Postdoc
Yale Univeresity - 2010
Professional Preparation
Ph.D.
University of Texas at Austin - 2006
University of Texas at Austin - 2006
M.A.
University of Pittsburgh - 1999
University of Pittsburgh - 1999
B.S.
University of Science & Technology of China - 1994
University of Science & Technology of China - 1994
Research Areas
Research Interests
- Methodology of Statistical Genomics & Bioinformatics Genome wide associate studies; eQTL mapping; Network based modeling; Next generation sequencing data analysis; cancer genetics/epigenetics; statistical processing of genomic data
- Bayesian Methods Integrative analysis; meta analysis; spatial modeling; model selection; statistical decision theory.
- Sampling ranked set sample; judgement post-stratification
Publications
Scalable test of statistical significance for protein-DNA binding changes with insertion and deletion of bases in the genome 2024 - Journal Article
Loss of Sigma-2 Receptor/TMEM97 Is Associated with Neuropathic Injury-Induced Depression-Like Behaviors in Female Mice 2024 - Journal Article
An expectation–maximization algorithm for estimating proportions of deletions among bacterial populations with application to study antibiotic resistance gene transfer in Enterococcus faecalis 2023 - Journal Article
A glance through the effects of CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells, and cytokines on Alzheimer's disease 2023 - Journal Article
A comparison of hypothesis tests for homogeneity in meta‐analysis with focus on rare binary events 2021 - Journal Article
Awards
Career Development Award - NIH [2013]
Appointments
Professor
University of Texas at Dallas [2021–Present]
University of Texas at Dallas [2021–Present]
Associate Professor
University of Texas at Dallas [2016–2021]
University of Texas at Dallas [2016–2021]
Assistant Professor
University of Texas at Dallas [2013–2016]
University of Texas at Dallas [2013–2016]
Assistant Professor
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center [2010–2013]
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center [2010–2013]
Adjunct Professor
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center [2016–Present]
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center [2016–Present]
Additional Information
Honors and Awards
- 2006 David Bruton, Jr. Graduate School Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin (~10% students were nominated by the department annually)
- 2006 R.L. Anderson Student Paper Award, Southern Regional Council on Statistics (SRCOS), ASA Summer Research Conference on Statistics
- 2005-2006 University Continuing Tuition Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin (~10% students were nominated by the department annually)
- 2005-2006 McCombs Business Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin
- 2004-2005 McCombs Business Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin
- 2004 Dean's Fellowship, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
- 2002-2003 McCombs Business Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin
- 1999 Best Junior Graduate Student Award, Dept of Statistics, University of Pittsburgh
- 1992 Excellent Student Scholarship, University of Science & Technology of China
Professional Society Memberships
- American Statistical Association
- International Chinese Statistical Association
- Bioinformatics Organization