Lori Chibnik, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Biostatistics

PhD, Boston University School of Public Health
MPH, Boston University School of Public Health
BS, University of Wisconsin Madison



Dr. Lori Chibnik, PhD, MPH is a biostatistician and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Boston University School of Public Health as well as Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Department of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School. She received her MPH in International Health and her PhD in biostatistics from Boston University where she worked on predictive modeling methods for disease risk. Over her career, she has developed and assessed predictive models for diseases such as HIV, prenatal screening, and autoimmune diseases and continues to apply her methods to various diseases. Dr. Chibnik’s current research focuses primarily on genetics and genomics of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia with an emphasis on longitudinal cohorts. In addition to her research, she is internationally renowned for her training programs and innovative teaching techniques, having developed multiple courses in biostatistics for varied audiences. While at Boston University she managed the Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics, an NHLBI funded, 6-week summer program designed to bring undergraduate students into the fields of Biostatistics and Public Health. Most recently she developed and implemented a series of biostatistics and programming courses specific to the needs of scientists in sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, she directs the Global Initiative for Neuropsychiatric Genetics Education in Researcher at the Harvard-Chan School and the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research in the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT.

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  1. Hua Y, Beam A, Chibnik LB, Torous J. From statistics to deep learning: Using large language models in psychiatric research. Int J Methods Psychiatr Res. 2025 Mar; 34(1):e70007. PMID: 39777756; PMCID: PMC11707704; DOI: 10.1002/mpr.70007;
      Article has an altmetric score of 6
  2. Thaweethai T, Selvaggi CA, Ng TC, Cheng D, Cao T, Chibnik LB, Shinnick DJ, Foulkes AS. Biomarker states and risk of death among individuals hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infection. BMC Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 24; 25(1):260. PMID: 39994606; PMCID: PMC11849268; DOI: 10.1186/s12879-025-10651-w;
      Article has an altmetric score of 12
  3. Wang B, Chibnik LB, Choi SH, Blacker D, DeStefano AL, Lin H. Association of genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease and cognitive function in two European populations. Sci Rep. 2025 Feb 21; 15(1):6410.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39984543; PMCID: PMC11845681; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-90277-9;
      Article has an altmetric score of 10
  4. Paganoni S, Fournier CN, Macklin EA, Chibnik LB, Quintana M, Saville BR, Detry MA, Vestrucci M, Marion J, McGlothlin A, Ajroud-Driss S, Chase M, Pothier L, Harkey BA, Yu H, Sherman AV, Shefner JM, Hall M, Kittle G, Berry JD, Babu S, Andrews J, Dagostino D, Tustison E, Giacomelli E, Scirocco E, Alameda G, Locatelli E, Ho D, Quick A, Katz J, Heitzman D, Appel SH, Shroff S, Felice K, Maragakis NJ, Simmons Z, Miller TM, Olney N, Weiss MD, Goutman SA, Fernandes JA, Jawdat O, Owegi MA, Foster LA, Vu T, Ilieva H, Newman DS, Arcila-Londono X, Jackson CE, Ladha S, Heiman-Patterson T, Caress JB, Swenson A, Peltier A, Lewis R, Fee D, Elliott M, Bedlack R, Kasarskis EJ, Elman L, Rosenfeld J, Walk D, McIlduff C, Twydell P, Young E, Johnson K, Rezania K, Goyal NA, Cohen JA, Benatar M, Jones V, Glass J, Shah J, Beydoun SR, Wymer JP, Zilliox L, Nayar S, Pattee GL, Martinez-Thompson J, Harvey B, Patel S, Mahoney P, Duda PW, Cudkowicz ME. Efficacy and Safety of Zilucoplan in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Feb 03; 8(2):e2459058. PMID: 39960672; PMCID: PMC11833520; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.59058;
      Article has an altmetric score of 122
  5. Dy-Hollins ME, Chibnik LB, Tracy NA, Osiecki L, Budman CL, Cath DC, Grados MA, King RA, Lyon GJ, Rouleau GA, Sandor P, Singer HS, Sharma N, Mathews CA, Scharf JM. Sex Differences in Natural History and Health Outcomes Among Individuals With Tic Disorders. Neurology. 2025 Feb 11; 104(3):e210249. PMID: 39813627; PMCID: PMC11735146; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000210249;
      Article has an altmetric score of 119
  6. Roberts AL, Townsend MK, Chibnik LB, Kubzansky LD, Tworoger SS. Timing of depression in relation to risk of ovarian cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2025 Jan 02. PMID: 39745894
     
  7. Welikovitch LA, Mate de Gerando A, Khasnavis A, Bhavsar H, Meltzer JC, Buée L, Chibnik LB, Bussiere T, Hyman BT. Tau, synapse loss and gliosis progress in an Alzheimer's mouse model after amyloid-ß immunotherapy. Brain. 2024 Nov 06. PMID: 39504519
      Article has an altmetric score of 25
  8. Roberts AL, Ratanatharathorn A, Chibnik L, Zhu Y, Jha S, Kang JH, Wolf EJ, Kubzansky LD, Koenen KC. No association of posttraumatic stress disorder with epigenetic aging in women at mid-life: A longitudinal cohort study. Brain Behav Immun. 2025 Jan; 123:672-680.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39424013; PMCID: PMC11653203; DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2024.10.003;
      Article has an altmetric score of 1
  9. Ramirez-Diaz AM, Diaz-Zuluaga AM, Stroud RE, Vreeker A, Bitta M, Ivankovic F, Wootton O, Whiteman CA, Mountcastle H, Jha SC, Georgakopoulos P, Kaur I, Mena L, Asaaf S, de Souza Rodrigues AL, Ziebold C, Newton CRJC, Stein DJ, Akena D, Valencia-Echeverry J, Kyebuzibwa J, Palacio-Ortiz JD, McMahon J, Ongeri L, Chibnik LB, Quarantini LC, Atwoli L, Santoro ML, Baker M, Diniz MJA, Castaño-Ramirez M, Alemayehu M, Holanda N, Ayola-Serrano NC, Lorencetti PG, Mwema RM, James R, Albuquerque S, Sharma S, Chapman SB, Belangero SI, Teferra S, Gichuru S, Service SK, Kariuki SM, Freitas TH, Zingela Z, Gadelha A, Bearden CE, Ophoff RA, Neale BM, Martin AR, Koenen KC, Pato CN, Lopez-Jaramillo C, Reus V, Freimer N, Pato MT, Gelaye B, Loohuis LO. Phenotype harmonization and analysis for The Populations Underrepresented in Mental illness Association Studies (the PUMAS Project). medRxiv. 2024 Oct 04. PMID: 39502669; PMCID: PMC11537327; DOI: 10.1101/2024.10.02.24314732;
      Article has an altmetric score of 2
  10. Tindi KBB, Kalungi A, Kinyanda E, Gelaye B, Martin AR, Galiwango R, Ssembajjwe W, Kirumira F, Pretorius A, Stevenson A, Newton CRJC, Stein DJ, Atkinson EG, Mwesiga EK, Kyebuzibwa J, Chibnik LB, Atwoli L, Baker M, Alemayehu M, Mwende RM, Stroud RE, Teferra S, Gichuru S, Kariuki SM, Zingela Z, Nyirenda M, Fatumo S, Akena DH. Psychological Distress Among Ethnically Diverse Participants From Eastern and Southern Africa. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Oct 01; 7(10):e2438304. PMID: 39382897; PMCID: PMC11581619; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.38304;
      Article has an altmetric score of 19
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2007 American Statistical Association, Section on Statistics in Epidemiology : Travel Award
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Alzheimer Disease
Dementia
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