Tao Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor Adjunct of BiostatisticsCards
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Assistant Professor Adjunct of Biostatistics
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Dr. Wang is tenure track associate professor in the Department of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics and principal investigator in the SJTU-Yale Joint Center for Biostatistics and Data Science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He achieved his PhD degree in statistics at Hong Kong Baptist University and was a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Biostatistics at Yale School of Public Health. Current areas of investigation include dimension reduction for biomedical big data, statistical inference for high-dimensional complex data, and statistical analysis of microbiome data.
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- Biostatistics
- Yale School of Public Health
Education & Training
- PhD
- Hong Kong Baptist University (2013)
- MS
- East China Normal Un. (2010)
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Frequent collaborators of Tao Wang's published research.
Publications Timeline
A big-picture view of Tao Wang's research output by year.
Hongyu Zhao, PhD
6Publications
103Citations
Publications
2019
An Adaptive Independence Test for Microbiome Community Data
Song Y, Zhao H, Wang T. An Adaptive Independence Test for Microbiome Community Data. Biometrics 2019, 76: 414-426. PMID: 31538660, DOI: 10.1111/biom.13154.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricPrediction analysis for microbiome sequencing data
Wang T, Yang C, Zhao H. Prediction analysis for microbiome sequencing data. Biometrics 2019, 75: 875-884. PMID: 30994187, DOI: 10.1111/biom.13061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsMonte Carlo expectation-maximization algorithmInverse regression modelReal data exampleTypes of covariatesNew statistical frameworkMaximum likelihood estimationExpectation-maximization algorithmDimension reduction structureInverse regressionStatistical frameworkData examplesStatistical challengesLikelihood estimationMicrobiome sequencing dataHuman microbiome studiesHuman microbiome compositionDifferent library sizesZerosPredictive analysisModelEstimationAlgorithmSimulationsRegression modelsFrameworkCounting process-based dimension reduction methods for censored outcomes.
Sun Q, Zhu R, Wang T, Zeng D. Counting process-based dimension reduction methods for censored outcomes. Biometrika 2019, 106: 181-196. PMID: 30799878, PMCID: PMC6373420, DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asy064.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
A Dirichlet-Tree Multinomial Regression Model for Associating Dietary Nutrients with Gut Microorganisms
Wang T, Zhao H. A Dirichlet-Tree Multinomial Regression Model for Associating Dietary Nutrients with Gut Microorganisms. Biometrics 2017, 73: 792-801. PMID: 28112797, PMCID: PMC5587402, DOI: 10.1111/biom.12654.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsOn Joint Estimation of Gaussian Graphical Models for Spatial and Temporal Data
Lin Z, Wang T, Yang C, Zhao H. On Joint Estimation of Gaussian Graphical Models for Spatial and Temporal Data. Biometrics 2017, 73: 769-779. PMID: 28099997, PMCID: PMC5515703, DOI: 10.1111/biom.12650.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsGaussian graphical modelsTemporal dataGraphical modelsComplex data structuresJoint estimationMarkov random field modelRandom field modelParallel computingSelection consistencyData structureStatistical inferenceNeighborhood selection methodTemporal dependenciesEfficient algorithmIndividual networksMultiple groupsSpatial dataModel convergesNetwork estimationField modelSelection methodNetworkPosterior probabilitySimulation studyImproved estimation
2015
Estimating DNA Methylation Levels by Joint Modeling of Multiple Methylation Profiles From Microarray Data
Wang T, Chen M, Zhao H. Estimating DNA Methylation Levels by Joint Modeling of Multiple Methylation Profiles From Microarray Data. Biometrics 2015, 72: 354-363. PMID: 26433612, PMCID: PMC4820364, DOI: 10.1111/biom.12422.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and Concepts
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International AwardInternational Statistical InstituteDetails01/10/2020Netherlands
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