CURRICULUM VITAE
Kai Yang PhD
Kai Yang PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Data Science Institute
Department of Data Science Institute
OFFICE ADDRESS: |
8701 Watertown Plank Road |
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, Data Science Institute, 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 |
10/2022 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 |
07/2022 - Present Journal of Applied Statistics |
11/2023 - Present Statistical Papers |
01/2024 - Present Quality Technology and Quantitative Management |
03/2024 - Present IISE Transactions |
04/2024 - Present Quality and Reliability Engineering International |
07/2024 - Present Journal of Quality Technology |
02/2025 - Present Journal of Alzheimer's Disease |
06/2025 - Present Biomedicines |
07/2025 - Present Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease |
07/2025 - Present Algorithms |
07/2025 - Present Life |
08/2025 - Present Technometrics |
08/2025 - Present Health and Place |
08/2025 - Present Journal of Clinical Medicine |
02/2026 - Present Spatial Statistics |
08/2026 - Present Scientific Reports |
LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
07/2022 - 06/2023 Vice President, Wisconsin Chapter, American Statistical Association |
07/2023 - 06/2024 President, Wisconsin Chapter, American Statistical Association |
01/2024 - 05/2024 Member, AHW Grant Review Panel, Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin |
NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
03/2022 - Present Member, ICSA Student Paper Competition Committee, International Chinese Statistical Association |
09/2023 - Present Member, Radiation Oncology In-Training Exam Committee, American College of Radiologists |
01/2024 - Present Member, ICSA Award Committee, International Chinese Statistical Association |
03/2024 - Present Member, IISE QCRE Paper Award Committee, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers |
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INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
International |
Kai Yang, Peihua Qiu, Online Sequential Monitoring of Spatio-Temporal Disease Incidence Rates, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 11/02/2020 |
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 |
Kai Yang, A Multiscale Spatio-Temporal Data Monitoring Framework
for Prospective Infectious Disease Surveillance, ICSA China Conference, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, 06/27/2026 - 06/29/2026 |
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 |
Kai Yang, Design Variable Sampling Control Charts Using Covariate Information, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 10/15/2023 - 10/18/2023 |
Kai Yang, Reduced-Rank Cox Models for High-Dimensional Multi-Response Survival Data with Hidden Confounders, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 10/20/2024 - 10/23/2024 |
Kai Yang, Multiscale spatio-temporal change-point detection with outliers, IEEE CASE 2025, Los Angeles, CA, 08/17/2025 - 08/21/2025 |
Kai Yang, Multiscale Spatio-Temporal Data Monitoring Using Forward
Elimination and Scale Information Criterion, International Workshop in Sequential Methodologies, Washington, DC, 06/01/2026 - 06/04/2026 |
PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
COMMITTEE SERVICE: |
Medical College of Wisconsin |
09/2021 - 06/2023 Member, Website Committee, Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin |
09/2021 - 06/2023 Member, Computer Committee, Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin |
01/2022 - 06/2025 Member, Student Admission Committee, Division of Biostatistics, Data Science Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin |
03/2022 - Present Member, Faculty Recruitment Committee, Division of Biostatistics, Data Science Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin |
06/2022 - Present Member, PhD Preliminary Exam Committee, Division of Biostatistics, Data Science Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin |
07/2023 - 06/2025 Member, Seminar Committee, Division of Biostatistics, Data Science Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin |
07/01/2025 - Present Member, Graduate Studies Course Evaluation Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin |
08/2025 - 10/2025 Member, Biostatistician Recruitment Committee, Division of Biostatistics, Data Science Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin |
08/2025 - Present Chair, Library Committee, Division of Biostatistics, Data Science Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin |
MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES: |
Graduate Student Education |
01/2022 - 05/2022 BIOS 04232 Statistical Models and Methods II |
05/2022 - Present BIOS 04295 Reading and Research |
01/2023 - 05/2023 BIOS 04365 Linear Models I |
01/2024 - 05/2024 BIOS 04232 Statistical Models and Methods II |
08/2024 - 12/2024 BIOS 04231 Statistical Models and Methods I |
08/2025 - 12/2025 BIOS 04224 Biostatistical Computing |
EXTRAMURAL STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS, AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED: |
Graduate Students |
PhD Committees |
05/2022 - 05/2025 Chima Anyanwu, Public and Community Health Program, Medical College of Wisconsin |
PhD Students Advised |
01/2023 - Present Haoran Teng, Biostatistics Program, Medical College of Wisconsin |
Committees |
04/2024 - 05/2025 Kersten Hammond Reich, Doctor of Public Health (DrPH), Medical College of Wisconsin |
MD/PhD Students (dual degree/MSTP) |
01/2024 - 05/2025 Shana Terai Lara, PhD Dissertation Committee, Public and Community Health Program, Medical College of Wisconsin |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers |
1. Yang K, Qiu P. Spatiotemporal incidence rate data analysis by nonparametric regression. Stat Med. 2018 Jun 15;37(13):2094-2107. |
2. 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. |
3. Yang K, Qiu P. Nonparametric estimation of the spatio-temporal covariance structure. Stat Med. 2019 Oct 15;38(23):4555-4565. |
4. Kirkpatrick AF, Saghafi A, Yang K, Qiu P, Alexander J, Bavry E, Schwartzman R. Optimizing the Treatment of CRPS with Ketamine. The Clinical Journal of Pain, 2020; 36: 516-523. |
5. 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 |
6. 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. Evaluation of European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 0/1-hour algorithm in the diagnosis of 90-day major adverse cardiovascular events: a multicenter United States cohort study. European Heart Journal. 2020; 41: ehaa946.1671. |
7. Yang K, Qiu P. Online sequential monitoring of spatio-temporal disease incidence rates. IISE Transactions. 1 November 2020;52(11):1218-1233. |
8. 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. |
9. Yang K, Qiu P. Adaptive Process Monitoring Using Covariate Information. Technometrics. 2021;63(3):313-328. |
10. Qiu P, Yang K. Effective disease surveillance by using covariate information. Stat Med. 2021 Nov 20;40(26):5725-5745. |
11. 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. |
12. 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 |
13. 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. |
14. Yang K, Qiu P. Design variable-sampling control charts using covariate information. IISE Transactions. 2022;54(5):505-519. |
15. Qiu P, Yang K. Spatio-temporal process monitoring using exponentially weighted spatial LASSO. Journal of Quality Technology. 2023;55(2):163-180. |
16. Yang K, Qiu P. SpTe2M: An R package for nonparametric modeling and monitoring of spatiotemporal data Journal of Quality Technology. 2024;56(2):140-156. |
17. Patel M, Liu XC, Tassone C, Escott B, Yang K, Thometz J. Correlation of transverse rotation of the spine using surface topography and 3D reconstructive radiography in children with idiopathic scoliosis. Spine Deform. 2024 Jul;12(4):1001-1008. |
18. Patel M, Liu XC, Yang K, Tassone C, Escott B, Thometz J. 3D Back Contour Metrics in Predicting Idiopathic Scoliosis Progression: Retrospective Cohort Analysis, Case Series Report and Proof of Concept. Children (Basel). 2024 Jan 26;11(2). PMCID: PMC10886742 |
19. Konop KA, Fritz JM, Graf A, Celin MR, Kruger KM, Radmanovic K, Krzak J, Yang K, Teng BQ, Smith P, Harris GF. Ankle push-off metrics and electromyography during gait in children with mild to moderate osteogenesis imperfecta. Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation. April 2024;60(1):41-56. |
20. Kosuru R, Romito O, Sharma GP, Ferraresso F, Ghadrdoost Nakhchi B, Yang K, Mammoto T, Mammoto A, Kastrup CJ, Zhang DX, Goldspink PH, Trebak M, Chrzanowska M. Rap1A Modulates Store-Operated Calcium Entry in the Lung Endothelium: A Novel Mechanism Controlling NFAT-Mediated Vascular Inflammation and Permeability. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2024 Nov;44(11):2271-2287. PMCID: PMC11495542 |
21. Ahrens A, Chunara F, Yang K, Davis CS. The impact of socioeconomic disadvantage on trauma surgery outcomes following intentional or unintentional injury. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2024 November 11.
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22. Adams AJ, Dyer M, Kugler NW, Yang K, Hieb RA, Rossi P. Safety of plug-mediated vascular closure for prosthetic arterial graft puncture. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2024; 79: e303. |
23. Yang K. Statistical methods for dynamic disease screening and spatio-temporal disease surveillance. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A. 2025. |
24. Nerenz RD, Hooshmand SI, Jackowiak E, Shirilla D, Yang Y, Yang K, Obeidat AZ. Clinical decision support improves autoimmune/paraneoplastic antibody panel utilization. Am J Clin Pathol. 2025 Jan 28;163(1):109-120. |
25. Roge SA, Valiquette AM, Teng BQ, Yang K, Grindel SI. Revision rotator cuff repair versus primary repair: an assessment of longitudinal outcomes in revision rotator cuff repair. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2025 Mar;34(3):860-868. |
26. Schmidt N, Thiessen A, Selthafner M, Yang K, Liu XC. Surface topography based RCS. Eur Spine J. 2025 Oct;34(10):4776-4777. |
27. White CJK, Kodra JD, Bollepalli H, Yang K, Van Valin SE, Liu XC. The Seasonal Incidence of Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Children (Basel). 2025 May 31;12(6). PMCID: PMC12190929 |
28. Radmanovic K, McDonald M, LeSueur J, Canales B, Yang K, Smith P, Harris G, Fritz JM. Anisotropic mechanical properties of pediatric osteogenesis imperfecta bone in three-point bending between disease phenotypes and controls. J Biomech. 2025 Oct;191:112911. PMCID: PMC12560462 |
29. Seadler MS, Turner H, Hayssen WG, Mantz-Wichman M, Yang K, Conrardy R, Allen K, de Moya M, Carver T. The effect of both tube diameter and irrigation volume on retained HEMOTHORAX after thoracic irrigation in swine. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 Nov 01;99(5):703-708. |
30. Schmidt N, Thiessen A, Selthafner M, Yang K, Liu XC. Correction: Answer to the Letter to the Editor of M. Cao, et al. concerning "Can surface topography reliably determine the Rigo classification system?" by N. Schmidt, et al. (Eur Spine J [2025]: doi:10.1007/s00586-024-08611-0). Eur Spine J. 2026 Mar;35(3):1344. |
31. Punyamurthy N, Tsafack UK, Yang K, Wanat KA. Improving access to dermatologic care through an automated scheduling system. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2026 Feb;94(2):623-624. |
32. Suh S, Yang K, Chunara F, Obeid N, Varban O, Noria S, Petrick A, Mahan M, Edwards M, Kindel T. Safety of Same-Day Discharge after Sleeve Gastrectomy in Adults 65 Years and Older. J Am Coll Surg. 2026 Feb 01;242(2):457-465. |
33. Anyanwu C, Yang K, Bonne V, Kalkbrenner AE, Kostelac C, Beyer KMM. Geographic access to lung cancer screening and environmental lung cancer risk factors in the contiguous United States. Health Place. 2026 Jan;97:103588. |
34. Schmidt N, Johnson G, Nencka A, Muftuler T, Thiessen A, Yang K, Liu XC. Automated Rigo Classification: An Innovative Artificial Intelligence System. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2026 Jun 15;337:96-100. |
35. Herman A, Escott B, Yang K, Chunara F, Liu XC. Non-Radiographic and Radiographic Predictors of Cobb Angle Progression in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2026 Jun 15;337:101-105. |
36. Rodriguez S, Mickelson EJ, Decker MM, Neilson JC, Conrardy RD, Yang K, Wiese D, Nettrour JF. Age and Racial Disparities in Manipulation Rates Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: An 11-Year Review. J Knee Surg. 2026 Jun 18. |
37. Beyer KMM, Xu W, Zhou Y, Yang K, Madrigano J, Chandra A. The environmental racism index: Estimating the strength of association among environmental risk/benefit, mortgage lending disinvestment, and racial/ethnic density across US geographies. Soc Sci Med. 2026 Oct;407:119699. |
38. Hynes AM, Westein RJ, Turner TJ, Conrardy RD, Yang K, Boyle KA, Levin JH, de Moya MA. Fresh frozen plasma-first approach is independently associated with improved survival in severely injured patients undergoing massive transfusion. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2026 Oct 01;101(4):610-618. |
39. Hollar E, Conrardy R, Yang K, Carver T. Determining reintubation risk factors and effects on outcomes in the surgical ICU. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, in press. |
40. Simovic T, Jaramillo-Torres M, Butak WJ, O'Connell EM, Senthilkumar G, Teng H, Yang K, Durand MJ, Freed JK. Effect of diet-induced plasma ceramide on human In vivo microvascular endothelial function. American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology, in press. |
41. Norton NB, Han MM, Rein L, Yang K, Linzer CR, Estill MC, Lukwaro M, Dennis M, Mmbaga G, Mcharo JJ, Humphrey SR, Juma O, Wanat KA. Quality of life of patients with dermatologic disease in Bagamoyo, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology International, in press. |
42. Yang K, Qiu P. Multiscale spatio-temporal data monitoring using forward elimination and scale information criterion. Journal of the American Statistical Association (Theory and Methods), in press. |
Books, Chapters, and Reviews |
1. 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. |
2. 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. |
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. |
