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Published on in Vol 5 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/93996, first published .
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Large Language Model–Assisted Semiautomated Data Harmonization Pipeline for the Multiple Chronic Disease Disparities Research Consortium: Framework Development and Comparative Validation Study

Large Language Model–Assisted Semiautomated Data Harmonization Pipeline for the Multiple Chronic Disease Disparities Research Consortium: Framework Development and Comparative Validation Study

Hyelee Kim   1, 2, 3, 4, 5 , MD, MAS, MS, PhD ;   Shuang Liang   3, 6 , MS ;   Kathy Lanier   3, 6 , MPH ;   Sarit Helman   3, 6 , MPH ;   Nancy F Cheng   3, 6 , MS ;   Niloufar Ameli   3, 6 , MS ;   Jaysón Davidson   7, 8 , PhD ;   Shivani Mehta   1, 2 , MPH, PhD ;   Yulin Hswen   1, 4, 8, 9 , MPH, SD ;   Catherine E Oldenburg   1, 10 , MPH, SD ;   Kim F Rhoads   1, 3, 6, 11 , MD, MS, MPH ;   Edwin D Charlebois   2, 3 , MPH, PhD ;   Stuart A Gansky   3, 6, 8 , MS, DrPH ;   William Brown III   1, 2, 3, 4, 8 , MA, DrPH, PhD

1 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States

2 Division of Preventive Science, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States

3 Research Coordinating Center for Reducing Disparities in Multiple Chronic Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States

4 Computational Precision Health, University of California San Francisco and University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States

5 Social and Behavioral Sciences Branch, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, United States

6 Division of Oral Epidemiology & Dental Public Health, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States

7 Pharmaceutical Science and Pharmacogenomics program, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States

8 Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States

9 College of Computer Mathematical and Natural Science, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, The Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland (AIM), University System of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States

10 Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States

11 Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Hyelee Kim, MD, MAS, MS, PhD
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Branch, Division of Intramural Research
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  • BG 6710 Rockledge Dr Wing B
  • Bethesda, MD 20817
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 301-555-6677
  • Email: char00@snu.ac.kr