Reiping Huang

Reiping Huang, PhD, MS, serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, specializing in Surgical Oncology. Previously, she worked as a statistician at NORC at the University of Chicago on national health surveys including the National Immunization Survey and Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey.

Education:

• MS from University of Minnesota at Twin Cities (2004)
• PhD from University of Minnesota at Twin Cities (2012)

Her research centers on health services investigation with critical emphases on opioid prescribing patterns, video-based surgical skill assessment, hospital quality enhancement, and resident performance evaluation. This work spans healthcare quality, health policy, patient safety, and surgical education domains, addressing systemic challenges in medical practice and training environments.

Recent 2025 publications reveal consistent focus on surgical quality improvement through antibiotic stewardship in pediatric procedures, intersectional health approaches in gender-affirming care, and methodological innovations in implementation science. These studies frequently employ multicenter designs and advanced statistical techniques to evaluate clinical interventions.

No scientific awards were documented in the source material.

While no formal advisees or grant funding details were specified, her background in national survey research and current quality improvement initiatives suggest collaborative engagement in large-scale health systems projects. Her NORC experience with federal health surveys indicates expertise in complex dataset analysis.

Dr. Huang maintains affiliation with Northwestern's Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM), participating in interdisciplinary efforts to translate research into population health improvements.