Henry Xiang

Professor

Epidemiology

Henry Xiang

Contact

Email: xiang.30@osu.edu
Pronouns: he/him/his

Dr. Henry Xiang is a tenured full professor at The Ohio State University. He is the founding director of the Center for Pediatric Trauma Research of the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital. Dr. Xiang directs the Pilot Translational and Clinical Studies Program at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Ohio State University Center for Clinical and Translational Science. He has served in leadership positions of numerous national and global organizations in his field. He is a senior associate editor of the Journal of Medical Extended Reality.
   
Dr. Xiang’s expertise includes patient-centered outcomes and medical service research, clinical trial design, treatments/interventions, digital health, virtual reality, AI/machine learning, large data and medical records, innovative clinical study methods and statistics. He led a multidisciplinary research team working with physicians and nurses to conduct translational and clinical studies that advance science in pediatric medicine and impact patient outcomes. Dr. Xiang has also made significant contributions to the patient-centered outcome research field by developing an innovative causal inference statistical approach toward clinical outcomes evaluation of multiple treatment options.
   
Dr. Xiang has published more than 265 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals and has given more than 100 presentations at scientific conferences around the world. His research has been continuously funded by NIH, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Health Resources and Services Administration, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization and other funding agencies for more than 25 years. Dr. Xiang has received numerous awards, including the Excellence in Science Award by the American Public Health Association Injury Control and Emergency Health Services; Joseph Tepas Award of the Pediatric Trauma Society; Distinguished International Engagement Award of The Ohio State University, and Kate Granger Compassionate Care Award of the HealthCare Information and Management Systems Society North America, Outstanding Senior Faculty Investigator Award of Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University.