Experience

Education Experience

• Ph.D. in Statistics, 2014 -- 2019, University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S. (Advisor: Jun Shao)

• Exchange Student in Department of Mathematics, 2010 -- 2011, East China Normal University, China

• B.S. in Applied Mathematics, 2009 -- 2013, Shandong University at Weihai, China

Professional Experience

• Oct 2022 -- present    Senior Advisor (Research), Global Statistical Sciences, Eli Lilly and Company

• July 2019 -- Sep 2022    Research Scientist, Global Statistical Sciences, Eli Lilly and Company

• Sep 2018 -- Aug 2019    Research Assistant (Genetic Statistics), Dept. of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

• May 2018 -- Aug 2018    Statistics Research Intern, Eli Lilly and Company. 

• Mar 2017 -- June 2018    Biostatistics Consultant, Biostatistics Shared Resource (BSR), University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC).

• Sep 2016 -- May 2018    Research Assistant (Medical Statistics), Dept. of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Honors & Awards

• National Scholarship (2011 & 2012) China

• National Bronze Prize for 8th "National Challenge Cup"-Entrepreneurship Competition (2012) China

• Presidential Scholarship (2012) Shandong University, China

• Outstanding Youth (2012) Shandong University, China

External Activities

• Invited Session Co-organizer and Chair. Causal mediation analysis with high-throughput omics data. 2024 Joint Statistical Meetings. Portland, Oregon. 08/2024.

• Invited Session Organizer. Statistical innovation for data integration in clinical development. The 7th Symposium of International Society for Biopharmaceutical Statistics. Baltimore, MD. 03/2024

• Pre-selected Short Course Lecturer. Toward Better Practice of Covariate Adjustment in Analyzing Randomized Clinical Trials. 2023 ASA Biopharmaceutical section Regulatory-Industry Statistics Workshop. Rockville, MD. 09/2023.

• Parallel Session Co-Organizer and Chair. Non-linear Covariate Adjustment in Randomized Trials: General Methodology and Case Studies. 2023 ASA Biopharmaceutical section Regulatory-Industry Statistics Workshop. Rockville, MD. 09/2023.

• Invited Session Co-Organizer and Chair. Recent Advances in Mendelian Randomization. 2023 Joint Statistical Meetings. Toronto, Canada. 08/2023.

• Invited Session Co-Organizer and Chair. Casual Integration of Randomized Clinical Trials and Real-World Data: Challenges and Opportunities. 2022 Joint Statistical Meetings. Washington, DC. 08/2022.

• Invited Late-breaking Session Co-Organizer. Toward Better Practice of Covariate Adjustment in Analyzing Randomized Clinical Trials. 2021 ASA Biopharmaceutical section Regulatory-Industry Statistics Workshop. Online. 09/2021.

• Invited Session Chair. Recent Development on Statistical Methods for Precision Medicine. 2021 Joint Statistical Meetings. Online. 08/2020.