Jenhao (Jacob) Cheng, Ph.D., MS, PStat
Consulting Biostatistician
Jenhao (Jacob) Cheng, Ph.D., MS, PStat, joined the Developing Brain Institute as a Consulting Biostatistician in July 2026 and serves as a Clinical Quality Statistician at Children's National Hospital. Jenhao has more than two decades of experience in biostatistics, healthcare analytics and quality science across clinical and research settings. His work focuses on study design, statistical methodology, complex data analyses and the communication of evidence-based findings. Jenhao has particular expertise in the analyses of large-scale and high-dimensional health data.
Key Studies
| June 2026 | He M, Balbin MT, Kreutzer J, Cheng JJ, Peyasena J, … Harahsheh AS. Patient Characteristics Associated With 30-Day Readmission to a Pediatric Cardiac Center. Pediatric Cardiology. 2026 Jun;47(5):2201-2212. doi: 10.1007/s00246-025-04015-z. Epub 2025 Sep 10. PMID: 40931211 | view |
| March 2026 | Weiner S, Wu Y, Cheng JJ, Liggett M, McCants C, … Limperopoulos C. The COVID Generation: The Neurodevelopmental Consequences of in-Utero COVID-19 Exposure. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2026 Mar;133:106238. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2025.106238. Epub 2026 Jan 1. PMID: 41483846; PMCID: PMC12862987 | view |
| March 2025 | Ring LM, DeBitetto J, Cheng JJ, Yurasek GK. Virtual Reality Simulation in Interprofessional Pediatric Cardiology Education. Cureus. 2025 Mar 25;17(3):e81181. doi: 10.7759/cureus.81181. PMID: 40276444; PMCID: PMC12021375 | view |
| January 2025 | Song X, Levey D, Cheng JJ, Monteon M, Lee A, … Shah RK. Assessing Equity in Preventing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections and Surgical Site Infections in Pediatric Patients. Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology. 2025 Jan 27;5(1):e26. doi: 10.1017/ash.2024.502. PMID: 39911502; PMCID: PMC11795442 | view |
Date: April 2022
Seed M, Limperopoulos C. In Utero Brain Growth Matters for Fetuses With Congenital Heart Disease. Circulation. 2022 Apr 12;145(15):1120-1122. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.058683. Epub 2022 Apr 11. PMID: 35404677
View: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35404677
Date: January 2010
Limperopoulos C, Tworetzky W, McElhinney DB, Newburger JW, Brown DW, Robertson RL Jr, Guizard N, McGrath E, Geva J, Annese D, Dunbar-Masterson C, Trainor B, Laussen PC, du Plessis AJ. Brain Volume and Metabolism in Fetuses With Congenital Heart Disease: Evaluation With Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy. Circulation. 2010 Jan 5;121(1):26-33. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.865568. Epub 2009 Dec 21. PMID: 20026783; PMCID: PMC2819908
View: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2819908
Date: February 2024
Wu Y, De Asis-Cruz J, Limperopoulos C. Brain Structural and Functional Outcomes in the Offspring of Women Experiencing Psychological Distress During Pregnancy. Molecular Psychiatry. 2024 Jul;29(7):2223-2240. doi: 10.1038/s41380-024-02449-0. Epub 2024 Feb 28. PMID: 38418579; PMCID: PMC11408260
View: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38418579
Date: April 2022
Wu Y, Espinosa KM, Barnett SD, Kapse A, Quistorff JL, Lopez C, Andescavage N, Pradhan S, Lu YC, Kapse K, Henderson D, Vezina G, Wessel D, du Plessis AJ, Limperopoulos C. Association of Elevated Maternal Psychological Distress, Altered Fetal Brain, and Offspring Cognitive and Social-Emotional Outcomes at 18 Months. JAMA Network Open. 2022 Apr 1;5(4):e229244. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.9244. PMID: 35486403; PMCID: PMC9055453
View: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35486403