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Kai Yang PhD

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Assistant Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Data Science Institute

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Research Areas of Interest

  • Statistical Process Control
  • Spatial Epidemiology
  • Spatio-Temporal Modeling
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Longitudinal Data Analysis
  • Image Processing

    • Publications (34)

  • Fresh frozen plasma-first approach is independently associated with improved survival in severely injured patients undergoing massive transfusion. (Hynes AM, Westein RJ, Turner TJ, Conrardy RD, Yang K, Boyle KA, Levin JH, de Moya MA) Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 05/15/2026    
  • Geographic access to lung cancer screening and environmental lung cancer risk factors in the contiguous United States. (Anyanwu C, Yang K, Bonne V, Kalkbrenner AE, Kostelac C, Beyer KMM) Health Place 2026 Jan;97:103588 PMID: 41313940 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105028659320 11/29/2025    
  • 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). (Schmidt N, Thiessen A, Selthafner M, Yang K, Liu XC) Eur Spine J 2026 Mar;35(3):1344 PMID: 41186725 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105021338799 11/04/2025    
  • Improving access to dermatologic care through an automated scheduling system. (Punyamurthy N, Tsafack UK, Yang K, Wanat KA) J Am Acad Dermatol 2026 Feb;94(2):623-624 PMID: 41061977 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105024974822 10/09/2025    
  • Safety of Same-Day Discharge after Sleeve Gastrectomy in Adults 65 Years and Older. (Suh S, Yang K, Chunara F, Obeid N, Varban O, Noria S, Petrick A, Mahan M, Edwards M, Kindel T) J Am Coll Surg 2026 Feb 01;242(2):457-465 PMID: 40956055 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105027541854 09/16/2025       1 Citation
  • Anisotropic mechanical properties of pediatric osteogenesis imperfecta bone in three-point bending between disease phenotypes and controls. (Radmanovic K, McDonald M, LeSueur J, Canales B, Yang K, Smith P, Harris G, Fritz JM) J Biomech 2025 Oct;191:112911 PMID: 40834762 PMCID: PMC12560462 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105013590004 08/21/2025    
  • The effect of both tube diameter and irrigation volume on retained HEMOTHORAX after thoracic irrigation in swine. (Seadler MS, Turner H, Hayssen WG, Mantz-Wichman M, Yang K, Conrardy R, Allen K, de Moya M, Carver T) J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2025 Nov 01;99(5):703-708 PMID: 40712063 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105011680855 07/25/2025    
  • The Seasonal Incidence of Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. (White CJK, Kodra JD, Bollepalli H, Yang K, Van Valin SE, Liu XC) Children (Basel) 2025 May 31;12(6) PMID: 40564687 PMCID: PMC12190929 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105009280825 06/26/2025       1 Citation
  • Surface topography based RCS. (Schmidt N, Thiessen A, Selthafner M, Yang K, Liu XC) Eur Spine J 2025 Oct;34(10):4776-4777 PMID: 40471338 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105007714165 06/05/2025    
  • Statistical methods for dynamic disease screening and spatio-temporal disease surveillance. (Yang K) Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A 12/01/2024    
  • The impact of socioeconomic disadvantage on trauma surgery outcomes following intentional or unintentional injury. (Ahrens A, Chunara F, Yang K, Davis CS) Journal of the American College of Surgeons 11/01/2024    
  • Rap1A Modulates Store-Operated Calcium Entry in the Lung Endothelium: A Novel Mechanism Controlling NFAT-Mediated Vascular Inflammation and Permeability. (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) Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2024 Nov;44(11):2271-2287 PMID: 39324266 PMCID: PMC11495542 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85206451357 09/26/2024       11 Citations
  • Clinical decision support improves autoimmune/paraneoplastic antibody panel utilization. (Nerenz RD, Hooshmand SI, Jackowiak E, Shirilla D, Yang Y, Yang K, Obeidat AZ) Am J Clin Pathol 2025 Jan 28;163(1):109-120 PMID: 39255415 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85217064358 09/10/2024    
  • Revision rotator cuff repair versus primary repair: an assessment of longitudinal outcomes in revision rotator cuff repair. (Roge SA, Valiquette AM, Teng BQ, Yang K, Grindel SI) J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2025 Mar;34(3):860-868 PMID: 38960138 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85203805944 07/04/2024       2 Citations
  • ANKLE PUSH-OFF METRICS AND ELECTROMYOGRAPHY DURING GAIT IN CHILDREN WITH MILD TO MODERATE OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA (Konop KA, Fritz JM, Graf A, Celin MR, Kruger KM, Radmanovic K, Krzak J, Yang K, Teng BQ, Smith P, Harris GF) Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation April 2024;60(1):41-56 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85216493154 04/01/2024    
  • Correlation of transverse rotation of the spine using surface topography and 3D reconstructive radiography in children with idiopathic scoliosis. (Patel M, Liu XC, Tassone C, Escott B, Yang K, Thometz J) Spine Deform 2024 Jul;12(4):1001-1008 PMID: 38403800 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85185949083 02/26/2024       1 Citation
  • 3D Back Contour Metrics in Predicting Idiopathic Scoliosis Progression: Retrospective Cohort Analysis, Case Series Report and Proof of Concept. (Patel M, Liu XC, Yang K, Tassone C, Escott B, Thometz J) Children (Basel) 2024 Jan 26;11(2) PMID: 38397270 PMCID: PMC10886742 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85185907340 02/24/2024       5 Citations
  • SpTe2M: An R package for nonparametric modeling and monitoring of spatiotemporal data (Yang K, Qiu P) Journal of Quality Technology 2024;56(2):140-156 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85178180323 01/01/2024       2 Citations
  • Spatio-temporal process monitoring using exponentially weighted spatial LASSO (Qiu P, Yang K) Journal of Quality Technology 2023;55(2):163-180 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85131423825 01/01/2023       16 Citations
  • Exploring the relationship between DNA methylation age measures and psychoneurological symptoms in women with early-stage breast cancer. (Yang GS, Yang K, Weaver MT, Lynch Kelly D, Dorsey SG, Jackson-Cook CK, Lyon DE) Support Care Cancer 2022 Dec 20;31(1):65 PMID: 36538110 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85144301834 12/21/2022       14 Citations
  • Intergrader agreement of foveal cone topography measured using adaptive optics scanning light ophthalmoscopy. (Wynne N, Cava JA, Gaffney M, Heitkotter H, Scheidt A, Reiniger JL, Grieshop J, Yang K, Harmening WM, Cooper RF, Carroll J) Biomed Opt Express 2022 Aug 01;13(8):4445-4454 PMID: 36032569 PMCID: PMC9408252 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85135397395 08/30/2022       11 Citations
  • A three-step local smoothing approach for estimating the mean and covariance functions of spatio-temporal Data (Yang K, Qiu P) Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics February 2022;74(1):49-68 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85103061571 02/01/2022       3 Citations
  • Design variable-sampling control charts using covariate information (Yang K, Qiu P) Iise Transactions 2022;54(5):505-519 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85104748290 01/01/2022       3 Citations
  • 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". (Allen BR, Christenson RH, Cohen SA, Weaver MT, Yang K, Mahler SA) Circulation 2021 Nov 09;144(19):e285-e286 PMID: 34748395 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85121597662 11/09/2021    
  • Effective disease surveillance by using covariate information. (Qiu P, Yang K) Stat Med 2021 Nov 20;40(26):5725-5745 PMID: 34636435 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85111484363 10/13/2021       5 Citations
  • Diagnostic Performance of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T Strategies and Clinical Variables in a Multisite US Cohort. (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) Circulation 2021 Apr 27;143(17):1659-1672 PMID: 33474976 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85104957737 01/22/2021       66 Citations
  • Adaptive Process Monitoring Using Covariate Information (Yang K, Qiu P) Technometrics 2021;63(3):313-328 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85087775505 01/01/2021       14 Citations
  • 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. (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) European Heart Journal 11/25/2020    
  • Online sequential monitoring of spatio-temporal disease incidence rates (Yang K, Qiu P) Iise Transactions 1 November 2020;52(11):1218-1233 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85077904497 11/01/2020       22 Citations
  • Disparities in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma-The Significance of Hispanic Ethnicity, Subgroup Analysis, and Treatment Facility on Clinical Outcomes. (Riner AN, Underwood PW, Yang K, Herremans KM, Cameron ME, Chamala S, Qiu P, George TJ, Permuth JB, Merchant NB, Trevino JG) Cancer Med 2020 Jun;9(12):4069-4082 PMID: 32285629 PMCID: PMC7300394 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85083300267 04/15/2020       20 Citations
  • Nonparametric estimation of the spatio-temporal covariance structure. (Yang K, Qiu P) Stat Med 2019 Oct 15;38(23):4555-4565 PMID: 31297847 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85068766006 07/13/2019       11 Citations
  • Objective Preoperative Parameters Predict Difficult Pelvic Dissections and Clinical Outcomes. (Iqbal A, Khan A, George TJ, Tan S, Qiu P, Yang K, Trevino J, Hughes S) J Surg Res 2018 Dec;232:15-25 PMID: 30463711 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85049323700 11/23/2018       14 Citations
  • Spatiotemporal incidence rate data analysis by nonparametric regression. (Yang K, Qiu P) Stat Med 2018 Jun 15;37(13):2094-2107 PMID: 29468775 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85042231736 02/23/2018       12 Citations
  • Discussion of ‘Post selection shrinkage estimation for high-dimensional data analysis’ (Qiu P, Yang K, You L) Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry 1 March 2017;33(2):123-125 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85017286074 03/01/2017    
    • Last update: 06/10/2026