Research Interests:
Statistical Network Analysis, Dynamic Networks, Statistical Process Control, Meta-analysis, Network Meta-analysis, Trial Sequential Analysis, Publication Bias, Clinical Trials, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Survival Analysis, High-dimensional Statistics, Bayesian Analysis, Precision Medicine, Econometrics
Publications:
Methodological Papers:
Xing, X., Wang, Y., Wang, Y., Murad M. H., & Lin, L. (2025). Lack of reproducibility of trial sequential analyses: a meta-epidemiological study. Trials, 26, 1-6. pdf
Xing, X., Wang, Y., & Lin, L. (2025). Trial sequential analysis involving same-year studies requires careful temporal ordering. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 179, 111645. pdf
Wang, Y., & Lin, L. (2024). A brief note on the common (fixed)-effect meta-analysis model: comment on Veroniki and McKenzie. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 171, 111363. pdf
Wang, Y., Xie, X., & Qiu, P. (2024). Nonparametric online monitoring of dynamic networks. Journal of Quality Technology, 56, 214-243. pdf
Wang, Y., DelRocco, N., & Lin, L. (2024). Comparisons of various estimates of the I^2 statistic for quantifying between-study heterogeneity in meta-analysis. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 33, 745-764. pdf
DelRocco, N., Wang, Y., Wu, D., Yang, Y., & Shan, G. (2023). New confidence intervals for relative risk of two correlated proportions. Statistics in Biosciences, 15, 1-30. (The first four authors have contributed equally on this paper). pdf
Wang, Y., Lin, L., Thompson, G. C., & Chu, H. (2022). A penalization approach to random-effects meta-analysis. Statistics in Medicine, 41, 500-516. pdf
Application Papers:
Lin, Y., Zeidan, R. S., Lapierre-Nguyen, S., Costello, H. M., Anton, S. D., Buford, T. W., Christou, D. D., Gumz, M. L., Leeuwenburgh, C., Martens, C. R., McDermott, M. M., Migaud, M. E., Sandesara, B., Seals, D. R., Qiu, P., Wang, Y., & Mankowski, R. T. (2025). Nicotinamide Riboside Combined with Exercise to Treat Hypertension in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial. GeroScience, 1-14. pdf
Balachandran, A. T., Orange, S. T., Wang, Y., Lustin R., Vega, A., & Quiles, N. (2024). Comparison of two popular transducers to measure sit-so-stand power in older adults. Plos One, 19, e0308808. pdf
Balachandran, A. T., Evans, W. J., Cawthon, P. M., Wang, Y., Shankaran, M., Hellerstein, M. K., Qiu, P., & Manini, T. (2023). Comparing D3-creatine dilution and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry muscle mass responses to strength training in low-functioning older adults. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, 78, 1591-1596. pdf
Balachandran, A. T., Wang, Y., Szabo, F., Watts-Battey, C., Schoenfeld, B. J., Zenko, Z., & Quiles, N. (2023). Comparison of traditional vs. lighter load strength training on fat-free mass, strength, power and affective responses in middle and older-aged adults: A pilot randomized trial. Experimental Gerontology, 178, 112219. pdf
Unpublished Manuscripts:
Wang, Y., & Qiu, P. (2025+). Forest expression of networks and their applications.
Wang, Y., & Lin, L. (2025+). Refined methods for trial sequential analyses in living systematic reviews.
Wang, Y., & Qiu, P. (2025+). Online monitoring of dynamic networks by forest expression.
Wang, Y., & Lin, L. (2025+). Advanced methods for trial sequential analyses based on common-effect estimates.
Wang, Y., Tian, Z., & Qiu P. (2025+). Robust monitoring of dynamic networks based on high-dimensional node processes.
Chen, J., Wang, Y., & Lin, L. (2025+). Introduction to meta.cor: A user-friendly function for meta-analysis of correlation coefficients.
Selected Ongoing Projects:
Wang, Y., & Liang, M. “Assessing long-term survival outcomes in clinical studies: A doubly robust estimator under partial identification”
Wang, Y., & Li, T. "An effective method for dynamic network prediction"
Wang, Y., & Lin, L. "Sequential learning of network meta-analysis"
Yang, K., Hu, Y., & Wang, Y. "A nonparametric spatio-temporal model for mobility networks"
McLaren, C., Wang, Y., Qiu, P., & Anton, S. "Weight loss plus exercise on abdominal adiposity in middle-aged and older women with obesity"