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2023

Presentation at an upcoming conference!

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I will present “Double Anchoring Events-Based Sigmoidal Mixed Model for Longitudinal Memory Decline in Alzheimer’s Disease” in an invited session at WNAR 2023, Anchorage, AK, USA. This is a joint work with Professor Dandan Liu from VUMC and many other colleagues from VMAC.

New paper available online!

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Our new paper “Turning apathy into action in neurodegenerative disease: Development and pilot testing of a goal-directed behaviour app” has been accepted for publication on Neuropsychological Rehabilitation! The online version is available at link.

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Our new paper “On Several Properties of A Class of Hybrid Recursive Trees” has been accepted for publication on Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability! The online version is available at link.

Invited session at WNAR 2023!

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My invited session proposal has been accepted for WNAR 2023 in Anchorage, AK, USA from June 18 to 21, 2023. The session title is “Recent Advances in Statistical Methods for Complex Data Analysis”. There are four well established statisticians presenting their recent works in my invited session; They are Professors Jiashun Jin (CMU), Xiaojing Wang (UConn), Ronghui (Lily) Xu (UCSD) and Xiufan Yu (Notre Dame).

2022

Invited session at ICSA 2023!

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My invited session proposal has been accepted for ICSA 2023 Applied Statistics Symposium in Ann Arbor, MI, USA from June 11 to 24, 2023. The session title is “Statistical and Machine Learning Methods with Applications to Neurodegenerative Diseases”. Four outstanding statisticians and biostatisticians will present their recent research in my invited session; They are Professors Ying Ding (Pitt), Yuan Huang (Yale), Yue Xing (Purdue) and Luo Xiao (NCSU).

New paper available online!

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Our new paper “Generating directed networks with predetermined assortativity measures” has been accepted for publication on Statistics and Computing! The online version is available at link.

New paper available online!

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Our new paper “Incorporating Auxiliary Information in Betweenness Measure for Input-Output Networks” has been accepted for publication on Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications! The online version is available at link.

Invited session at ENAR 2023!

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My invited session proposal has been accepted for ENAR 2024 Spring Meeting in Baltimore, MD, USA from March 10 to 13, 2024. The session title is “Advances in Statistical Methods for Studying Neurodegenerative Diseases”. There are four internationally renowned biostatisticians who will present their recent works in my invited session; They are Professors Sharon X. Xie (Penn), Dana L. Tudorascu (Pitt), Ali Shojaie (U Washington) and Sheng Luo (Duke).

Invited session at ENAR 2023!

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My invited session proposal has been accepted for ENAR 2023 Spring Meeting in Nashville, TN, USA from March 19 to 22, 2023. The session title is “Recent Advances in Statistical Methods for Neurodegenerative Disease Research”. There are four internationally renowned biostatisticians who will present their recent works in my invited session; They are Professors Rebecca Betensky (NYU), Tanya Garcia (UNC Chapel Hill), Yuanjia Wang (Columbia) and Yongzhao Shao (NYU Langone).

Presentation at an upcoming conference!

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Our project “Appropriateness of Applying Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarker Cutoffs from Alzheimer’s Disease to Parkinson’s Disease” has been accepted for presentation at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC 2022) in San Diego, CA, USA from July 31 to August 4, 2022

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Our project “Robust Methods for Missing Covariates in Longitudinal Studies with Application to Biomarker Research in Parkinson’s Disease Dementia” has been accepted for publication and presentation at the International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders (sponsored by the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (MDS)) in Madrid, Spain from September 15 to 18, 2022.

New paper available online!

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Our new paper “Appropriateness of Applying Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarker Cutoffs from Alzheimer’s Disease to Parkinson’s Disease” has been accepted for publication on Journal of Parkinson’s Disease! The preprint is available at link.