Stephanie Wu

About

Stephanie
Wu

Biostatistician. Epidemiologist. Health Data Scientist.

PROFILE

Stephanie M. Wu, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Division of Psychiatry, University College London

Emailstephanie.wu@ucl.ac.uk

I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Mental Health Data Science and Epidemiology at University College London.

My work develops and applies statistical methods to complex health data—including survey data, laboratory biomarkers, and electronic health records—to address questions in mental health, nutrition, infectious disease, and health equity. My current research focuses on the real-world effectiveness of medications among people with co-occurring diabetes and severe mental illness. Previously, I created Bayesian weighted clustering methods for complex survey data.

I also develop research software tools, including R packages, interactive Shiny applications, and web platforms that make research methods and resources more accessible and reproducible.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

01

Electronic health records and routinely collected data

02

Mental-health epidemiology and pharmaco-epidemiology

03

Causal inference and target trial emulation

04

Bayesian clustering for complex survey data

05

Interactive data visualisation and research software

06

Global health, nutrition and health inequalities

EDUCATION

PhD, BiostatisticsHarvard University · 2019—2025Bayesian Weighted Clustering Methods for Survey Data
AM, BiostatisticsHarvard University · 2019—2021
BS, Statistics and Public Health—Global HealthUniversity of Washington · 2015—2019

SELECTED EXPERIENCE

University College LondonPostdoctoral Research Fellow · Mental Health Data Science
World Health OrganizationStatistical Consultant · HIV drug-resistance surveillance
AppleData Science Intern · Privacy-aware mobile health analytics
Fred Hutchinson Cancer CenterResearch Intern · Trial design and R package development