Constance and Martin Silver Endowed Professor in Data Science and Prevention
New York University
Dr. Ruopeng An is a leading expert in obesity epidemiology, policy evaluation, and interdisciplinary data science. He is internationally recognized for applying artificial intelligence to public health disparities and social inequities.
Dr. An holds the Constance and Martin Silver Endowed Professorship in Data Science and Prevention and directs the Constance and Martin Silver Center on Data Science and Social Equity. He is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Health Behavior and the American College of Epidemiology.
His research is funded by federal agencies and private organizations, including OpenAI, Abbott, and Amgen. Recognized among Elsevier’s top 2% most cited scientists, his work has been featured in TIME, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Reuters, Bloomberg, Forbes, The Atlantic, and CNN. He also serves on research grants and expert panels for the NIH, CDC, NSF, HHS, USDA, and the French National Research Agency.
Previously, Dr. An was Faculty Lead in Public Health Sciences and Faculty Fellow for AI Innovations in Education at Washington University in St. Louis, where he founded two certificate programs in AI and data science.
He holds a PhD in Policy Analysis from the Pardee RAND Graduate School, an MPP from the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, and a BA in Political Science and Public Administration from Peking University.
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