https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4843-4313
Overview
Education: Masters Degree, Biostatistics. Duke University School of Medicine. 2018
Overview: Lexie graduated from the master’s program in biostatistics at Duke in 2018. Over the past five years, she has collaborated with doctors, residents, fellows, and medical students in the Department of Neurosurgery and Pharmacy. Additionally, she is currently working with a faculty member in Surgery to investigate the impact of environmental factors on certain diseases. Lexie has extensive experience in data management with large databases, including MarketScan, HCUP, and CMS Medicare. She has also worked with EHR data and has experience with data extraction from DEDUCE and CRDM. Her statistical interests include longitudinal analysis, mediation analysis, survival analysis and latent class analysis.
Educational Background
Master of Biostatistics
Duke University (Durham, NC, USA) 2016-2018
Bachelor of Science
Mathematics, Statistics
University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI, USA) 2013-2016
Shandong University (Shandong, China) 2011-2013
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Recent Publications
Suspected contaminant source and early deep wound infections in posterior instrumented fusion involving the lumbosacral region: a multicenter analysis.
Journal Article Spine Deform · May 16, 2026 PURPOSE: Early deep wound infection complicates an estimated 4% of posterior lumbosacral fusions, increasing mortality and hospitalization costs. The objective of this study was to characterize causative organisms and risk factors of deep wound infections ... Full text Link to item CiteRisk Factors for Breakthrough Cytomegalovirus Infections While on Prophylaxis in Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Recipients.
Journal Article Transpl Infect Dis · February 17, 2026 BACKGROUND: Breakthrough cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection during antiviral prophylaxis may result in significant morbidity. The purpose of this study was to identify the incidence of breakthrough CMV infection and subsequent risk factors in kidney and pancr ... Full text Link to item CiteEvaluation of opioid requirements in mechanically ventilated patients taking buprenorphine/naloxone prior to admission.
Journal Article J Crit Care · February 2026 BACKGROUND: With limited data quantifying opioid requirements based on substance use history, including buprenorphine/naloxone use, optimal pain management for mechanically ventilated patients remains unknown. OBJECTIVE: To compare opioid requirements in m ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Addressing Bias from Missing Data in EHR Based Studies of CVD
ResearchBiostatistician II · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2023Chronic Refractory Low Back Pain (CRLBP)
ResearchBiostatistician II · Awarded by Mainstay Medical Ltd. · 2021 - 2023Nevro HF10 Outcomes Analysis
ResearchBiostatistician II · Awarded by Nevro Corp · 2020 - 2022View All Grants