Dr Ong Ai Rene

Dr Ong Ai Rene

  • Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
  • Jeffrey Cheah Sunway Medical School
Faculty of Medical and Life Sciences
ResearchGate
SDGs Focus
Good Health and Well Being
Gender Equality
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Reduced Inequalities

Biography

Dr. Ong Ai Rene was trained in survey statistics and methodology. She graduated with a PhD in Survey Methodology from the University of Michigan and had worked in the area of education statistics prior to returning to Malaysia.

After returning to Malaysia, she transitioned into cancer epidemiology. Her current research is a multi-country study examining the association of lifestyle and reproductive factors for breast cancer among BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers in Asia.

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • B.A. Psychology, HELP University, Malaysia (2010)
  • Master of Science (Msc) in Survey Methodology, University of Michigan (2018)
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Survey Methodology, University of Michigan (2022)

Research Interests

  • Measurement Bias
  • Non Response
  • Risk Prediction

Notable Publications

  1. Lee, S., Fisher, J., Ong, A. R., Elliott, M., Nurumov, K., & Kim, J. (2025). Measuring Network Sizes
    in the Context of Respondent Driven Sampling: Evidence from Two Independent Surveys.
    Survey Research Methods, 19(1), 63-82.

  2. Antoun, C., Yang, X., West, B. T., & Ong, A. R. (2024). Developing a Modular Survey App Using Co-
    design Principles. Field Methods, 1525822X241260994.

  3. Conrad, F. G., Schober, M. F., Hupp, A. L., West, B. T., Larsen, K. M., Ong, A. R., & Wang, T. (2023).
    Video in survey interviews: Effects on data quality and respondent experience. Methoden,
    daten, analysen, 17(2), 135.

  4. Schober, M. F., Okon, S., Conrad, F. G., Hupp, A. L., Ong, A. R., & Larsen, K. M. (2023). Predictors
    of willingness to participate in survey interviews conducted by live video. Technology, Mind,
    and Behavior, 4(2: Summer 2023). doi:10.1037/tmb0000100

  5. Ong, A.R., Schultz, R., Sinozich, S., West, B.T., Wagner, J., Sinibaldi, J., & Finamore, J. (2022). A
    User-Driven Method for Using Research Products to Empirically Assess Item Importance in
    National Surveys. Journal of Official Statistics, 38(4), 1235-1251.

  6. West, B. T., Ong, A. R., Conrad, F. G., Schober, M. F., Larsen, K. M., & Hupp, A. L. (2021).
    Interviewer Effects in Live Video and Prerecorded Video Interviewing. Journal of Survey
    Statistics and Methodology, smab040. doi: 10.1093/jssam/smab040

  7. Lee, S., Ong, A. R., Chen, C., & Elliott, M. (2020). Respondent Driven Sampling for Immigrant
    Populations: A Health Survey of Foreign-Born Korean Americans. Journal of Immigrant and
    Minority Health, 1-9.

  8. Ong, A. R., Lee, S., & Bonar, E. (2020). Understanding disparities in access to naloxone among
    peoplewho inject drugs in Southeast Michigan using respondent driven sampling. Drug and
    Alcohol Dependence, 206. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107743

  9. Lee, S., Ong, A. R., & Elliott, M. (2020). Exploring Mechanisms of Recruitment and Recruitment
    Cooperation in Respondent Driven Sampling. Journal of official statistics, 36(2), 339-360.

  10. Schober, M. F., Conrad, F. G., Hupp, A. L., Larsen, K. M., Ong, A. R., & West, B. T. (2020). Design
    Considerations for Live Video Survey Interviews. Survey Practice, 13(1).doi: 10.29115/SP-
    2020-0014.