Department of Biostatistics

Chia-Jung "Charlene" Chang

Chia-Jung

"Charlene"

Chang

Visiting Research Scholar, 2023 - 2024

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0977-8743

(615) 322-2001

Delivery Address

2525 West End Avenue, Suite 1100

Room / Suite

Room 11138F

Nashville

Tennessee

37203

PhD candidate, Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan)

Research interests include: single-cell RNA sequence analysis, high-dimensional data analysis, precision medicine, multi-omit meta-analysis, mathematical models, statistical and bioinformatics methodology, engineering mathematics, cancer biology

For more information: github.com/Charlene717

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Faculty and Staff Publications - 2023

** compilation in progress **

Single asterisks denote Department of Biostatistics faculty and staff.

Double asterisks (**) denote authors who were Department of Biostatistics students at the time the paper was written.

This is not a comprehensive list. Our department members publish hundreds of peer-reviewed papers each year.

2023

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Li C, Tian Y**, Zeng D, Shepherd BE*. Asymptotic Properties for Cumulative Probability Models for Continuous Outcomes. Mathematics (Basel, Switzerland). 2023 Dec 2;11(11). PMID: 38374966 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC10875740 NIHMSID: NIHMS1965607.
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Sigworth EA**, Rubinstein SM, Warner JL, Chen Y, Chen Q*. Building a dose toxo-equivalence model from a Bayesian meta-analysis of published clinical trials. The annals of applied statistics. 2023 Dec;17(17). 2993-3012. PMID: 39104542 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC11299894 NIHMSID: NIHMS1959373.
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Nagaraj G, Vinayak S, Khaki AR, Sun T**, Kuderer NM, Aboulafia DM, Acoba JD, Awosika J, Bakouny Z, Balmaceda NB, Bao T, Bashir B, Berg S, Bilen MA, Bindal P, Blau S, Bodin BE, Borno HT, Castellano C, Choi H, Deeken J, Desai A, Edwin N, Feldman LE, Flora DB, Friese CR, Galsky MD, Gonzalez CJ, Grivas P, Gupta S, Haynam M, Heilman H, Hershman DL, Hwang C, Jani C, Jhawar SR, Joshi M, Kaklamani V, Klein EJ, Knox N, Koshkin VS, Kulkarni AA, Kwon DH, Labaki C, Lammers PE, Lathrop KI, Lewis MA, Li X, Lopes GL, Lyman GH, Makower DF, Mansoor AH, Markham MJ, Mashru SH, McKay RR, Messing I, Mico V, Nadkarni R, Namburi S, Nguyen RH, Nonato TK, O'Connor TL, Panagiotou OA, Park K, Patel JM, Patel KG, Peppercorn J, Polimera H, Puc M, Rao YJ, Razavi P, Reid SA, Riess JW, Rivera DR, Robson M, Rose SJ, Russ AD, Schapira L, Shah PK, Shanahan MK, Shapiro LC, Smits M, Stover DG, Streckfuss M, Tachiki L, Thompson MA, Tolaney SM, Weissmann LB, Wilson G, Wotman MT, Wulff-Burchfield EM, Mishra S, French B*, Warner JL, Lustberg MB, Accordino MK, Shah DP. Clinical characteristics ... and outcomes in patients with breast cancer and COVID-19: A COVID-19 and cancer consortium (CCC19) cohort study. ELife. 2023 Oct 17;12(12). PMID: 37846664 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC10637772
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Joseph J**, Kuhn T. DesAutels SJ, Gracey K, Kronenberg M, Raman R*. Child and family outcomes of the Safe Babies Court Team: A scoping review Children and Youth Services Review. 2023 Jun;149(149). doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.106956
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Sochacki AL, Bejan CA, Zhao S*, Patel A, Kishtagari A, Spaulding TP, Silver AJ, Stockton SS, Pugh K, Dorand RD, Bhatta M, Strayer N**, Zhang S**, Snider CA, Stricker T, Nazha A, Bick AG, Xu Y*, Savona MR. Patient-specific comorbidities as prognostic variables for survival in myelofibrosis. Blood advances. 2023 Mar 14;7(7). 756-767. PMID: 35420683 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC9989522
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Marmor HN, Deppen SA, Welty V**, Kammer MN, Godfrey CM, Patel K, Maldonado F, Chen H*, Starnes SL, Wilson DO, Billatos E, Grogan EL. Improving Lung Cancer Diagnosis with CT Radiomics and Serum Histoplasmosis Testing. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology. 2023 Mar 6;32(32). 329-336. PMID: 36535650 [PubMed]
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Williams Roberson S, Azeez NA, Fulton JN, Zhang KC*, Lee AXT*, Ye F*, Pandharipande P, Brummel NE, Patel MB, Ely EW. Quantitative EEG signatures of delirium and coma in mechanically ventilated ICU patients. Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology. 2023 Feb;146(146). 40-48. PMID: 36529066 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC9889081 NIHMSID: NIHMS1859159.
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Liu J*, Xu K*, Wu T, Yao L**, Nguyen TT, Jeste D, Zhang X. Deciphering the 'gut-brain axis' through microbiome diversity. General psychiatry. 36(36). e101090. PMID: 37920405 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC10618967
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Strayer N**, Zhang S**, Yao L**, Vessels T, Bejan CA, Hsi RS, Shirey-Rice JK, Balko JM, Johnson DB, Phillips EJ, Bick A, Edwards TL, Velez Edwards DR, Pulley JM, Wells QS, Savona MR, Cox NJ, Roden DM, Ruderfer DM, Xu Y*. Interactive network-based clustering and investigation of multimorbidity association matrices with associationSubgraphs. Bioinformatics (Oxford, England). 2023 Jan 1;39(39). PMID: 36472455 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC9825768

International Women's Day 2023

Peg Duthie, senior program manager

March 8, 2023

In observation of International Women's Day 2023, here's a view of our department: Visit the Our People section of this site to learn more about our department members.

Yang Liu

Yang

Liu

Research Assistant Professor of Medicine and Biostatistics (2023-2024)

Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine

PhD, Genetic Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Southern California

LiuYang

Amir Javid

Amir

Javid

Biostatistician

Phone

(615) 322-2001

Delivery Address

2525 West End Avenue, Suite 1100

Nashville

Tennessee

37203

amir.javid@vumc.org

MS, Statistics, Oklahoma State University • PhD, Civil Engineering, Oklahoma State University

JavidAmir

Ke Xu

Biostatistician

Phone

(615) 322-2001

Delivery Address

2525 West End Avenue, Suite 1100

Nashville

Tennessee

37203

k.xu@vumc.org

MS, Biostatistics and Biomedical Informatics, University of Florida

XuKe

Andrea Elhajj

Andrea

Elhajj

Research Data Specialist

Phone

(615) 322-2001

Delivery Address

2525 West End Avenue, Suite 1100

Nashville

Tennessee

37203

andrea.elhajj@vumc.org

MS, Civil and Environmental Engineering (Data Science Concentration), University of Vermont

ElhajjAndrea

Jacquelyn Pennings

Jacquelyn

"Jackie"

Pennings

Research Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biostatistics

Delivery Address

MCE South Tower

1215 21st Avenue South

Room / Suite

Suite 4200

Nashville

Tennessee

37232

jacquelyn.pennings@vumc.org

PhD, Experimental Psychology, Texas Christian University

Accredited Professional Statistician, American Statistical Association

PenningsJacquelyn

Kayla Johnson

Kayla

Johnson

Associate Program Manager (2022-2024)

Phone

Delivery Address

2525 West End Avenue, Suite 1100

Nashville

Tennessee

37203

JohnsonKayla

Bill Dupont: 25 years with Vanderbilt MPH

Peg Duthie, senior program manager

November 18, 2022

During Reunion Weekend, on October 7, 2022, Vanderbilt's Master of Public Health program celebrated its 25th anniversary. Professor William Dupont was recognized for his 25 years of outstanding teaching in the program. (Earlier this year, Dr. Dupont's 45 years at the university were also highlighted.) Department members Yu Shyr and Yuwei Zhu were recipients of 10-Year Teaching Awards.