Welcome to Zhigang's Lab. The PI of this lab is Dr. Zhigang Li who is an associate professor with tenure  (University Preeminence hire) in the Dept of Biostatistics at University of Florida since 2018 (http://biostat.ufl.edu/profile/li-zhigang/). Prior to that, Dr. Li was an associate professor in the Dept of Biomedical Data Science, the Dept of Epidemiology (now adjunct associate professor) and the Dept of Community and Family Medicine and the Norris Cotton Cancer Center  in the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College. Dr. Li received his PhD degree in biostatistics from Columbia University in 2010 and his BS degree in math from Nankai University in China in 2001. 

METHODOLOGICAL RESEARCH INTERESTS: Causal mediation analysis, microbiome data analysis, machine learning, high-dimensional data analysis, compositional data analysis, zero-inflated data analysis and hierarchical data analysis, joint modeling of longitudinal and survival data, longitudinal/correlated data analysis.

APPLICATION AND COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH INTERESTS: I am and have collaborated with investigators from many areas including Neurology (AD, Dementia), infectious disease, Epidemiology, Clinical Trials, Children’s Health Research, Environmental Health Research, Palliative Care Research, Cancer Research, Nursing Research, End-of-Life Research, Pediatrics, Dentistry, Bioengineering, etc.

We have openings for postdocs and grad students and welcome applications from candidates with interests in biostatistics, statistics or data science. Please contact Dr. Li at zhigang.li@ufl.edu to apply.