Selected Publications

Kuhl, N., Oritz, A., Chen, Z., Prasad Kerlin, M.: Assessing the Construct Validity of Electronic Health Record-Based Definitions of Early Deep Sedation. Poster presentation, American Thoracic Society International Conference, Orlando, FL May 2026.

Song, A., Brown, C. K., Chen, Z., Harhay, M. O., Aysola, J., Courtright, K. R.: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Inpatient Palliative Care Consults in the United States: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Poster presentation, American Thoracic Society International Conference, Orlando, FL May 2026.

Song, A., Brown, C. K., Chen, Z., Harhay, M. O., Aysola, J., Courtright, K. R. : Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Inpatient Palliative Care Consults in the United States: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Poster presentation, The Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care, San Diego, CA March 2026.

Marinho, L. L., Lileikyte, G., Boileau, P., Lu, Y., Churpek, M., Spicer, A., Harhay, M., Chen, Z., Luk, A., Zampieri, F. G., Tavares, C., Proudfoot, A., Pop, C., Deschênes, P. J. F., Zarychanzki, R., Lother, S., Hajjar, L. A., Jentzer, J. C., van Diepen, S., di Santo, P., Mathew, R., Lawler, P. R. : Evaluating Possible Treatment Effect Heterogeneity in a Randomized Trial of Milrinone Versus Dobutamine in Cardiogenic Shock. Critical Care 2026 Notes: Accepted. Pending publication.

Jorda, A., Gelbenegger, G., Shapiro, N. I., Douglas, I. S., Whitman, C., Chen, Z., Hippensteel, J. A., Kamphuis, L. A., Flick, R. J., Harhay, M. O., Caldwell, E., Zeitlinger, M., Jilma, B., Iwashyna, T. J., Hough, C. T., & Auriemma, C. L.: Effects of an Early Restrictive Versus Liberal Fluid Strategy on Long-Term Patient-Centered Outcomes in Sepsis-Induced Hypotension (SHAMROC): An Open-Label, Randomized Controlled Trial. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2026 Notes: Accepted. In press.

Chen, Z., Li, X. : Enhanced Inference for Distributions and Quantiles of Individual Treatment Effects in Various Experiments. Journal of the American Statistical Association Dec 2025 Notes: doi:10.1080/01621459.2026.2615997. In Press.

Dorovini-Zis, K., Li, H., Chen, Z., Zhang, B., Small, D. S., Taylor, T. E.: Mapping the Expression of Endothelial Adhesion Receptors for Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes in Fatal Cerebral Malaria in Malawian Children. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology 84(12): 1113-1134, Dec 2025 Notes: Featured as Journal Cover.

Chen, Z., Heng, S., Tapley, A., De Rosa, S., Zhang, B.: Determining Vaccine Responders in the Presence of Baseline Immunity Using Single-Cell Assays and Paired Control Samples. Biostatistics 26(1), Oct 2025.

Mkhize NN, Zhang B, Brackett C, Elyanu PJ, Tapley A, Dadabhai S, Hu J, Do BTN, Schuster DJ, Heptinstall J, Sawant S, Seaton K, Sarzotti-Kelsoe M, Hudson A, Jin Y, Bhebhe S, Kaldine H, Kgagudi P, Modise T, Mgodi NM, Andriesen J, Randhawa AK, Fisher LH, Kee JJ, Magaret CA, Peng J, Kenny A, Carpp LN, Chen Z, Heng S, Villaran M, Takalani A, Le Roux B, Wilkinson E, Odhiambo J, Shah P, Polakowski L, Yacovone M, Samandari T, Chirenje Z, Makhema J, Kamuti E, Njekwa K, Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha H, Baguma A, Badal-Faesen S, Brumskine W, Coetzer S, Dawson R, Delany-Moretlwe S, Diacon AH, Fry S, Gill K, Madikida A, Hoosain ZAE, Hosseinipour MC, Inambao M, Innes C, Innes S, Kalonji D, Mwape H, Kassim P, Kamanga MC, Kilembe W, Laher F, Malahleha M, Maluleke VL, Mboya G, Madiega PA, McHarry K, Mitha E, Duki Y, Mda P, Moerane M, Moloantoa T, Nuwamanya S, Mahomed S, Naicker V, Nana A, Nanvubya A, Kawoozo B, Nchabeleng M, Otieno W, Potgieter EL, Potloane D, Punt Z, Said J, Singh Y, Kassim S, van der Vendt D, Tayob MS, Vahed Y, Wabwire DO, Kublin JG, Bekker LG, Corey L, Gray GE, Huang Y, Kotze P, Garrett N, Hural J, Ferrari G, Andersen-Nissen E, Montefiori D, Moore PL, McElrath MJ, Tomaras GD, Gilbert PB; CoVPN 3008 Study Team: Neutralizing and Binding Antibodies Are a Correlate of Risk of COVID-19 in the CoVPN 3008 Study in People With HIV. Nature Communications 16(1), Oct 2025.

Chen, Z., Cho, M. H., Zhang, B. : Manipulating an Instrumental Variable in an Observational Study of Premature Babies: Design, Bounds, and Inference. Journal of the American Statistical Association 120(552): 2065–2078, July 2025.