Xiaomeng Ma is pursuing a PhD in Health Services Outcome and Evaluation at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto under the supervision of Dr. Walter Wodchis. Xiaomeng holds a BS degree in Biological Science from Tsinghua University, China and a MS degree in Health Science Informatics from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA. Prior to joining HSPN, she worked as a research associate at the Center for Population Health IT within Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, conducting observational patient health records comparison and health disparity geographical visualization.
Xiaomeng is interested in utilizing big data approach to investigate legacy observational health data to segment population by their risk groups, facilitating evidence-based population management. Her research concentration also includes understanding the spectrum of health outcomes in various socioeconomic communities.