Areas of Focus
- Biostatistical methods research
- Collaborative research
- Longitudinal data analysis, survival analysis, nonparametric regression, joint model analysis, high-dimensional data analysis, clinical trial methods
Work Experience
- Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Ohio State University (tenure track)
- Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Medicine (Tenured)
- Tenured Professor, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1996 Bachelor in Statistics, East China Normal University
- 2002 Master in Statistics, Bowling Green State University
- 2006 PhD in Biostatistics, University of Michigan
Publications
- Nonparametric Regression Using Kernel Estimating Equations for Correlated Failure Time Data Analysis, Yu, Z. & Lin, X., 2008
- A Likelihood Reformulation Method in Mixed Models with Non-normal Random Effect, LIU, L. & YU, Z., 2008
- Semiparametric Regression with time-dependent regression coefficients for failure time data analysis, Yu, Z. & Lin, X., 2009
- A Semiparametric Threshold Regression Analysis of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Adolescent Women, Yu, Z, Tu, W., and Lee, M-L., 2009
- A Linear Model Based Test for the Heterogeneity of Conditional Correlations, Wilding, GE, Cai, XY, Hudson, A, Yu, Z, 2010
- A Joint Model of Recurrent Events and a Terminal Events with Nonparametric Covariate Function, YU, Z, Liu, L., 2011
- Semiparametric Frailty Models for Cluster Failure Time Data, Yu, Z, Lin, X., Tu, W., 2011
- A semiparametric recurrent events model with time-varying coefficients, Yu, Z, Liu , Bravata, DM, Williams, LS, Tepper, RS., 2012
- A joint model of recurrent events and a terminal event with time-varying coefficients, Yu, Z, Liu L, Bravata, DM, Williams, LS, 2013
- Adiposity has unique influence on the Renin-Aldosterone Axis and blood pressure in black children, Yu Z, Eckert G, Liu H, Pratt, JH, Tu, W, 2013