Ricardo Henao

Associate Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics · 2024 - Present Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Division of Translational Biomedical, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics

Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · 2024 - Present Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering

Associate Professor in Surgery · 2025 - Present Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Surgery

Member of Duke Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine · 2014 - Present The Precision Medicine Program, Medicine

Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute · 2024 - Present Duke Clinical Research Institute, Institutes and Centers

In the News

Published May 23, 2025

Provost Launches AI Initiative and Steering Committee

Published September 14, 2020

Duke Researchers Look to Help Protect Astronaut's Eyes in Space

Published March 16, 2016

New Collaborative Seed Grant Program Gives Eight Awards

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Recent Publications

Automated Data Harmonization in Clinical Research: Natural Language Processing Approach.

Journal Article JMIR Form Res · August 27, 2025 BACKGROUND: Integrating data is essential for advancing clinical and epidemiological research. However, because datasets often describe variables (eg, demographic and health conditions) in diverse ways, the process of integrating and harmonizing variables ... Full text Link to item Cite

Letter by Rich-Edwards et al Regarding Article, "Assessing the Accuracy of Cardiovascular Disease Prediction Using Female-Specific Risk Factors in Women Aged 45 to 69 Years in the UK Biobank Study".

Journal Article Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes · July 2025 Full text Link to item Cite

Development of a natural language processing algorithm to extract social determinants of health from clinician notes.

Journal Article Am J Transplant · June 2025 Disparities in access to the organ transplant waitlist are well-documented, but research into modifiable factors has been limited due to a lack of access to organized prewaitlisting data. This study aimed to develop a natural language processing (NLP) algo ... Full text Link to item Cite

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Recent Grants

Machine Learning Guided Precision Genetic Testing for Identification of Monogenic Cardiovascular Disorders

ResearchSignificant Contributor · Awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2024 - 2028

Synthesizing immunoinformatics and genetic epidemiology to identify signatures of natural functional immunity to malaria parasites

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2023 - 2028

Leveraging machine learning for cardiovascular disease risk prediction and prevention in women with a history of adverse pregnancy outcomes

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Brigham and Women's Hospital · 2023 - 2027

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Education, Training & Certifications

Technical University of Denmark (Denmark) · 2011 Ph.D.