|
EAST COAST CHAPTER OF DAHSHU
RUI (SAMMI) TANGCHAIR |
|
.jpg)
CHANGYU SHEN
VP OF SCIENTIFIC OUTREACH | Changyu Shen is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and the Statistical Director of the Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He received his PhD in Biostatistics from University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Shen has a broad spectrum of research experience in statistical methodology development including missing data, causal inference, heterogeneity of treatment effect, randomized clinical trials and OMICs. He also has extensive experience in collaborative clinical research with a focus in cardiovascular diseases. Currently, Dr. Shen’s research is focused on statistical development and applications in general clinical research, healthcare policy and regulatory science.
|
JOSEPH C. CAPPELLERIVP OF HEALTHCARE INDUSTRIAL LIAISON | Joseph C. Cappelleri earned his MS in statistics from the City University of New York, PhD in psychometrics from Cornell University, and MPH in epidemiology from Harvard University. Dr. Cappelleri is an executive director of biostatistics at Pfizer Inc and president-elect of the New England Statistical Society. He has co-authored and presented extensively on clinical and methodological topics, including on regression-discontinuity designs, meta-analysis, and health measurement scales. He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.
|
KUN CHENVP OF ACADEMIC LIAISON | Dr. Kun Chen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut (UConn), and a Research Fellow at the Center for Population Health, UConn Health Center. Chen’s research mainly focuses on multivariate statistical learning, high-dimensional statistics, and healthcare analytics with large-scale heterogeneous data. He has extensive interdisciplinary research experience in a variety of fields including insurance, ecology, biology, agriculture, medical imaging, and public health. Chen's research projects have received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Simons Foundation, and the National Science Foundation (NSF). He has received Recognition for Teaching Excellence at UConn for multiple times. Chen is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute, and a member of American Statistical Association and International Chinese Statistical Association. Chen servers as Secretary of the New England Statistical Society since its establishment in 2017. Chen received his B.Econ. in Finance and Dual B.S. in Computer Science & Technology from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2003, his M.S. in Statistics from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2007, and his PhD in Statistics from the University of Iowa in 2011. Before joining UConn, he was on the faculty of Kansas State University from 2011 to 2013.
|
JIARUI ZHANGLead of Scientific Engagement | Dr. Jiarui Zhang is currently Senior Principal Scientist in Computational Biology Group of Johnson & Johnson, Oncology TA. He is the leading computational and translational scientist for more than 20 clinical trials across multiple cancer types, including modalities for lung cancer, bladder cancer and other solid tumor targeted therapies. He is dedicated to investigating and translating novel omics findings to impact precision care for cancer patients. Before joining J&J, he was the lead data scientist for DDR cancer target discovery in Agios Pharmaceuticals. He achieved his PhD in Molecular & Translational Medicine from Boston University School of Medicine, where he leveraged computational approaches to develop genomic biomarkers for lung cancer early interception. Before coming to the US, he received his medical degree from Fudan University in Shanghai, China. |
