Haolin (Leo) Li, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Biostatistics

PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BSPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Pronouns: he/him/his



Haolin (Leo) Li is an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at the Boston University School of Public Health. He received his Ph.D. in Biostatistics, a Certificate in Innovation, Leadership, and Management, and a Bachelor of Science in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research areas include clinical trials, survival analysis, machine learning, epidemiologic studies, and statistical leadership and pedagogy. He develops and applies advanced statistical methods to solve real-world problems and generate insights in healthcare research.

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  1. Zi-Yang Y, Qi W, Liu X, Li H, Wang S, Yu D, Wei X. Mortality predicting models for patients with infective endocarditis: a machine learning approach. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2025 Jul 01; 25(1):229. PMID: 40598016; PMCID: PMC12220579; DOI: 10.1186/s12911-025-03025-4;
     
  2. Li H, Fan Y, Cai J. Improving the within-node estimation of survival trees while retaining interpretability. Journal of Applied Statistics. 2025. View Publication
  3. Noah TL, Alexis NE, Bennett WD, Hernandez ML, Burbank AJ, Li H, Zhou H, Jaspers I, Peden DB. Effect of prednisone on woodsmoke-induced sputum inflammation in healthy volunteers: A randomized, placebo-controlled pilot study. J Allergy Clin Immunol Glob. 2025 Feb; 4(1):100347. PMID: 39524042; PMCID: PMC11546454; DOI: 10.1016/j.jacig.2024.100347;
     
  4. Sitte ZR, Karlsson EE, Larson TS, Li H, Zhou H, Lockett MR. Supported gel slab scaffolds as a three-dimensional cell-based assay platform. Analyst. 2024 Sep 09; 149(18):4653-4662. PMID: 39072359; PMCID: PMC11421879; DOI: 10.1039/d4an00691g;
     
  5. Sitte ZR, Karlsson EE, Li H, Zhou H, Lockett MR. Continuous flow delivery system for the perfusion of scaffold-based 3D cultures. Lab Chip. 2024 Aug 20; 24(17):4105-4114. PMID: 39099241; PMCID: PMC11391725; DOI: 10.1039/d4lc00480a;
     
  6. Yang L, Ji P, Miranda Buzetta AA, Li H, Lockett MR, Zhou H, Oldenburg AL. Longitudinal tracking of perfluorooctanoic acid exposure on mammary epithelial cell spheroids by dynamic optical coherence tomography. Biomed Opt Express. 2024 Sep 01; 15(9):5115-5127. PMID: 39296396; PMCID: PMC11407248; DOI: 10.1364/BOE.530775;
     
  7. Schworer SA, Hinderliter AL, Caughey MC, Robinette C, Chason KD, Li H, Zhou H, Sood AK, Burbank AJ, Peden DB, Hernandez ML. Inhaled endotoxin induces a systemic neutrophil response without affecting cardiovascular measures in a randomized cross-over exposure study. Inhal Toxicol. 2024 Feb; 36(2):100-105. PMID: 38368594; PMCID: PMC11151184; DOI: 10.1080/08958378.2024.2316241;
     
  8. Peden DB, Almond M, Brooks C, Robinette C, Wells H, Burbank A, Hernandez M, Hinderliter A, Caughey M, Jiang Q, Wang Q, Li H, Zhou H, Alexis N. A pilot randomized clinical trial of ?-tocopherol supplementation on wood smoke-induced neutrophilic and eosinophilic airway inflammation. J Allergy Clin Immunol Glob. 2023 Nov; 2(4):100177. PMID: 37876758; PMCID: PMC10590746; DOI: 10.1016/j.jacig.2023.100177;
     
  9. Cai J, Zeng D, Li H, Butera NM, Baldoni PL, Maitra P, Dong L. Comparisons of statistical methods for handling attrition in a follow-up visit with complex survey sampling. Stat Med. 2023 May 20; 42(11):1641-1668. PMID: 37183765; PMCID: PMC10957339; DOI: 10.1002/sim.9692;
     
  10. Wogu AF, Li H, Zhao S, Nichols HB, Cai J. Additive subdistribution hazards regression for competing risks data in case-cohort studies. Biometrics. 2023 Dec; 79(4):3010-3022. PMID: 36606409; PMCID: PMC10676749; DOI: 10.1111/biom.13821;
     
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2025 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Gillings Academic Excellence Award
2025 ASA Lifetime Data Science Section: ASA Student Paper Award
2024 University of Connecticut: Statistics in Pharmaceuticals Best Poster Award
2024 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Gillings Student Service Award
2024 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Gillings Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Award
2023-2025 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Student Travel Award
2023 ASA Section on Statistics and Data Science Education: Member Initiative Seed Grant
2023 ASA Health Policy Statistics Section: ASA Student Paper Award
2019-2024 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: T32 Training Grant in Environmental Biostatistics
2019 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Highest Honors and Highest Distinction
2016-2019 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Dean’s List
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Biostatistics
Clinical Trials
Survival Analysis
Machine Learning
Epidemiologic Studies
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