As the director of the Biostatistical Group, Xiaohua Chen and his team know that every research question poses a unique challenge, requiring consideration of the nature of the information from all sources, how the data was collected and what populations are represented. The team must consider if the question can be answered with available methods or in new analytic methods must be applied due to missing data or complex interactions. Xiaohua Chen and his group collaborate with clinical experts, contribute to study designs and develop analytic plans for research studies.

After studying at Harvard and Boston University, he joined the Harvard Clinical Research Institute and transitioned to Baim where he led the team in building the systems to generate the standardized tables, listings and graphs so critical to displaying the data from clinical trials.