CURRICULUM VITAE
Yan Gao PhD
Yan Gao 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 |
EDUCATION: |
09/2001 - 06/2006 B.MedSc., Public Health Administration, Harbin Medical University, China |
09/2006 - 06/2009 M.Sc., Social Medicine, Fudan University, China |
08/2014 - 05/2016 M.Sc., Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), USA |
08/2016 - 08/2021 Ph.D., Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), USA |
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS: |
07/2009 - 06/2011 Biostatistician (Full-time job), MacroStat Clinical Research Co., Shanghai, China |
07/2011 - 08/2014 Senior Statistical Programmer (Full-time job), Novartis Pharma Ltd., Shanghai, China |
09/2012 - 11/2012 Senior Statistical Programmer (Job-rotation), Novartis Pharma K.K., Tokyo, Japan |
06/2017 - 08/2017 Summer Statistical Intern, Advanced Analytics Team, AbbVie Inc., Lake Bluff, IL, USA |
08/2017 - 05/2018 Statistical Extern (UIC Fellowship), Clinical Statistics, AbbVie Inc., Lake Bluff, IL, USA |
06/2018 - 08/2018 Summer Statistical Intern, Clinical Statistics, AbbVie Inc., Lake Bluff, IL, USA |
08/2018 - 05/2019 Statistical Extern (UIC Fellowship), Exploratory Statistics, AbbVie Inc., Lake Bluff, IL, USA |
05/2019 - 08/2019 ORISE Biostatistical Research Fellow, Office of Biostatistics, CDER, FDA, Silver Spring, MD, USA |
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: |
09/2021 - Present Assistant Professor,, Division of Biostatistics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
AWARDS AND HONORS: |
10/2018 Honorable Mention Award at Student Poster Competition, NIC-ASA and ICSA Midwest Joint Fall Meeting |
09/2019 Travel Award in School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago |
10/2019 Student Presenter Award in Graduate College, University of Illinois at Chicago |
11/2019 Travel Award in Graduate Student Council, University of Illinois at Chicago |
05/2020 The Biopharmaceutical Student Scholarship Award, American Statistical Association |
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: |
12/2016 - Present Institute of Mathematical Statistics (Member) |
01/2020 - Present American Statistical Association (Member) |
11/2020 - Present International Chinese Statistical Association (Member) |
12/2022 - Present Society for Clinical Trials (Member) |
12/2022 - Present International Society for Bayesian Analysis (Member) |
EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS: |
Journal Review |
05/2022 - Present Transplantation and Cellular Therapy |
06/2022 - Present Lifetime Data Analysis |
03/2023 - Present Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology |
LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
05/2022 - Present Member, Cancer Center Scientific Review Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin |
06/2022 - Present Member, PhD Preliminary Exam Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin |
10/2022 - Present Chair, Statistical Inference Course Development Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin |
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INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
Local |
Yan Gao, Rodney A. Sparapan, Sanjib Basu, Bayesian Arc Model and Its Application to
HIV/AIDS Clinical Trial, Hematology & Oncology Monthly Research Meeting, Medical College of Wisconsin, 10/19/2022 |
International |
Yan Gao (Collaboration with Drs. Rodney Sparapani and Sergey Tarima), Accelerated Fitting of Joint Models with Cumulative Variation, Eastern Asia Chapter of International Society for Bayesian Analysis, Qingdao University / Virtual, 06/23/2023 - 06/25/2023 |
PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
Local |
Yan Gao, Pooling clinical data: key points and pitfalls, PhUSE Single Day Event, Shanghai, 2013 |
Yan Gao, Optimal dose selection in dose-finding clinical trials, AbbVie Statistical Seminar, Lake Bluff, 04/2018 |
Yan Gao, Impact of probability of receiving placebo on clinical outcomes in Crohn's disease, AbbVie Statistical Seminar, Lake Bluff, 08/2018 |
Yan Gao, Resampling-based multiple testing procedures with applications to clinical trial data, Presentation Day at Office of Biostatistics in FDA, Silver Spring, 08/2019 |
National |
Yan Gao, Integrative analysis and visualization of cancer genomic data in Cloud, R/Medicine Conference, Boston, 09/2019 |
International |
Yan Gao;Sanjib Basu;Cheng Ouyang, Bayesian Lag Joint Model (BLJM) for time-to-event data with exposure-lag-response association, Joint Statistical Meetings, Virtual Conference, 08/2020 |
Yan Gao, Sanjib Basu, Transformation into Next-Generation Risk Management Through Bayesian Lag Joint Model, 2022 Joint Statistical Meetings, Washington DC, 08/2022 |
COMMITTEE SERVICE: |
Medical College of Wisconsin |
08/06/2022 - 08/11/2022 Member, JSM Faculty Candidate Screening Committee, Division of Biostatistics, Medical College of Wisconsin |
03/01/2023 - Present Mentor, MCW Staff Mentorship Steering Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin |
MEDICAL COLLEGE TEACHING ACTIVITIES: |
Graduate Student Education |
09/2006 - 01/2007 Statistical Analysis Using SAS, Fudan University, China |
02/2007 - 06/2007 Multivariate Statistics in Medicine, Fudan University, China |
05/2014 - 07/2014 SAS Lecture Series in Clinical Trials, East China Normal University, China |
08/2014 - 12/2014 Biostatistics I, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA |
01/2015 - 05/2015 Biostatistics I, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA |
08/2015 - 12/2015 Biostatistics I, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA |
08/2016 - 12/2016 Longitudinal Data Analysis, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA |
01/2017 - 05/2017 Design of Clinical Trials, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA |
08/2019 - 12/2019 Logistic Regression and Survival Analysis, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA |
09/2022 - 12/2022 Statistical Models and Methods I, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA |
01/2023 - 05/2023 Introduction to Bayesian Analysis, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers |
1. Martens M, Gao Y and Szabo A. (2023). Designing and conducting a clinical trial in blood and marrow transplantation. Best Practice Research Clinical Haematology 36(2), 101471. |
2. Zhao R, Lv J, Gao Y, Li Y, Shi H, Zhang J, Wu J, Wang L. Association between Family Environment and Adolescents' Sexual Adaptability: Based on the Latent Profile Analysis of Personality Traits. Children (Basel) 2023 Jan 19;10(2) |
3. Gao Y, Sparapani RA, Basu S (2022). Bayesian Arc Length Survival Analysis Model (BALSAM): Theory and Application to an HIV/AIDS Clinical Trial. https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2212.06353 |
4. Keszler, A., Lindemer, B., Broeckel, G., Weihrauch, D., Gao, Y., & Lohr, N. L. (2022). In Vivo Characterization of a Red Light-Activated Vasodilation: A Photobiomodulation Study. Frontiers in Physiology, 792. |
5. He, J., Li, F., Gao, Y., & Rothmann, M. (2021). Resampling‐based stepwise multiple testing procedures with applications to clinical trial data. Pharmaceutical Statistics, 20(2), 297-313. |
6. Darwish, D. Y., Patel, S. N., Gao, Y., et al. (2019). Diagnostic accuracy and reliability of retinal pathology using the Forus 3nethra fundus camera compared to ultra wide-field imaging. Eye, 856-857. |
7. Lobo, A. M., Gao, Y., Rusie, L., et al. (2018). Association between eye diagnosis and positive syphilis test results in a large, urban sexually transmitted infection/primary care clinic population. International journal of STD & AIDS, 357-361. |
8. Eldeirawi, K., Kunzweiler, C., Rosenberg, N., Riley, B., Gao, Y., et al. (2016). Association of neighborhood crime with asthma and asthma morbidity among Mexican American children in Chicago, Illinois. Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology, 502-507. |
9. Klemetti, R., Che, X., Gao, Y., et al. (2010). Cesarean section delivery among primiparous women in rural China: an emerging epidemic. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 65.e1-65.e656. |
10. Gao, Y., Wu, Z., Li, N. (2010). Needs assessment and its application in program evaluation for public health, Chinese Health Service Management, 2 |
11. Gao, Y., Wu, Z., Li, C. (2010). Identification of problems in process evaluation for public health, Chinese Health Service Management, 2 |
12. Gao, Y., Wu, Z., Shi, H. (2007). Impact of Health VIII Project on maternal health service utilization, Chinese Primary Health Care, 12 |
Books, Chapters, and Reviews |
1. Wu, Z., Li, N., Gao, Y., et al., Medicine in public health, Fudan University Press, 2012. |