Data Science Institute

Dr. Larry Han has joined Brown University as an Assistant Professor, holding a joint appointment in the Department of Biostatistics and DSI. He comes to us from Northeastern University, where he served as an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, alongside an appointment as an Affiliate Investigator at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center. Dr. Han’s research centers on creating innovative statistical and machine learning methods to utilize real-world data to improve public health and clinical medicine. His work specifically focuses on developing robust and targeted estimators for learning causal effects from large-scale observational studies and randomized trials, with broader interests spanning federated learning, data integration, and survival analysis. Dr. Han earned his PhD and AM in Biostatistics from Harvard University, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School. A highly decorated scholar, his academic background also includes an MPhil from the University of Cambridge as a Gates Cambridge Scholar, an MA from Tsinghua University as a Schwarzman Scholar, and a BS from UNC-Chapel Hill as a Morehead-Cain Scholar. Dr. Han will have offices in both DSI and SPH.