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Robert Chew

Senior Research Data Scientist

Education

MS, Analytics, NC State University, Institute for Advanced Analytics
BA, Economics and Environmental Studies, Oberlin College

Rob Chew is a Senior Research Data Scientist and Program Manager at RTI International. He uses his expertise in machine learning, data visualization, software development, and computational social science to help subject matter experts solve their complex data problems.

Dedicated to interdisciplinary research, he has successfully integrated data science into projects spanning health care, criminal justice, public health, and the environment. Recent federal clients include the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Department of Justice, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the Environmental Protection Administration, the Department of Energy. He has also done work for private foundations, including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation.

Mr. Chew has created various open-source analytical software packages and applications. He was named a 2018 Data Fellow by the National Consortium for Data Science.

Expertise
  • Machine learning
  • Data visualization
  • Computational social science

Publications

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Article

Effect of Paxlovid treatment during Acute COVID-19 on long COVID onset: An EHR-based target trial emulation from the N3C and RECOVER consortia

April 2024
Article

Data extraction for evidence synthesis using a large language model: A proof-of-concept study

March 2024
Chapter

Annotation sensitivity: Training data collection methods affect model performance

December 2023
Article

Exploring whether mental health crisis text conversations that include discussion of firearms differ from those without firearms

December 2023

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