional, and national prevalence of adult overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet. 03 March 2025. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00355-1.
GBD 2021 HIV Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of HIV/AIDS, 1990–2021, and forecasts to 2050, for 204 countries and territories: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet HIV. 25 November 2024. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00212-1.