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Biography
Tao Chen is a Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics at the Global Health Trials Unit at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM).
He gained his first degree in Medicine in 2006, an MSc in 2009, and completed a PhD in 2012 in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the Peking Union Medical College and Tsinghua University.
Tao has worked extensively in clinical trials for more than 15 years across industry and academic initiatives, and a wide range of medical specialties including cardiovascular disease, cancer, surgery, HIV, malaria, and diabetes.
Prior to his role at LSTM, Tao worked at the University of Liverpool and the University of York as a Research Fellow in Health Economics, primarily on trial-based and model-based health economics evaluation. His insights stemmed from understanding how health economics plays a crucial role throughout the life cycle of clinical trials.
Tao has a strong commitment and background in peer review activities. He conducts regular statistical reviews for journals and is an editor board member at BMC Medicine and Aging Medicine. He is also on the data and safety monitoring committees of several national and international trials and the LSTM Research Ethnics Committee.
Research interests
Tao’s research focuses on three main areas. Statistical – including health economic – issues in design, analysis, and reporting in clinical trials for medical and public health problems. Synthesising existing evidence using IPD or study-level trial data to inform policy and practice decisions. Mathematical modelling to project future impact of interventions on clinical outcome, equity, and health cost.
Tao has published more than 100 research papers in peer-reviewed journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet Global Health, Lancet Infectious Diseases, and JAMA Internal Medicine.
Teaching
Tao primarily teaches quantitative methods as applied in clinical and public health research. He enjoys supervising PhD students who want to pursue doctoral research in his areas of expertise.
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Approximate Bayesian estimation of time to clinical benefit using Frequentist approaches: an application to an intensive blood pressure control trial
Shao, F., Shi, G., Lv, Z., Wang, D., Gong, M., Chen, T. & Li, C., 10 Jun 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics. p. 1-11Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessment of the methodological quality of studies on core outcome sets for respiratory diseases: A systematic review and meta-research study
Liu, M., Wang, J., Wang, L., Zhang, X., Hao, R., Wang, D., Chen, T. & Li, J., 2 Jan 2025, In: PLoS ONE. 20, 1, p. e0316670 e0316670.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cumulative resting heart rate load and cardiovascular risk in patients with heart failure in sinus rhythm
Hao, J., Wang, J., Shi, R., Wang, Q., Cheng, X., Feng, J., Yang, Y., Hu, Y., Chen, T. & Chen, K., 13 Aug 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Revista Espanola de Cardiologia (English edition).Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Early versus delayed catheter drainage for patients with necrotizing pancreatitis and early persistent organ failure (TIMING) a multicenter randomized controlled trial
Chinese Acute Pancreatitis Clinical Trials Group (CAPCTG), Ke, L., Li, G., Mao, W., Doig, G., Chen, T., Li, C., Qu, C., Wang, L., Gao, L., He, W., Xia, L., Guo, F., Lin, Y., Feng, Q., Liu, Z., Li, B., Jaber, S., Papachristou, G. & Zhu, Y. & 4 others, , 14 Jul 2025, In: Intensive Care Medicine. 51, 8, p. 1431-1441 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effect of acupuncture on patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A multicenter randomized controlled trial.
Li, J., Xie, Y., Wang, Y., Wu, L., Yu, X., Bai, L., Shao, S., Zhou, M., Zhang, M., Yu, X., Han, W., Li, X. & Chen, T., 1 May 2025, In: Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 89, p. e103146 103146.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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