I expect to receive my Ph.D. in Statistics from the
Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University
in August 2009 under the direction of Professor Marie Davidian and Professor Anastasios Tsiatis .
My interests include statistical methods for analysis of clinical
trials and observational studies, including approaches for drawing
causal inferences; methods for handling missing data in
statistical models; statistical models and methods for analysis of longitudinal data; and
statistical inference in general. During my GIT (graduate industrial trainee) at GlaxoSmithKline, I
also develop interests in design of experiments and pharmacokinetic analysis.
I also have an appointment as graduate industrial trainee at GlaxoSmithKline,
and I spend most Tuesdays and Thursdays over there collaborating with scientists
on interesting problems in metabolic disease and infectious disease research.
Research Interests
Causal Inference,Longitudinal Data Analysis
Survival Analysis, Clinical Trials
Design of Experiment
pharmacokinetic analysis
Publications
Cao, W., Tsiatis, A.A., and
Davidian, M. (2009) Improving efficiency and robustness of the doubly
robust estimator for a population mean with
incomplete data. Accepted by Biometrka
Selected Presentations
Improving efficiency and robustness of the doubly
robust estimator for a population mean with
incomplete data. Joint Statistical Meetings 2008, Denver, CO.
Improving efficiency and robustness of the doubly
robust estimator for a population mean with
incomplete data. Department Student Sampler, Sep 12, 2008,
Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University.
Comparison of methods for stratified binary and longitudinal categorical data. Merck Research Laboratories, Aug 14, 2008,
Upper Gwynedd, PA.
