Awards and Honors
The Best of the USCAP(United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology) Journals by USCAP 113th Annual Meeting, March 27 2024, Baltimore, MD, USA. This paper covers a variety of subspecialties and highlight some of newest techniques and latest advances in pathology: Yi, M. Zhan, T., Peck, A. R., Hooke, J. A., Kovatich, A. J., Shriver, C. D., ... & Chervoneva, I. (2023). Quantile Index Biomarkers Based on Single-Cell Expression Data. Laboratory Investigation, 103(8), 100158.
Publications
[Methodology and software]
Yi, M., Zhan, T., Rui, H., & Chervoneva, I. (2025). Functional protein biomarkers based on distributions of expression levels in single-cell imaging data. Bioinformatics, 41(5), btaf182.
Yi, M., Zhan, T., Peck, A. R., Hooke, J. A., Kovatich, A. J., Shriver, C. D., ... & Chervoneva, I. (2023). Quantile Index Biomarkers Based on Single-Cell Expression Data. Laboratory Investigation, 103(8), 100158.
Yi, M., Zhan, T., Peck, A. R., Hooke, J. A., Kovatich, A. J., Shriver, C. D., ... & Chervoneva, I. (2023). Selection of optimal quantile protein biomarkers based on cell-level immunohistochemistry data. BMC bioinformatics, 24(1), 298.
Zhan, T., Yi, M., & Chervoneva, I. (2025). Quantile index predictors using R package hyper. gam. Bioinformatics, 41(8), btaf430.
Zhan, T., Yi, M., Peck, A. R., Rui, H., & Chervoneva, I. (2025). Estimation and model selection for finite mixtures of Tukey’sg-&-h distributions. Statistics and Computing, 35(3), 67.
Maisel, B. A., Yi, M., Peck, A. R., Sun, Y., Hooke, J. A., Kovatich, A. J., ... & Chervoneva, I. (2022). Spatial metrics of interaction between CD163-positive macrophages and cancer cells and progression-free survival in chemo-treated breast cancer. Cancers, 14(2), 308.
Chervoneva, I., Peck, A. R., Yi, M., Freydin, B., & Rui, H. (2021). Spatial tumor heterogeneity in immunohistochemistry staining images. Bioinformatics, 37(10), 1452-1460.
Yi, M., & Song, H. H. (2009). Effect of genetic correlations on the P values from randomization test and detection of significant gene groups. Korean Journal of Applied Statistics, 22(4), 781-792.
[Collaborative]
Schaaf, R. C., Ridgway, E. M., Jones, E. A., Dumont, R. L., Foxe, J., Conly, T., ... & Molholm, S. (2025). A comparative trial of occupational therapy using Ayres Sensory Integration and applied behavior analysis interventions for autistic children. Autism Research, 18(10), 2120-2134.
Lyshchik, A., Wessner, C. E., Bradigan, K., Eisenbrey, J. R., Forsberg, F., Yi, M., ... & CEUS LI-RADS Trial Group. (2024). Contrast-enhanced ultrasound liver imaging reporting and data system: clinical validation in a prospective multinational study in North America and Europe. Hepatology, 79(2), 380-391.
Chervoneva, I., Peck, A. R., Sun, Y., Yi, M., Udhane, S. S., Langenheim, J. F., ... & Rui, H. (2023). High PD-L2 Predicts Early Recurrence of ER-Positive Breast Cancer. JCO Precision Oncology, 7, e2100498.
Lyshchik, A. A., Wessner, C. E., Bradigan, K., Eisenbrey, J. R., Forsberg, F., Yi, M., ... & CEUS LI-RADS Trial Group. (2023). Clinical validation of contrast-enhanced ultrasound liver imaging reporting and data system in a prospective multinational study in North America and Europe. Hepatology, 10-1097.
McCarty, C., Yi, M., Sous, S., Leslie, M., Tariq, E., Dondapati, P., ... & Tanaka, T. (2023). Sustained inflammation of breast tumors after needle biopsy. Pathobiology, 90(2), 114-122.
Chaudhary, L. N., Chervoneva, I., Peck, A. R., Sun, Y., Yi, M., Langenheim, J. F., ... & Rui, H. (2023). Abstract P2-11-13: High PD-L2 Protein Expression in Cancer Cells is an Independent Marker of Unfavorable Prognosis in Luminal Breast Tumors. Cancer Research, 83(5_Supplement), P2-11.
Berruti, A. S., Schaaf, R. C., Jones, E. A., Ridgway, E., Dumont, R. L., Leiby, B., Sancimino, C. Yi, M. & Molholm, S. (2022). Notes from an epicenter: navigating behavioral clinical trials on autism spectrum disorder amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the Bronx. Trials, 23(1), 1-9.
Schaaf, R. C., Mailloux, Z., Ridgway, E., Berruti, A. S., Dumont, R. L., Jones, E. A., Leiby, B., Sancimino, C. Yi, M. & Molholm, S. (2022). Sensory Phenotypes in Autism: Making a Case for the Inclusion of Sensory Integration Functions. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1-13.
Savitch, S. L., Grenda, T. R., Yi, M., Till, B., Mack, S., Huang, C., ... & Okusanya, O. T. (2022). Facility-level national trends in racial disparities of surgical therapy for early-stage lung cancer. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 164(3), 650-657.
Joshi, T., Hamilton, K., Yi, M., Scott, K., Buchanan, T., Burton, E., ... & Chatterjee-Paer, S. (2021). Racial determinants of treatment delays in gynecologic malignancies. Gynecologic Oncology, 162, S60.
McGhee-Jez, A. E., Chervoneva, I., Yi, M., Ahuja, A., Nahar, R., Shah, S., ... & Basu Mallick, A. (2021). Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease After Pancreaticoduodenectomy for a Cancer Diagnosis. Journal of pancreatic cancer, 7(1), 23-30.
Mintzer, S., Yi, M., Hegarty, S., Maio, V., & Keith, S. (2020). Hyperlipidemia in patients newly treated with anticonvulsants: A population study. Epilepsia, 61(2), 259-266.
Bruce, S. F., Joshi, T. V., Chervoneva, I., Yi, M., Chatterjee-Paer, S., Burton, E. R., ... & Shahin, M. S. (2019). Disparities Among Cervical Cancer Patients Receiving Brachytherapy. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 134(3), 559-569.
Chevrollier, G. S., Nemecz, A. K., Devin, C., Go, K. V., Yi, M., Keith, S. W., ... & Evans III, N. R. (2019). Early Discharge Does Not Increase Readmission Rates after Minimally Invasive Anatomic Lung Resection. Innovations, 1556984519836821.
Gonsalves, C. F., Eschelman, D. J., Adamo, R. D., Anne, P. R., Orloff, M. M., Terai, M., Hage, A. N., Yi, M., Chervoneva, I. Sato, T. (2019). A Prospective Phase II Trial of Radioembolization for Treatment of Uveal Melanoma Hepatic Metastasis. Radiology, 293(1), 223-231.
Chang, R., Fox, E. E., Greene, T. J., Swartz, M. D., DeSantis, S. M., Stein, D. M., Bulger, E. M., Melton, S. M., Goodman, M. D., Schreiber, M. A., Zielinski, M. D., O'Keeffe, T., Inaba, K., Tomasek, J. S., Podbielski, J. M., Appana, S., Yi, M., ... & Zielinski, M. D. (2018). Abnormalities of laboratory coagulation tests versus clinically evident coagulopathic bleeding: results from the prehospital resuscitation on helicopters study (PROHS). Surgery, 163(4), 819-826.
Johnson, W. T., Garfunkel, D., Yi, M., Leiby, B. E., Kartan, S., & Porcu, P. (2018). Outcomes of Methotrexate-Associated T-Cell and NK/T-Cell Lymphoproliferative Disorders in Patients with a History of Rheumatological Disorders: A Retrospective Analysis of EBV-Association and Response to MTX Withdrawal. Blood, 132(Supplement 1), 5347-5347.
Holcomb, J. B., Swartz, M. D., DeSantis, S. M., Greene, T. J., Fox, E. E., Stein, D. M., Bulger, E. M., Kerby, J. D. , Goodman, M., Schreiber, M. A. , Zielinski, M. D. , O'Keeffe, T. , Inaba, K., Tomasek, J. S. , Podbielski, J. M. , Appana, S. N. , Yi, M. , Wade, C. E. ; PROHS Study Group. (2017). Multicenter observational prehospital resuscitation on helicopter study. The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 83(1 Suppl 1), S83-S91. doi:10.1097/TA.0000000000001484
Freshour, J. S., Amspoker, A. B., Yi, M., Kunik, M. E., Wilson, N., Kraus-Schuman, C., . . . Stanley, M. (2016). Cognitive behavior therapy for late-life generalized anxiety disorder delivered by lay and expert providers has lasting benefits. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 31(11), 1225-1232. doi:10.1002/gps.4431
Lee, J. W., Lee, D. H., Jang, P. S., Yi, M. S., Chung, N. G., Cho, B., . . . Kim, H. K. (2011). Prognostic implications of the NIH consensus criteria in children with chronic graft-versus-host disease. Yonsei Medical Journal, 52(5), 779-786. doi:10.3349/ymj.2011.52.5.779
[Students]
Choi, W. J., & Yi, M. (2025). Selection of optimal locations for heatwave shelters in Seoul. The Korean Data & Information Science Society, 36(2), 217-228.
R package development
Zhan, T., Yi, M., Chervoneva, I., (2023). Package ‘Qindex’.
Qindex: Continuous and Dichotomized Index Predictors Based on Distribution Quantiles
- Select optimal functional regression or dichotomized quantile predictors for survival/logistic/numeric outcome and perform optimistic bias correction for any optimally dichotomized numeric predictor(s)
- https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/Qindex/index.html
Presentations
Yi M., Zhan T. Chervoneva I., (2025 Dec). Functional Protein Biomarkers Based on Distributions of Single-Cell Expression Levels: From Linear to Nonlinear Quantile Index Predictors, The 2025 Winter Conference of The Korean Statistical Society (KSS), Seoul, Korea
[Invited talk] Yi, M., Maisel, B., Rui, H., and Chervoneva,I., (2023 May). Quantification of spatial interaction between cancer and immune cells in tumor microenvironment, Presentation at Statistical Methods In Imaging (SMI), Minneapolis, Minnesota
Yi, M. & Chervoneva, I., (2021 August). Quantile Index Protein Biomarkers Based on Cell-level Immunohistochemistry Data. Presentation at Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), Virtual conference.
Chervoneva, I. & Yi, M., (2020 August). Quantification of spatial tumor heterogeneity in immunohistochemistry staining images. Presentation at the International Biometric Conference (IBC), Seoul, Korea (virtual conference).
o Presenter: Yi, M.
Swartz, M., Greene, J. Tl, Fox, E. E., Appana, N. S., Yi, M., Kim, S.,…DeSantis, M. S. (2017 August). Guidelines for interim monitoring of prospective observational studies planning to invoke propensity-scoring as the primary analysis. Paper presented at the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), Baltimore, Maryland.
Yi, M. (2009 June). Analysis of microarray data. Workshop presented at the Institute of Mathematical Statistics Asia Pacific Rim Meeting, Seoul, Korea.
Research Experience
Division of Biostatistics, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
- Principal Biostatistician (01/2022 – 02/2024)
- Senior Biostatistician (06/2018 – 12/2021)
- Research Project (R01) grant: Statistical methods for quantitative immunohistochemistry biomarkers
- Principal investigator: Dr. Inna Chervoneva, NIH/NCI R01 CA222847
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, UTHealth School of Public Health, Houston, TX, 12/2015 – 12/2017
- Research Project: Prehospital resuscitation on helicopter study (PROHS)
Data Analyst, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety (IQuESt), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 08/2013 – 12/2014
- Research Project: Cognitive behavior treatment of older adults with generalized anxiety disorder in primary care
- Research Project: Calmer life: Testing the effectiveness of a treatment for anxiety
Data Analyst, Clinical Trial Center, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, 12/2010 – 07/2011