I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Statistics at North Carolina State University. My research interests include: Data fusion/integration, Federated learning, Causal inference, Propensity score weighting, Clinical trials, Novel and composite endpoints, etc. I am also interested in broad areas of applications, such as Cardiovascular diseases, HIV/AIDS, Congenital heart defects, Racial disparities in healthcare, etc.
Here is my educational journey:
- Ph.D. in Statistics, North Carolina State University, Current (Advisor: Shu Yang)
- Master of Biostatistics, Duke University School of Medicine, 2022 (Advisor: Roland A. Matsouaka)
- B.S. in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Southeast University, China, 2020
My Ph.D. study is funded by the NCSU & Duke NHLBI T32 training grant where I work as a Biostatistics Fellow at Duke Clinical Research Institute. I am also honored to receive the generous two-year support from the Merck Research Fellowship (2025-2026), awarded for outstanding research performance in biomedical statistics. In the summer of 2024, I participated in the Quantitative Methods Internship in HIV/AIDS Research, Duke University.
I was born in Guizhou Province, China, and had the privilege of spending three enriching years at No.1 High School of Guiyang before commencing my college education.