Matthew Engelhard
Assistant Professor Of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Durham, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolMatthew Engelhard is an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics at Duke University School of Medicine who builds trustworthy AI for large, longitudinal clinical datasets, with a focus on electronic health records and digital health. He leads NIMH-funded projects developing AI clinical decision support for early autism, ADHD, and mental health distress, translating methods into clinical practice while rigorously evaluating performance and fairness. His work uniquely combines causal reasoning, uncertainty quantification, and incorporation of patient preferences to support patient-centered decision-making. He directs the Duke AI Health Data Science Fellowship and teaches Intro to AI for healthcare professionals, mentoring graduate and medical students across disciplines. With a PhD in Systems and Information Engineering and prior applied research experience at the NSA and in engineering roles, he bridges deep quantitative expertise and practical clinical translation. Based in Durham, NC, he focuses on machine learning for health and psychiatry, emphasizing deployable, interpretable solutions rather than purely theoretical models.
8 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Biomedical and Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Bachelor’s Degree, Biomedical and Electrical Engineering, Mathematics at Duke UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Systems and Information Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Systems and Information Engineering at University of Virginia
Github Skills (2)
machine-learning2
deep-learning2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mengelhard/mmci_applied_ds
Apr 2021 - Jul 2022
Contributions:264 commits, 419 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
mengelhard/bsrt_ml4h
Apr 2021 - May 2022
Contributions:36 commits, 100 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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