Research Interests:
Mei-Ling Ting Lee, Ph.D.:
- Threshold Regression Methodology for Cancer Risk Assessment
- Analysis of Microarray Gene Expression Data
- Analysis of Genomic Sequence Data
- Analysis of Proteomic Mass Spectrometry TOF Data
- Soy Almond Bread as Complimentary Therapy for Prostate Cancer
- Statistical Methods for Ophthalmologic and Cluster Data
- Hospital Admissions among Veterans with Congestive Heart Failure: The Role of Medical Noncompliance and Mental Illness
Chengsheng Jiang, Ph.D.:
- GIS,Remote Sensing and Spatial analysis
- Climate change and environmental health
- Data Management, Big data analysis and Cloud computation and machine learning
Shuo Chen, Ph.D.:
- Statistical methods for the complex high-dimensional biomedical data including neuroimaging data and proteomics data by using tools of machine learning
- Bayesian methods, and functional data analysis.
- Identification of Misspecified Gestational Ages Using Bayesian Mixture Models.
Raul Cruz-Cano, Ph.D.:
- Dimension Reduction
- Support Vector Machines and other Kernel Methods
- Computational Intelligence and its application to Bioinformatics (microRNA, Transcription Factor Binding Sites, O-glycosylation, Replication Origins)
Xin He, Ph.D.:
- Analysis of Recurrent Event Data
- Statistical Models for Panel Count Data
- Examining the Effect of Stress and Diet on Immune Function and Mood in Adults
- Exploring the Influence of Early Childhood Behavior Problems on Developmental Trajectories that Lead to Obesity
- Identifying the Impact of Marriage and Cohabitation Experience on Midlife Physical and Mental Health
- Investigation of the Relationship between History of Psychiatric Diagnosis and Ability to Work after a Cancer Diagnosis
- Natural History of Oral HPV Infection in Young Adults
Yan Li, Ph.D.:
- Health survey and case-control data analysis under complex sample designs
- Statistical genetics
- Genetic association study
- Gene-environment interactions
- Missing data methods
- Survival analysis of cohort studies
- Model-based and model-assisted inferences
- Collaborative biomedical research
Min Qi Wang, Ph.D.:
- Environmental Public Health GIS and Geospatial Analysis
- Multi-site Database Development
- Health Informatics
- Mobile Technology Application in Public Health