Tim Vaughan, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Tim Vaughan, Ph.D., leads the PatientsLikeMe research team’s efforts in developing predictive modeling of patient outcomes.
With a doctorate degree in Physics from Rutgers University and an extensive background in computational and particle physics, Dr. Vaughan developed his data modeling skills as a research associate at MIT, investigating the biological effects of electromagnetic fields, including transdermal drug delivery using EM fields. As a research fellow at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, he designed statistical models to assess the effectiveness of ultrasound surgery. More recently, he worked as a senior data modeler and financial engineer in the finance industry.
Dr. Vaughan has published extensively in scientific journals, including Nature, and is the only individual to have won three consecutive Grand Prizes from MathWorks’ MATLAB programming contests.
Published Research Highlights
- Nature Biotechnology (Apr 2011): Accelerated clinical discovery using self-reported patient data collected online and a patient-matching algorithm
- Journal of Medical Internet Research (Jan 2011): Use of an Online Community to Develop Patient-Reported Outcome Instruments: The Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Adherence Questionnaire (MS-TAQ)
- Journal of Medical Internet Research (Jan 2011): Patient-reported Outcomes as a Source of Evidence in Off-Label Prescribing: Analysis of Data From PatientsLikeMe
- Journal of Medical Internet Research (Jun 2010): Sharing health data for better outcomes on PatientsLikeMe
- Bioelectromagnetics (May 2005): Molecular change signal-to-noise criteria for interpreting experiments involving exposure of biological systems to weakly interacting electromagnetic fields
- Physics in Medicine and Biology (Jan 2002): Effects of parameter errors in the simulation of transcranial focused ultrasound
- Nature (Jun 2000): Biological sensing of small field differences by magnetically sensitive chemical reactions
- Physical Review D (May 1991): Computations in Hamiltonian QCD