Dr. Michael Harhay is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care), and Statistics and Data Science at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). The primary focus of his NIH- and PCORI-funded research is the development and application of causal inference and Bayesian statistical methods to improve pragmatic and cluster-randomized trials, particularly those embedded in health systems and for patients with critical and severe illnesses. He is Co-PI of Penn’s ARDS, Pneumonia, and Sepsis (APS) Phenotyping Consortium Clinical Center and Deputy Editor of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.