Pengsheng Ni, MD
Research Associate Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Health Law, Policy & Management

MD, Shanghai Medical University
MPH, Shanghai Medical University



Pengsheng Ni, MD, MPH has a medical degree from Shanghai Medical University is Research Associate Professor of Health Law, Policy & Management at Boston University School of Public Health. His main research interest is statistical methodology development and application for patient report outcome. His current work is applying different Item Response Theory (IRT) models to practical health care assessment issues, building Unidimensional and Multidimensional Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) models. He has been worked in multiple health care outcome assessments development process (such as Activity Measure for Post-acute Care (AM-PAC), Late Life Function and Disability Instrument, Work Disability Functional Assessment Battery (WD-FAB), etc.), which included the data collection program development, item bank construct, CAT program development and evaluation.


Year 3: Spaulding-Harvard Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
09/01/2023 - 08/31/2027 (Subcontract PI)
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Adm for Comm. Living


Personnel agreement for research services of Pengsheng Ni
08/11/2025 - 08/10/2026 (PI)
Bedford VA


Participatory Community Integration for TBI Survivors: Development of a Computer Adaptive Test
09/01/2020 - 08/31/2025 (Subcontract PI)
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Adm for Comm. Living


Personnel agreement for research services of Pengsheng Ni
08/14/2023 - 08/13/2024 (PI)
Department of Veterans Administration, Bedford


Spaulding-Harvard Traumatic Brain Injury Model System
10/01/2022 - 09/29/2023 (Subcontract PI)
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital HHS ACL NIDILRR
90DPTB0011-05-00

Phase II STTR: Enabling self-reported outcomes for youth with developmental disabilities: The Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory-Patient Reported Outcome (PEDI-PRO)
07/03/2020 - 08/31/2023 (Subcontract PI)
University of Florida NIH NICHD
2R42HD090772-03A1

Personnel agreement for research services of Pengsheng Ni
05/20/2022 - 05/19/2023 (PI)
Department of Veterans Administration, Bedford


Personnel agreement for research services of Pengsheng Ni
09/28/2020 - 09/27/2021 (PI)
Bedford VA


Computerized Adaptive Testing to Direct Delivery of Hospital-Based Rehabilitation
04/03/2015 - 02/29/2020 (Subcontract PI)
Mayo Clinic NIH NICHD
5R01HD079439-04

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital-New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center Model System
09/30/2016 - 09/29/2017 (Co-Investigator)
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Adm for Comm. Living


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  1. Sterling A, Bodien YG, Goostrey K, Hammond FM, Kazis LE, Nakase-Richardson R, Ni P, O'Neil-Pirozzi TM, O'Rourke J, Sanders WR, Sherer M, Waters AB, Zafonte RD, Giacino JT. Multicenter Validation of a Telephone-Based Caregiver Interview for Longitudinal Assessment of Outcome after Severe Brain Injury: A Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Study. J Neurotrauma. 2025 Dec 30. PMID: 41468169; DOI: 10.1177/08977151251408079;
     
  2. Deng H, Abouzeid CA, Ni P, Rothfeld-Wehrwein ZR, Dhand A, Slavin MD, Herrera-Escobar JP, Kazis LE, Ryan CM, Schneider JC. The role of personal social networks in social participation for adult burn survivors: A cohort study. Clin Rehabil. 2025 Dec 18; 2692155251406571.View Related Profiles. PMID: 41411188; DOI: 10.1177/02692155251406571;
     
  3. Dukes K, Ni P, Alperen J, Cesare N, LaValley M, Tripp T, Lane K, Mohammed S, Patil P, Emig D, Winter M, Davis B, Wang B, Jain A, Acker M, Rickles M. A national growth mixture modeling analysis of county-level COVID-19 incidence rate trajectories and health inequities during three successive pandemic waves in 2020. Sci Rep. 2025 Nov 21; 15(1):41272.View Related Profiles. PMID: 41271888; PMCID: PMC12638980; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-25074-5;
     
  4. Quach ED, Ni P, Zhao S, Ngo V, Shimada SL, Am L, Chang DJ, Pimentel CB. Beyond Aggregated Race and Ethnicity Codes: An Examination of Additional Methods to Identify Asian American and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Veteran Subgroups in Administrative Databases. Mil Med. 2025 Nov 01; 190(11-12):e2513-e2520.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40366369
     
  5. Hsu SP, Kang JH, Hung TH, Lin YN, Liou TH, Ni PS, Chang FH. Postdischarge participation and functional outcomes across three common stroke subtypes based on the exploratory retrospective study. Sci Rep. 2025 Oct 10; 15(1):35432. PMID: 41073474; PMCID: PMC12514035; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-19322-x;
     
  6. Resnik L, Borgia M, Heinemann AW, Stevens P, Ni P. Two-handed task performance in upper limb prosthesis users: rethinking measurement approaches. Disabil Rehabil. 2025 Dec; 47(26):7023-7035. PMID: 41004319; DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2025.2561856;
     
  7. Hsu SP, Hung TH, Lin YN, Kang JH, Han DS, Chiu V, Liou TH, Wu YH, Ni PS, Skidmore ER, Chang FH. Enhancing Societal Participation for Stroke Survivors With Cognitive Impairments: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Oct 07; 14(19):e042295. PMID: 40970531; PMCID: PMC12684526; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.125.042295;
     
  8. Lin YN, Hsu SP, Kang JH, Liou TH, Han DS, Ni P, Chiu V, Rodakowski J, Chang FH. Enhancing dyadic outcomes of stroke survivors and caregivers: protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2025 May 21; 15(5):e090751. PMID: 40398954; PMCID: PMC12097053; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090751;
     
  9. Ryan CM, Schneider JC, Ni P, Slavin MD, Acton A, Vasudevan A, Sosa-Ebert A, Kazis LE. The Life Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation (LIBRE) Profile: Historical Overview and Future Directions. Eur Burn J. 2025 May 14; 6(2).View Related Profiles. PMID: 40407679; PMCID: PMC12101217; DOI: 10.3390/ebj6020023;
     
  10. Capell EL, Kazis LE, Gabbe BJ, Tracy LM, Ryan CM, Slavin MD, Singer Y, Ryan T, Scott H, Bailey HM, Vasudevan A, Ni P, Edgar D. Measuring the Social Impact of Burn Injuries in Australia: An Adaptation of the Life Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation-The Aus-LIBRE Profile. J Burn Care Res. 2025 Jan 24; 46(1):107-112.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38943673; PMCID: PMC12043020; DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/irae134;
     
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Bar chart showing 198 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 20 publications in 2021

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Computerized Adaptive Testing
Psychometrics
Disability Evaluation
Item Response Theory
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