Rob Cavanaugh

Rob Cavanaugh, PhD, CCC-SLP, is an Assistant Professor at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Health Professions and affiliate faculty at the Roux Institute. He specializes in quantitative methods, serving as a statistical co-investigator, consultant, and mentor for various research initiatives.

His research integrates rehabilitation health services, population health, and data science, focusing on healthcare outcomes analysis using insurance claims and electronic health records. He collaborates with Dr. Brianne Olivieri-Mui and Dr. Louisa Smith on projects involving large-scale datasets like OHDSI Lab and the All of Us Research Program.

Key research themes include:

• Aphasia treatment efficacy and posttraumatic growth
• Frailty index validation and healthcare utilization disparities
• Medication safety in vulnerable populations
• Open science and reproducibility in clinical research

Dr. Cavanaugh contributes to software development for health data analysis and advocates for experiential learning approaches in statistical education for rehabilitation researchers.