Statisticians & Scientists

Matthew Blake, BA, MS

Matthew Blake, BA, MS

Bioinformaticist

My name is Matthew Blake and I was born and raised around Seattle, WA. I graduated with my Bachelors degree in Biology and my master's degree in Data Science, in the pursuit of continuing a long-term career in bioinformatics. My hobbies include museum hopping, hiking, volunteering, reading, and cooking. I look forward to working and growing alongside my colleagues at WashU and The DRIVES Project.
David Brown, PhD

David Brown, PhD

Research Statistician II

Dr. David C. Brown is a Research Statistician in the DRIVES Lab. He completed his B.S. in Biology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and earned his Ph.D. in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His research focused on understanding and predicting the inheritance of polygenic traits, like multidrug-resistant bacterial phenotypes, through the application of phylogenetic and statistical techniques to whole genome sequence (WGS) data. Dr. Brown's interest lies in uncovering and predicting the complex factors that contribute to human disease.
Chen Chen, BA

Chen Chen, BA

Statistical Data Analyst

Chen is a Statistical Data Analyst for the DRIVES and ARCHES projects. She holds a Master in Public Health and a Master in Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis, earned in 2024. Chen also received her Bachelor of Philosophy from Soochow University (CN). She has contributed to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and South Africa (CIDAPSA), the Child Resilience in Afghanistan Study (CRAS), and the Education Equity and Quality in Afghanistan and Pakistan (EEQAP) projects. Chen is looking forward to investigating the intersection of aging and social determinants of health, particularly in preclinical Alzheimer's Disease and older adults in general. Her goal is to help individuals to live with dignity.
Ling Chen, MD, PhD, MS

Ling Chen, MD, PhD, MS

Statistician

Dr. Ling Chen is an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. Dr. Chen received a M.D. in medicine and a M.S. in medicine from Beijing Medical University (China), a MSPH in Biostatistics from the University of South Carolina and a PhD in Statistics from University of Missouri. She holds a secondary appointment as Assistant Professor of Medicine. Dr. Chen’s research interests include survival analysis, multiple imputation for missing data, longitudinal data analysis, clustered data analysis and sample size calculation. She has been actively involved in research related to physical therapy, occupational therapy, nursing and Ophthalmology.