Before arriving at Columbia, she obtained an undergraduate degree in computer science from Nankai University, P. R. China, a master’s degree in Information and Computer Science from University of California at Irvine, and a Ph.D. in Biomedical and Health Informatics from University of Washington at Seattle. Dr. Weng’s current primary research interests are (1) designing and applying text knowledge engineering methods to improve the computability of clinical research designs and to support knowledge management and reuse for clinical research; (2) designing data-driven methods to improve the efficiency and patient-centeredness of clinical research; and (3) design socio-technical solutions to integrate patient care and clinical research workflows towards the creation of a rapid learning health system.