Current Positions

Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences,
College of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Lead of Biostatistical Consulting Unit, George and Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba

Investigator, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba

Education

Ph.D. in Systems Engineering (Applied Statistics), Southeast University, Nanjing, P.R. China, 2001
M.Sc. in Applied Statistics, Southeast University, Nanjing, P.R. China, 1991
B.Sc. in Mathematics, Jiangsu Education Institute, Nanjing, P.R. China, 1987

Research Focus

Longitudinal data analysis and multilevel modeling
Latent class analysis and growth mixture model
Structural equation model (SEM) and Bayesian SEM
Clinical trial design and intervention program evaluation
Joint models for longitudinal and survival outcomes and missing data analysis

Research Interests

- Biostatistical methods, especially person-oriented statistical methods in Health Services research