I obtained my Bachelor degree in Statistics in 1997 from Beijing University and
Master degree in Statistics in 2000 from Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2004, I earned
my doctoral degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara and joined UMASS,
Amherst. I am interested in nonparametric statistics and its applications in various
practical settings. Click on one of the links below to know more about each of my
research areas. 

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Statistical Modeling of Agatston Score in Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) (with S. Ma, J. Carr, W. Post, and R. Kronmal), PLoS One (2010)

The MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis) is an ongoing study of the prevalence, risk factors,...

 

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Bayesian meta-analysis models for microarray data: a comparative study (with Erin M. Conlon and Joon J. Song), BMC Bioinformatics (2007)

Background With the growing abundance of microarray data, statistical methods are increasingly needed to integrate...