Cong Chen

Principal Data Scientist (Epidemiology)

Dr Cong Chen is an HDI stalwart who led the work on the Simulacrum project and the Patient Pathway tool.

Cong studied Mathematics at Trinity College Cambridge before completing his PhD in Mathematical Logic at the University of Leeds. His current work at HDI involves applying statistics, algorithms and data architecture to design and develop the Simulacrum dataset and Patient Pathway work. He likes algorithm optimisation, problem solving, long baths with a good book and fruit salad.

Education and awards:

University of Leeds
– Oct 2014: Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics, Thesis: Diamond-free Partial Orders

University of Cambridge
– July 2010: Degree of Master of Mathematics
– July 2009: Degree of Bachelor of Arts (Honours 1^st Class) in Mathematics

Publications and Posters:

• Identification of Patient Prescribing Predicting Cancer Diagnosis Using Boosted Decision Trees. AIME 2019: 328-333 Josephine French, Cong Chen, Katherine Henson, Brian Shand, Patrick Ferris, Josh Pencheon, Sally Vernon, Meena Rafiq, David Howe, Georgios Lyratzopoulos, Jem Rashbass
• Creating the Best Risk-Utility Profile: The Synthetic Data Challenge Joint UNECE/Eurostat Work Session on Statistical Data Confidentiality
  Jennifer Taub, Mark Elliot, Gillian Raab, Anne-Sophie Charest, Cong Chen, Christine M. O’Keefe, Michelle Pistner Nixon, Joshua Snoke, Aleksandra Slavković
• Assessing the impact of loss-to-follow-up on cancer survival estimates: a simulation study
  Ayako Okuyama, Matthew Barclay, Cong Chen, Takahiro Higashi
  BMJ Open 2020;10:e033510. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033510
• Inpatient admissions and outpatient appointments in the first year post cancer diagnosis: A population based study from England, Cancer Epidemiology, Volume 74,
  2021, 102003, ISSN 1877-7821,
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2021.102003 (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187778212100120X)
• Pia Horvat, PhD; Christen M. Gray, PhD; Alexandrina Lambova, BSc; Jennifer B. Christian, PharmD, MPH, PhD; Laura Lasiter, PhD; Mark Stewart, PhD; Jeff Allen, PhD; Paul Clarke, BA; Cong Chen, PhD; and Adam Reich, BA, “Comparing Findings From a Friends of Cancer Research Exploratory Analysis of Real-World End Points With the Cancer Analysis System in England“, JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics, published online 3 December 2021.

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