Publications

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Methods2026

Theory for Identification and Inference with Synthetic Controls: A Proximal Causal Inference Framework

Shi X , Li K*, Yu M*, Miao W, Kuchibhotla AK, Hu M, Tchetgen Tchetgen EJ. (2026). Journal of the American Statistical Association: Theory and Methods

Methods2026

Statistical Methods to Harmonize Electronic Health Record Data Across Healthcare Systems: Case Study and Lessons Learned

Shi X , Zhai Y*, Yu X*, Li X, Hazlehurst B, Nyongesa D, Sapp D, Williamson B, Carrell D, Healy L, Cushing-Haugen K, Wong J, Wang S, Floyd J, Shattuck K, McGown S, Alam S, Hernández-Muñoz J, Li J, Ma Y, Stojanovic D, Raman S, Davis S, Cai T, Nelson J, Heagerty P. (2026). Bioinformatics

Methods2025

Using Double Negative Controls to Adjust for Healthy User Bias in a Recombinant Zoster Vaccine Safety Study

. Li K*, Emerman I, Cook AJ, Fireman BH, Sundaram M, Tseng HX, Weintraub ES, Yu O, Nelson JL, Shi X . (2025). American Journal of Epidemiolody

Methods2025

Integrating large scale genetic and clinical information to predict cases of heart failure.

Wu KH*, Wolford BN, Du J*, Yu X*, Douville NJ, Mathis MR, Graham SE, Surakka I, Hornsby WE, Bian J, Zhao L, Willer CJ, Shi X . (2025). Nature Communications Medicine

Methods2025

What's the Weight? Estimating Controlled Outcome Differences in Complex Surveys for Health Disparities Research

. Salerno S, Roberts EK, Needham BL, McCormick TH, Li F, Mukherjee B, Shi X . (2025) Statistics in Medicine

Methods2025

The Effect of Alcohol intake on Brain White Matter Microstructural Integrity: A New Causal Inference Framework for Incomplete Phenomic Data.

Chen C, Chen S, Ye Z, Shi X , Ma T, Shardell M. (2025). Journal of the American Statistical Association

Methods2023

A PRocess guide for INferential studies using healthcare data from routine ClinIcal Practice to evaLuate causal Effects of Drugs (PRINCIPLED): Considerations from the FDA Sentinel Innovation Center

Desai RJ, Wang SV, Sreedhara SK, Zabotka L, Khosrow-Khavar F, Nelson JC, Shi X , Toh S, Wyss R, Patorno E, Dutcher S, Li J,Greene C, Lee H, Ball R, Dal Pan G, Segal K, Suissa S, Rothman K, Greenland S, Hernan M, Heagerty PJ, Schneeweiss S. (2023). The BMJ

Applications2022

Racial and ethnic differences in sleep-disordered breathing and sleep duration related to stroke.

Springer MV, Lisabeth LD, Gibbs R, Shi X , Case E, Chervin RD, Dong L, Brown DL (2022). Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Applications2022

Outcomes in the year after first-ever ischemic stroke in a bi-ethnic population.

Lisabeth LD, Brown DL, Dong L, Zahuranec DB, Kwicklis M, Shi X , Case E, Smith MA, Campbell M, Carrera JF, Morgenstern LB (2022). Annals of Neurology

Applications2022

Measurement and validation of the Comprehensive Score for financial toxicity (COST) in a population with diabetes.

Patel MR, Zhang G, Heisler M, Song PXK, Piette JD, Shi X , Choe HM, Smith A, Resnicow K (2022). Diabetes Care

Applications2020

Study Protocol: CareAvenue program to improve unmet social risk factors and diabetes outcomes- A randomized controlled trial

Patel MR, Heisler M, Piette JD, Resnicow K, Song PXK, Choe HM, Shi X , Tobi J, Smith A (2020). Contemporary Clinical Trials

Applications2021

Exposure and risk factors for COVID-19 and the impact of staying home on Michigan residents

Wu KH*, Hornsby WE, Klunder B, Krause A, Driscoll A, Kulka J, Bickett-Hickok R, Fellows A, Graham S, Kaleba EO, Hayek SS, Shi X , Sutton NR, Douuville N, Mukherjee B, Jammerson K, Brummett CCM, Willer CJ (2021). PLOS ONE

Applications2021

Wake-Up Stroke is not associated with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Schütz SG, Lisabeth LD, Gibbs R, Shi X , Case E, Chervin RD, Brown DL. (2021). Sleep Medicine

Applications2021

Tissue-based stroke definition impacts stroke incidence but not ethnic differences

Morgenstern LB, Zahuranec DB, Lim J, Shi X , Brown DL, Kerber KA, Meurer WJ, Skolarus LE, Adelman EE, Campbell MS, Case E, Lisabeth LD. (2021). Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Applications2017

Preoperative immunonutrition and elective colorectal resection outcomes ↗

Thornblade LW, Varghese TK, Shi X , Johnson EK, Bastawrous A, Billingham RP, Thirlby R, Fichera A, and Flum DR (2017). Diseases of Colon and Rectum Long term effects of repeated injections of local anesthetic with or without corticosteroid for lumbar spinal stenosis: a randomized trial Friedly JL, Comstock BA, Turner JA, Heagerty PJ, Deyo RA, Bauer Z, Avins AL, Nedeljkovic SS, Nerenz DR, Shi X , Annaswamy T, Standaert CJ, Smuck M, Kennedy DJ, Akuthota V, Sibell D, Wasan AD, Diehn F, Suri P, Rundell SD, Kessler L, Chen AS, and Jarvik JG. (2017). Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

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