Faculty of the Division of Biostatistics are engaged in a wide variety of methodological research. Major areas of research include: Bayesian modeling, Biomedical image analysis, Causal inference, Clinical trials, Functional data analysis, Health economics, Joint modeling, Longitudinal methods, Missing data, Nonparametric and high-dimensional statistics, Prognostic models, Spatial analyses, Survey sampling, Statistical genetics/genomics, and Survival analysis.
Areas of application include: Aging, Bioinformatics, Cancer, Cardiology, Clinical epidemiology, Clinical trials, Comparative effectiveness research, Disparities research, Health services, Infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS, Medical imaging, Mental/behavioral health, Neurology/Neurodegenerative diseases, Obesity, Pharmacoepidemiology, Pediatrics/Neonatology, Psychiatry/Psychometrics, Genetics/Genomics, Translational sciences, Urology/renal diseases, Wearable computing sensors/accelerometry, and Women’s health
Current Methodological Research grants led by Biostatistics faculty include:
| Title |
Faculty Name |
Role |
| Statistical Methods for Cancer Absolute Risk Prediction |
Jinbo Chen, PhD |
PI |
| Statistical Methods and Software for Multivariate Meta-analysis |
Haitao Chu, PhD (U. Minnesota) |
PI |
| Yong Chen, PhD |
Site PI |
| Dynamic learning for post-vaccine event prediction using temporal information in VAERS |
Yong Chen, PhD |
MPI |
| Cui Tao, PhD (U. Texas) |
MPI |
| Semi-parametric Joint Models for Longitudinal and Time to Event Data |
Wensheng Guo, PhD |
MPI |
| Sarah Ratcliffe, PhD |
MPI |
| Statistical Methods for Phenotype Estimation and Analysis Using Electronic Health Records |
Rebecca Hubbard, PhD |
PI |
| Methods for Genomic Data with Graphical Structures |
Hongzhe Li, PhD |
PI |
| Statistical Methods for Transcriptome Profiling using RNA-Sequencing |
Mingyao Li, PhD |
PI |
| Elucidation of Tissue-Specific Transcriptomic Profiles in Cardiometabolic Disease |
Muredach Reilly, MBBCH, MSCE |
MPI |
| Mingyao Li, PhD |
MPI |
| Statistical Methods for Causal Inference in Observational Studies |
Qi Long, PhD |
PI |
| Statistical Methods for Missing Data in Large Observational Studies |
Qi Long, PhD |
PI |
| Development and assessment of decision supporting system for renal studies |
Amita Manatunga (Emory) |
PI |
| Qi Long, PhD |
Site PI |
| Non-Parametric Bayesian Methods for Causal Inference |
Jason Roy, PhD |
PI |
| Statistical Methods for Large and Complex Databases of Ultra High Dimensional Imaging |
Russell Taki Shinohara, PhD |
PI |
| Spatiotemporal Modeling of MRI Grain Lesion Trajectories of Biomarker Discovery |
Russell Taki Shinohara, PhD |
PI |
Completed Methodological Research Awards led by Biostatistics faculty include:
| Title |
Faculty Name |
Role |
| A Partially Linear Tree-Based Regression Model for Assessing Complex Joint Gene-G |
Jinbo Chen, PhD |
PI |
| Statistical Methods in Genetic Epidemiology Research |
Jinbo Chen, PhD |
PI |
| Genome-Wide Association Studies Using Integrated CNV and SNP Information |
Rui Feng, PhD |
PI |
| New Functional Models for Biomedical Data |
Wensheng Guo, PhD |
PI |
| Automatic Statistical Time-Frequency Analysis |
Wensheng Guo, PhD |
PI |
| Statistical Methods in Smoking Cessation Research |
Daniel Heitjan, PhD |
PI |
| Statistical Methods for Estimation of Benefits & Harms of Repeat Cancer Screening |
Rebecca Hubbard, PhD |
PI |
| Analysis of Case-Control Follow-Up Studies |
Marshall Joffe, MD, MPH, PhD |
PI |
| Estimating Causal Effects in Longitudinal Studies |
Marshall Joffe, MD, MPH, PhD |
PI |
| Causal Methods for Mediation and Interaction |
Marshall Joffe, MD, MPH, PhD |
PI |
| Instrumental Variable Methods for Longitudinal Discrete Data |
Marshall Joffe, MD, MPH, PhD |
PI |
| Selective and Future Ignorability in Causal Inference |
Marshall Joffe, MD, MPH, PhD |
PI |
| Joint Analysis of Longitudinal Outcomes & Clinical Events in Kidney Disease |
Tom Greene, PhD (U. Utah) |
MPI |
| Marshall Joffe, MD, MPH, PhD |
MPI |
| Liang Li, PhD (Cleveland Clinic) |
MPI |
| Statistical Methods for Next-Generation Sequence Data |
Hongzhe Li, PhD |
PI |
| Survival Models for Mapping Genes for Complex Diseases |
Hongzhe Li, PhD |
PI |
| Statistical Methods for Gene Mapping Studies in Admixed Populations |
Mingyao Li, PhD |
PI |
| Developing Statistical Methods For Disease Gene Discovery |
Chun Li, PhD (Vanderbilt U.) |
MPI |
| Mingyao Li, PhD |
MPI |
| Clinical Meaningful Measures from Complex Designs |
Russell Localio, JD, MA, MPH, MS, PhD |
PI |
| Applied Methods for Analysis of Interstitial Cystitis |
Kathleen Propert, ScD |
PI |
| Longitudinal Analysis for Diverse Populations Project |
Justine Shults, PhD |
PI |
| Causal Methods for Mediation and Interaction |
Thomas Ten Have, PhD |
PI |
| Mixed Effects Models - Discrete Data with Non-Compliance |
Thomas Ten Have, PhD |
PI |
