Education
Ohio State University, 1996, PhD (Biostatistics)
Ohio State University, 1993, MS (Applied Statistics)
University of Iowa, 1990, MA (Economics)
Nankai University, 1983, BS (Mathematics)
Research Interests
- Development of genetic statistical methodologies, including phylogenetic tree reconstruction from genetic sequences
- Association of genetic markers with diseases
- Prediction of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles from other polymorphisms such as single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)
- Host genetics association with human immunity, especially immune-related diseases such as HIV infection and progression
Current Projects
- Statistics for HIV Vaccine Trials Network studies (HVTN087 and HVTN090 phase 1 trials and killer immunoglobulin-like receptor [KIR]/HLA ancillary study of phase IIb STEP trial)
- Statistics for RV152, an evaluation of volunteers who became infected with HIV during participation in the RV144 HIV vaccine trials (US Military HIV Research Program [MHRP])
- Statistics for non-human primate model (NHP) T-cell ELISpot assays (Collaboration for Aids Vaccine Discovery [CAVD])