Weihuang Wong
Principal Data Scientist
I lead data science teams, developing tools and processes to enhance researcher productivity, data quality, and analytic reproducibility across large-scale surveys in health and education. My work spans the entire data lifecycle—from sampling frame construction to synthetic data generation to program evaluation.
Selected Projects
National Survey of Early Care and Education
2018–present
A nationally representative study characterizing the use and availability of early care and education in the United States. I direct quality assurance activities, lead data archiving efforts, and manage the NSECE Data Desk supporting public-use and restricted-use data files for the research community.
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
2023–present
The largest collection of longitudinal hospital care data in the United States. I lead a team of analysts that computes statistics for online query tables and develops data tools serving public health researchers.
Synthetic Healthcare Data for Research
2019–2021
A nationally representative all-payer claims dataset that protects privacy through synthetization of sensitive values. I researched and implemented machine learning methods for healthcare data synthesis and led the implementation team developing this novel data product for population health research.
Survey of Doctorate Recipients
2018–2019, 2023–present
A longitudinal study of individuals with U.S. research doctoral degrees in science, engineering, and health fields. I develop automated workflows for data processing, design data monitoring dashboards, and conduct research on adaptive design and nonresponse bias.
Background
I joined NORC at the University of Chicago in 2018, where I have worked on social research in education, health, and transportation. I earned my Ph.D. in Political Science from MIT, where my research focused on political behavior and housing markets. Prior to graduate school, I managed a global portfolio of fixed income investments for a sovereign wealth fund. I hold a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from Stanford University.
Contact
weihuang.wong@gmail.com
Curriculum Vitae
GitHub
Stack Overflow
Academic Research