Research

Selected peer-reviewed publications

Statistical theory and methods

Approximate and scalable inference

• Ma, T. F. & Yau, C. Y.* (2016). A Pairwise Likelihood-based Approach for Changepoint Detection in Multivariate Time Series Models. Biometrika, 103(2), 409-421.

• Wang, P., Ma, T. F.*, Bandyopadhyay, D., Tang, Y. & Zhu, J. (2021). Composite Likelihood Inference for Ordinal Periodontal Data with Replicated Spatial Patterns. Statistics in Medicine, 40(26), 5871-5893. 

• Ma, T. F., Wang, F.* & Zhu, J. (2023). On Generalized Latent Factor Modeling and Inference for High-Dimensional Binomial Data. Biometrics, 79(3), 2311-2320.

• Ma, T. F., Wang, F.*, Zhu, J., Ives, R.I. & Lewińska, K.E. (2023). Scalable Semiparametric Spatio-temporal Regression for Large Data Analysis. Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics, 28(2), 279-298.

• Ma, T. F.*, Mandujano Reyes, J.F. & Zhu, J. (2024). M-estimators for Models with a Mix of Discrete and Continuous Parameters. Sankhya A, 86, 164-190.

• Ma, T. F.*, Cai, Y.†, Shi, P. & Zhu, J. (2024). Hierarchical Dependence Modeling for the Analysis of Large Insurance Claims Data. The Annals of Applied Statistics, 18(2), 1404-1420.

• Zhao, Z.*, Ma, T. F., Ng, W. L. & Yau, C. Y. (2024+). A Composite Likelihood-based Approach for Change-point Detection in Spatio-temporal Processes. Journal of the American Statistical Association - Theory and Methods. To appear.

Environmental statistics

• Oh, G.*, Aravamuthan, S., Ma, T. F., Mandujano Reyes, J.F., Ballmann, A., Hefley, T., McGahan, I., Russell, R., Walsh, D. & Zhu, J. (2023). Model-based Surveillance System Design under Practical Constraints with Application to White Nose Syndrome. Environmental and Ecological Statistics, 30, 649-667.

• Mandujano Reyes, J. F.*, McGahan, I. P., Ma, T. F., Ballmann, A. E., Walsh, D. P. & Zhu, J. (2024+). Non-stationary Extensions of the Diffusion-based Gaussian Matérn Field for Ecological Applications. Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics. To appear.

• Mandujano Reyes, J. F.*, Ma, T. F., McGahan, I. P., Storm, D. J., Walsh, D. P. & Zhu, J. (2024+). Spatiotemporal Causal Inference with Mechanistic Ecological Models: Evaluating Targeted Culling on Chronic Wasting Disease Dynamics in Cervids. Under review.

• Mandujano Reyes, J. F.*, Ma, T. F., McGahan, I. P., Storm, D. J., Walsh, D. P. & Zhu, J. (2024+). Spatio-temporal Ecological Models via Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Studying Chronic Wasting Disease. Under review.

• Mandujano Reyes, J. F.*, Oh, G., McGahan, I. P., Ma, T. F., Russell, R., Walsh, D. P. & Zhu, J. (2024+). Learning Complex Spatial Dynamics of Ecological Processes with Machine Learning-guided Partial Differential Equations. Under review.

Selected interdisciplinary research

Statistical applications in public health

• Walsh, D.*, Ma, T. F., Ip, H. & Zhu, J. (2019). Artificial Intelligence and Avian Influenza: Using Machine Learning to Enhance Active Surveillance for Avian Influenza Viruses. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 66(6), 2537-2545. [2022 Impact Factor (IF): 4.3; Clarivate Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) Veterinary Sciences 10/171, Infectious Diseases 18/129]

• Chan, K.P.F., Ma, T.F., Kwok, W.C., Leung, K.C., Chiang, K.Y., Ho, J.C.M., Lam, D.C.L., Tam, T.C.C., Ip, M.S.M. & Ho, P.L.* (2020). Significant Reduction in Hospital Admissions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Acute Exacerbations in Hong Kong during COVID-19 Pandemic. Respiratory Medicine, 171, September 106085. [2022 Impact Factor: 4.3; JCI Respiratory System 23/101, Cardiac & Cardiovascular system 49/215]

• Chan, K.P.F., Kwok, W. C., Ma, T. F., Ho, J. C. M., Lam, D. C. L., Wang, J. K. L., Ip, M. S. M. & Ho, P. L.* (2021). Territory Wide Study on Hospital Admissions for Asthma Exacerbation in COVID-19 Pandemic. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, Volume 18, Number 10, 1624–1633. [2022 IF 8.3; JCI Respiratory System 10/101]

• Chan, M.*, Cheung, F., Lau, C. & Ma, T. F. (2021). Global Trends in Cross-Cultural Endorsement of Social Mobility: Evidence from 167 Countries. American Psychologist, 76(6), 917–932. [2022 IF 16.4; JCI Psychology - Multidisciplinary 3/215]

• Kwok, W. C., Wong, K. C., Ma, T. F.,  Ho, K. W.,  Fan, L. W. T., Chan, K. P. F., Chan, S. S. K., Tam, T. C. C. & Ho, P. L.* (2021). Modelling the Impact of Travel Restrictions on COVID-19 Cases in Hong Kong in Early 2020. BMC Public Health, 21, 1878. [2022 IF 4.5; JCI Public Environmental & Occupational Health 78/400]

• Kwok, W.C., Ma, T.F., Ho, J., Lam, D. C. L., Sit, K. Y., Ip, M.S.M., Au, T.W.K. & Tam, T.C.C.* (2023). Prediction Model on Disease Recurrence for Low-risk Resected Stage I Lung Adenocarcinoma. Respirology, 28(7), 669–676. [2022 IF: 6.9; JCI Respiratory System: 18/101] 

• Mo, C.*, Ma, T. F. & McPherson, B. (2024). ABO Blood Group and Auditory Function—Evidence from a Large Sample Size Study. International Journal of Audiology, 63(2), 106–116. [2022 IF: 2.7; JCI Otorhinolaryngology: 15/64]

• Kwok, W.C.*, Lung, D.C., Tam, T.C.C., Yap, D.Y.H.,  Ma, T.F., Tsui, C.K., Zhang, R., Lam, D.C.L., Ip, M.S.M. & Ho, J.C.M. (2024). Protective effects from prior pneumococcal vaccination in patients with chronic airway diseases during hospitalization for influenza - A territory-wide study, Vaccines. 12(7), 704. [2022 IF: 5.5; JCI Immunology: 33/181; Medicine, Research & Experimental: 36/189]

Statistical consulting

• Francis, H. R., Ma, T. F. & Ruark, M. D.* (2021). Toward a Standardized Statistical Methodology Comparing Optimum Nitrogen Rates Among Management Practices: A Bootstrapping Approach. Agricultural & Environmental Letters, Volume 6, Issue 2, e20045.

• Whyte, C., Ma, T. F., Sindelar, J. & Rankin, S.* (2021). Rapid Hygiene Assay Sensitive to Cumulative Adenylate Homologues Exhibits Equal or Higher Frequencies of Soil Contamination Detection than Assay Limited to ATP Detection. Journal of Food Protection, 84 (11), 1937-1944.

• Foreman-Ortiz, I. U., Ma, T. F., Hoover, B. M., Wu, M., Murphy, C. J.*, Murphy, R. M. &Pedersen, J. A. (2022). Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis and Statistical Mixture Distribution Analysis to Quantify Nanoparticle–vesicle Binding. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Volume 615, June 2022, 50-58.  [2022 IF: 9.9; JCI Chemistry, Physical: 21/172]

• Daniels, M. C., Braziunas, K. H., Turner, M. G., Ma, T. F., Short, K. C. & Rissman, A. R.* (2024). Multiple Social and Environmental Factors Affect Wildland Fire Response of Full or Less-than-full Suppression. Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 351, February 2024, 119731. [2022 IF: 8.7; JCI Environmental Sciences: 32/334]

• Panasiuk, S. L., Chan, C. S., Chan, M.,  Cheung, S.-H., Ma, T. F.,  Cheung F*. (2024+). Examining the Gini Threshold for Social Unrest: A Longitudinal, Cross-National Study.  Under review.

* Correspondence author † Mentee

Other non-reviewed publication

• Wong, S. Y., Yau, C. H.*, Chan H. T. & Ma, T. F. (2019). The Living Evidence of Sexual Violence Against Women in Hong Kong: A Retrospective Study of RainLily’s Crisis Services (2000-2018). Association Concerning Sexual Violence Against Women Research Report. [Press release & Order a hard copy] [Selected news report]

Note: You can find a more completed list of publications from Google Scholar or ResearchGate.