Yiwen Lu, PhD
Instructor
Yiwen Lu is an Instructor at the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on developing AI and causal inference methods to improve healthcare operations and decision-making. She studies how real-world data can be translated into operational and clinical insights for health systems, with applications in care delivery, telemedicine, resource allocation, digital health, and learning health systems. Her work aims to bridge methodological innovation with practical implementation, helping healthcare organizations deliver care more efficiently, adaptively, and at scale.
Education
- PhD, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science, University of Pennsylvania 2026
- BS, Applied Mathematics & Computer Science, Emory University 2021
Contact
Email: yiwenlu@sas.upenn.edu
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