CURRICULUM VITAE
Kai Yang PhD
Kai Yang PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Institute for Health and Equity
Division of Biostatistics
Department of Institute for Health and Equity
Division of Biostatistics
OFFICE ADDRESS: |
Medical Education Building |
8701 Watertown Plank Rd |
Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
Email: kayang@mcw.edu |
EDUCATION: |
08/2012 - 06/2016 BS, Department of Mathematics, Nanjing University, China |
08/2016 - 08/2019 MS, Department of Biostatistics, University of Florida, FL |
08/2016 - 08/2021 PhD, Department of Biostatistics, University of Florida, FL |
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: |
08/2021 - Present Assistant Professor, Institute for Health and Equity, Division of Biostatistics, The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
AWARDS AND HONORS: |
05/2014 Jingchu Scholarship, Nanjing University |
05/2015 First Prize of the People's Scholarship, Nanjing University |
03/2018 Student Travel Award, Department of Biostatistics, University of Florida |
05/2018 Outstanding Dissertation Research Award, University of Florida |
05/2018 Best Student Paper Award, International Indian Statistical Association |
08/2018 Young Investigator Award, American Statistical Association |
05/2019 Student Travel Award, IMS/ASA Spring Research Conference |
05/2019 Student Travel Award, Midwest Biopharmaceutical Statistics Workshop |
07/2020 Outstanding Dissertation Research Award, University of Florida |
03/2022 PHHP Outstanding Young Alumni Award, University of Florida |
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: |
06/2017 - Present American Statistical Association |
06/2017 - Present International Biometric Society |
03/2018 - Present International Chinese Statistical Association |
08/2018 - Present American Association for the Advancement of Science |
03/2019 - Present Institute of Mathematical Statistics |
03/2019 - Present Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences |
EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS: |
Journal Review |
02/2019 - Present IEEE Access |
03/2020 - Present International Journal of Production Research |
11/2020 - Present Statistics in Medicine |
05/2021 - Present BioData Mining |
08/2021 - Present Global Epidemiology |
01/2022 - Present BMJ Open |
07/21/2022 - Present Journal of Applied Statistics |
NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
03/2022 - Present Member, ICSA Student Paper Competition Committee, ICSA |
RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS/CONTRACTS/PROJECTS: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
National |
Kai Yang, Peihua Qiu, Online Sequential Monitoring of Spatio-Temporal Disease Incidence Rates, IISA Conference on Statistics, Gainesville, FL, 05/17/2018 - 05/20/2018 |
Kai Yang, Peihua Qiu, Online Sequential Monitoring of Spatio-Temporal Disease Incidence Rates, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 10/20/2019 - 10/23/2019 |
Peihua Qiu, Kai Yang, Spatio-Temporal Disease Surveillance by Using Covariate Information, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Virtual, 11/08/2020 - 11/11/2020 |
Peihua Qiu, Kai Yang, Spatio-Temporal Disease Surveillance by Using Covariate Information, WNAR Annual Meeting, Virtual, 06/13/2021 - 06/16/2021 |
Kai Yang, Peihua Qiu, Design Variable Sampling Control Charts Using Covariate Information, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, 10/24/2021 - 10/27/2021 |
Kai Yang, Peihua Qiu, Adaptive Process Monitoring Using Covariate Information, ICSA Applied Statistics Symposium, Gainesville, FL, 06/19/2022 - 06/22/2022 |
Peihua Qiu, Kai Yang, Spatio-Temporal Process Monitoring Using Exponentially Weighted Spatial LASSO, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, 10/16/2022 - 10/19/2022 |
International |
Kai Yang, Peihua Qiu, Online Sequential Monitoring of Spatio-Temporal Disease Incidence Rates, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 11/02/2020 - 11/02/2022 |
Kai Yang, Peihua Qiu, Design Variable-Sampling Control Charts Using Covariate Information, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, 06/29/2021 |
Peihua Qiu, Kai Yang, Effective Disease Surveillance by Using Covariate Information, IISA Conference on Statistics, Bangalore, India, 12/26/2022 - 12/30/2022 |
PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
Local |
Kai Yang, Peihua Qiu, Spatio-Temporal Incidence Rate Data Analysis by Using Nonparametric Regression, UF Biostatistics Workshop, Gainesville, FL, 04/07/2017 - 04/08/2017 |
Kai Yang, Peihua Qiu, Online Sequential Monitoring of Spatio-Temporal Disease Incidence Rates, UF Statistics Winter Workshop, Gainesville, FL, 01/19/2018 - 01/20/2018 |
Kai Yang, Peihua Qiu, Nonparametric Modeling of Spatio-Temporal Disease Incidence Rate Data, UF Emerging Pathogens Institute Research Day, Gainesville, FL, 02/12/2019 |
Regional |
Kai Yang, Peihua Qiu, Effective Statistical Process Control by Using Covariate Information, ASA Florida Chapter Meeting, Orlando, FL, 02/08/2019 - 02/09/2019 |
National |
Kai Yang, Peihua Qiu, Online Sequential Monitoring of Spatio-Temporal Disease Incidence Rates, ENAR Spring Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 03/25/2018 - 03/28/2018 |
Kai Yang, Peihua Qiu, Online Sequential Monitoring of Spatio-Temporal Disease Incidence Rates, Midwest Biopharmaceutical Statistics Workshop, Indianapolis, IN, 05/20/2019 - 05/22/2019 |
Kai Yang, Peihua Qiu, Online Sequential Monitoring of Spatio-Temporal Disease Incidence Rates, IMS/ASA Spring Research Conference, Blacksburg, VA, 05/22/2019 - 05/24/2019 |
Kai Yang, Peihua Qiu, Adaptive Process Monitoring Using Covariate Information, Joint Statistical Meeting, Washington, DC, 08/06/2022 - 08/11/2022 |
International |
Kai Yang, Peihua Qiu, Online Sequential Monitoring of Spatio-Temporal Disease Incidence Rates, Joint Statistical Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, 07/28/2018 - 08/02/2018 |
COMMITTEE SERVICE: |
Medical College of Wisconsin |
09/2021 - Present Member, Website Committee, Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin |
09/2021 - Present Member, Computer Committee, Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin |
01/2022 - 05/2022 Member, Student Admission Committee, Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin |
03/2022 - Present Member, Faculty Recruitment Committee, Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin |
MEDICAL COLLEGE TEACHING ACTIVITIES: |
Graduate Student Education |
01/2022 - 05/2022 BIOS 04232 Statistical Models and Methods II |
05/30/2022 - 12/16/2022 BIOS 04295 Reading and Research |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers |
1. Qiu P, Yang K. Spatio-temporal process monitoring using exponentially weighted
spatial LASSO. Journal of Quality Technology, 2022, in press. |
2. Yang K, Qiu P. Design variable-sampling control charts using covariate information IISE Transactions. 2022;54(5):505-519. |
3. Yang K, Qiu P. A three-step local smoothing approach for estimating the mean and covariance functions of spatio-temporal Data Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics. February 2022;74(1):49-68. |
4. Qiu P, Yang K. Effective disease surveillance by using covariate information. Stat Med. 2021 Nov 20;40(26):5725-5745. |
5. Yang K, Qiu P. Adaptive Process Monitoring Using Covariate Information Technometrics. 2021;63(3):313-328. |
6. Yang K, Qiu P. Online sequential monitoring of spatio-temporal disease incidence rates IISE Transactions. 1 November 2020;52(11):1218-1233. |
7. Yang K, Qiu P. Nonparametric estimation of the spatio-temporal covariance structure. Stat Med. 2019 Oct 15;38(23):4555-4565. |
8. Yang K, Qiu P. Spatiotemporal incidence rate data analysis by nonparametric regression. Stat Med. 2018 Jun 15;37(13):2094-2107. |
9. Allen BR, Christenson RH, Cohen SA, Nowak R, Wilkerson RG, Mumma B, Madsen T, McCord J, Huis In't Veld M, Massoomi M, Stopyra JP, Montero C, Weaver MT, Yang K, Mahler SA. Diagnostic Performance of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T Strategies and Clinical Variables in a Multisite US Cohort. Circulation. 2021 Apr 27;143(17):1659-1672. |
10. Riner AN, Underwood P, Yang K, Herremans KM, Cameron ME, Chamala S, Qiu P, George TJ, Permuth JB, Merchant NB, Trevino JG (2020). Disparities in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma-the significance of hispanic ethnicity, subgroup analysis, and treatment facility on clinical outcomes. Cancer Medicine, 9, 4069-4082. |
11. Kirkpatrick AF, Saghafi A, Yang K, Qiu P, Alexander J, Bavry E, Schwartzman R (2020). Optimizing the Treatment of CRPS with Ketamine. The Clinical Journal of Pain, 36, 516-523. |
12. Iqbal A, Khan A, George TJ, Tan S, Qiu P, Yang K, Trevino J, Hughes S. Objective Preoperative Parameters Predict Difficult Pelvic Dissections and Clinical Outcomes. J Surg Res. 2018 Dec;232:15-25. |
13. Qiu P, Yang K. Spatio-temporal process monitoring using exponentially weighted spatial LASSO Journal of Quality Technology. 2022. |
14. Riner AN, Underwood PW, Yang K, Herremans KM, Cameron ME, Chamala S, Qiu P, George TJ, Permuth JB, Merchant NB, Trevino JG. Disparities in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma-The Significance of Hispanic Ethnicity, Subgroup Analysis, and Treatment Facility on Clinical Outcomes. Cancer Med. 2020 Jun;9(12):4069-4082. PMCID: PMC7300394 |
15. Yang GS, Yang K, Weaver MT, Lynch Kelly D, Dorsey SG, Jackson-Cook CK, Lyon DE. Exploring the relationship between DNA methylation age measures and psychoneurological symptoms in women with early-stage breast cancer. Support Care Cancer. 2022 Dec 20;31(1):65. |
16. Wynne N, Cava JA, Gaffney M, Heitkotter H, Scheidt A, Reiniger JL, Grieshop J, Yang K, Harmening WM, Cooper RF, Carroll J. Intergrader agreement of foveal cone topography measured using adaptive optics scanning light ophthalmoscopy. Biomed Opt Express. 2022 Aug 01;13(8):4445-4454. PMCID: PMC9408252 |
Books, Chapters, and Reviews |
1. Yang K, Qiu P. BCEWMA: a new and effective biosurveillance system for disease
outbreak detection. In Statistical Methods for Global Health and Epidemiology (edited by
Xinguang Chen and Ding-Geng Chen), 2020, 335-352, Springer. |
2. Qiu P, Yang K, You L. Discussion of ‘Post selection shrinkage estimation for high-dimensional data analysis’ Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry. 1 March 2017;33(2):123-125. |
Editorials, Letters to Editor, Other |
1. Allen BR, Christenson RH, Cohen SA, Weaver MT, Yang K, Mahler SA. Response by Allen et al to Letter Regarding Article, "Diagnostic Performance of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T Strategies and Clinical Variables in a Multisite US Cohort". Circulation. 2021 Nov 09;144(19):e285-e286. |