Frank Meng, PhD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Frank Meng is the National Director of the Big Data Scientist Training Enhancement Program (BD-STEP), a postdoctoral and post-Master’s fellowship program in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). He is also Associate Director for the Data Science Core at the VA Boston Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center and Assistant Professor of General Internal Medicine at the Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. Dr. Meng received his SB from MIT and Ph.D. from UCLA, both in Computer Science. His research interests include natural language processing of clinical documents and AI validation/safety in healthcare.

Publications

  • Published 10/16/2025

    Henke RM, Head MA, Smith LeBeau L, Benevent R, Davenport MJ, Camacho-Cook J, White MC, Mulvaney-Day N, Gibson TB, Sarpong A, Roth C, Banducci AN, Chen DCR, Stein MD, Meng F, Hyde J, Livingston NA. Behavioral health telehealth utilization during the pandemic among adults with opioid use disorder and behavioral health utilization in the year prior to COVID-19: Differences by payor source, treatment type, and patient demographics. Psychol Serv. 2026 Feb; 23(1):183-195. PMID: 41100287.

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  • Published 6/23/2025

    Mandavia AD, Fonda JR, Banducci AN, Ameral VE, Sistad Hall RE, Loeffel LB, Roth CE, Simpson TL, Stein MD, Marx BP, Hyde J, Davenport M, Meng F, Livingston NA. Sex and race-ethnicity influences on opioid overdose deaths among veterans diagnosed with opioid use disorder between 2016 and 2021. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025 Sep 01; 274:112764. PMID: 40578052.

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  • Published 3/20/2025

    Livingston NA, Mandavia AD, Banducci AN, Sistad Hall R, Loeffel LB, Davenport M, Mathes-Winnicki B, Ting M, Roth CE, Sarpong A, Newberger N, Hinds Z, Fonda JR, Chen D, Meng F. Identifying opioid relapse during COVID-19 using natural language processing of nationwide Veterans Health Administration electronic medical record data. J Psychopathol Clin Sci. 2025 May; 134(4):448-457. PMID: 40111824.

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  • Published 3/19/2025

    Mandavia AD, Banducci AN, Simpson TL, Marx BP, Hawn SE, Hyde J, Ameral VE, Sistad Hall RE, Roth CE, Sarpong AA, Davenport M, Meng F, Stein MD, Livingston NA. Sex Differences in Suicide, Lethal Means, and Years of Potential Life Lost Among Veterans With Substance Use Disorder. Womens Health Issues. 2025; 35(3):196-204. PMID: 40113455.

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  • Published 10/31/2024

    Livingston NA, Mandavia AD, Banducci AN, Loeffel LB, Sistad Hall R, Maloney M, Roth CE, Fonda JR, Davenport M, Meng F, Hyde J, Stein M. Emergency Department Visits, Inpatient Hospitalizations, and Nonfatal and Fatal Drug Overdoses During COVID-19 Among Veterans With Opioid Use Disorder. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2025 Jul; 86(4):582-589. PMID: 39480692.

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Education

  • University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, PhD

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