Min Zhang

     I am a Ph.D. student in the Department of Statistics at North Carolina State University. Currently, I am completing my dissertation under the direction of Professor Marie Davidian and Professor Anastasios (Butch) Tsiatis, and I expect to receive my Ph.D. in Statistics in May 2008. I received my Master degree in Ecology from Duke University, and Bachelor degree in Environmental Sciences from Peking University before I joined this Department.   

Department of Statistics
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC, 27695
Email: mzhang4@ncsu.edu

Research    Publications    Awards    Courses    Miscellaneous  

                                                                                                                                      

Research Interests

• Survival Analysis
• Causal Inference
• Clinical Trials
• Semiparametric Methods with Missing and Censored Data
• Longitudinal Data Analysis

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Publications

• Zhang, M., Tsiatis, A.A., and Davidian, M. (2007) Improving efficiency of inferences randomized clinical trials using auxiliary covariates. Biometrics (in Press) (final manuscript version and supplementary materials).  

• Zhang, M., and Davidian, M. (2007) “Smooth” semiparametric regression analysis for arbitrarily censored time-to-event data.  Biometrics (in Press) (final manuscript version, definitive published version, and supplementary materials).

• Tsiatis, A.A., Davidian, M., Zhang, M., and Lu, X. (2007) Covariate adjustment for two-sample treatment comparisons in randomized clinical trials: A principled yet flexible approach.  Statistics in Medicine special issue on “Statistical Methods in HIV/AIDS and its practical application” (in Press) (final manuscript version and definitive published version).

• Zhang, M., Tsiatis, A.A., Davidian, M., Pieper, K.S., and Mahaffey, K. (2008) Inference on treatment effects from a randomized clinical trial in the presence of premature treatment discontinuation. (In Preparation).

• Wang, Y., Hong, S., and Zhang, M. (2008) Using marginal structural model to adjust for post-study treatment. (In Preparation).

• Mehta, R.H., Rao, S.V., Ohman, E.M., Bates, E.R., Marcucci, G., Zhang, M., Pieper, K.S., Armstrong, P.W., White, H.D., Van, deWerf, F., Califf R.M., Granger, C.B. (2008) Variation in the Use of Stress Testing and Outcomes in Patients With Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes: Insights from GUSTO IIb. European Heart Journal (In Revision)

• Shao, M., Su, F., and Zhang, M. (2001) Variation of atmospheric methane emission in Beijing area, Biosystem studies, 4, 55-61.

•  Su, F., Shao, M., and Zhang, M. (2002) Trends and spatial distributions of methane emission in Beijing area,  Journal (Nature Science) of Peking University, 38 (4), 466-473 (Chinese).

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Honors and awards

• 2008 Distinguished Student Paper Award (presented by the International Biometric Society's Eastern North American Region ENAR)

• 2007 David P. Byar Young Investigator Travel Award (presented by the ASA Biometrics section at the 2007 JSM, Salt Lake City, UT)

• 2006 Gertrude M. Cox Academic Achievement Award Outstanding Ph.D. Qualifier

• 2006 Elected to the National Statistical Honor Society of Mu Sigma Rho

• 2001 Ecology Fellowship, Duke University

• 2001 NSOE Graduate School Award, Duke University (renewed in 2002, 2003 and 2004)

• 1999 Tang Xiaoyan Scholarship, Peking University

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Course List

2004 Fall

• MA 426    Mathematical Analysis II
• ST 512     Experimental Statistics For Biological Sciences II
• ST 778     Measure Theory and Advanced Probability

2005 Spring

• ST 731     Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis
• ST 732     Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis
• ST 746     Introduction To Stochastic Processes
• ST 779     Measure Theory and Advanced Probability II
• ST 810A   Preparation for Statistical Research

2005 Fall

• ST 750     Statistical Computing
• ST 762     Nonlinear Models for Univariate and Multivariate Response
• ST 793     Advanced Statistical Inference I
• ST 810K   Advanced Topics in Probability Theory and Statistical Application

2006 Spring

• ST 745     Analysis of Survival Data
• ST 784     Multivariate Analysis
• ST 794     Advanced Statistical Inference II
• ST 810O   Statistical Methods in Epidemiology and Causal Inference

2006 Fall

• ST 810I   Latent Variable Models (aka Measurement Error Models)
• ST 841     Statistical Consulting
• ST 895     Doctoral Dissertation Research

2007 Spring

• ST 744     Categorical and Censored Data Analysis
• ST 790A   Introduction to Smoothing Methods and Nonparametric Regression
• ST 790B   Topics in Modern Statistical Inference
• ST 810B   Semiparametric Methods for Missing Data
• ST 895     Doctoral Dissertation Research

2007 Fall

• ST 790C   Statistical Machine Learning and Data Mining
• ST 790D   Advanced Survival Analysis
• ST 895     Doctoral Dissertation Research

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Miscellaneous  

• Professional societies membership
  • American Statistical Association (ASA)
  • International Biometric Society (ENAR)

• Presentations

  • “Smooth” semiparametric regression analysis for arbitrarily censored time-to-event data. ENAR Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 2007

  • Improving efficiency of inferences in randomized clinical trials using auxiliary covariates. Joint Statistical Meetings, Salt Lake City, UT, July, 2007

  • Adjusting for post-discontinuation therapy in survival analysis and causal models. Eli Lilly and company, IN, July, 2007

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