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Yan Gao, PhD

Yan Gao, PhD

Assistant Professor, Biostatistics

Locations

  • MEB M1400

Contact Information

Education

PhD, Biostatistics; University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), 2021
MSc, Biostatistics; University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), 2016
MSc, Social Medicine; Fudan University, China, 2009
BMedsc, Public Health; Harbin Medical University, China, 2006

Biography

Dr. Yan Gao is an Assistant Professor in Biostatistics at the 91ɫƵ. She joined the Division of Biostatistics in the fall of 2021. Her research interests include Bayesian survival analysis and experimental design in clinical trials. She is interested in developing statistical methodologies in joint models, multiple testing procedures, and accelerating MCMC algorithms. She is also interested in applied mathematics and medicine. Numerical integration and algorithm design are her mathematical focus. In medicine, her interests include hematology-oncology and immunology. Her collaborative research groups at 91ɫƵ include the Department of Medicine and the Cancer Center. As a statistician, she participates in NIH grant proposal writing and provides statistical expertise regarding study design and analysis, including observational studies and clinical trials. She is a member of the Scientific Review Committee and participates in the reviews of cancer-related protocols.

Research Areas of Interest

  • Accelerating MCMC Algorithms
  • Bayesian Survival Analysis
  • Experimental Design in Clinical Trials
  • Immunology
  • Neurosciences
  • Oncology

Publications

  • (Castellani C, Gao Y, Kim H, Thompson C, Ning J, Lohr N, Welsh A, Berger M.) J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2023 Aug;34(8):1683-1689 PMID: 37403777 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85164502950 07/05/2023

  • (Martens MJ, Gao Y, Szabo A.) Best Pract Res Clin Haematol. 2023 Jun;36(2):101471 PMID: 37353295 PMCID: PMC10845212 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85159403396 06/24/2023

  • (Zhao R, Lv J, Gao Y, Li Y, Shi H, Zhang J, Wu J, Wang L.) Children (Basel). 2023 Jan 19;10(2) PMID: 36832320 PMCID: PMC9955034 02/26/2023

  • (Keszler A, Lindemer B, Broeckel G, Weihrauch D, Gao Y, Lohr NL.) Front Physiol. 2022;13:880158 PMID: 35586710 PMCID: PMC9108481 05/20/2022

  • (He J, Li F, Gao Y, Rothmann M.) Pharm Stat. 2021 Mar;20(2):297-313 PMID: 33103348 10/27/2020

  • (Darwish DY, Patel SN, Gao Y, Bhat P, Chau FY, Lim JI, Kim JE, Jose J, Jonas KE, Chan RVP, Mehta SD, Lobo AM.) Eye (Lond). 2019 May;33(5):856-857 PMID: 30679873 PMCID: PMC6707264 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85060728829 01/27/2019

  • (Lobo AM, Gao Y, Rusie L, Houlberg M, Mehta SD.) Int J STD AIDS. 2018 Mar;29(4):357-361 PMID: 28820347 PMCID: PMC5748355 08/19/2017

  • (Eldeirawi K, Kunzweiler C, Rosenberg N, Riley B, Gao Y, Hebert-Beirne J, Zenk S, Tarlov E, Persky V.) Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2016 Nov;117(5):502-507.e1 PMID: 27788879 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84994850861 10/30/2016

  • (Klemetti R, Che X, Gao Y, Raven J, Wu Z, Tang S, Hemminki E.) Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Jan;202(1):65.e1-6 PMID: 19819416 10/13/2009