Lu Wang is a Chinese-American

biostatistician Biostatistics (also known as biometry) are the development and application of statistical methods to a wide range of topics in biology. It encompasses the design of biological experiments, the collection and analysis of data from those experimen ...

whose research topics have included

causal inference Causal inference is the process of determining the independent, actual effect of a particular phenomenon that is a component of a larger system. The main difference between causal inference and inference of association is that causal inference ana ...

, dynamic decision-making for medical treatments, missing data, and environmental health. She has also studied the correlation between

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from

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and

autoimmune disease An autoimmune disease is a condition arising from an abnormal immune response to a functioning body part. At least 80 types of autoimmune diseases have been identified, with some evidence suggesting that there may be more than 100 types. Nearly a ...

, and the benefits of providing improved transportation services for healthcare, as a member of the Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation. She is a professor of biostatistics and associate chair for research in biostatistics in the

University of Michigan School of Public Health The University of Michigan School of Public Health is one of the professional graduate schools of the University of Michigan. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, UM SPH is one of the oldest schools of public health in the country and is also conside ...

Education and career

Wang studied statistics as an undergraduate at

Peking University Peking University (PKU; ) is a public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education. Peking University was established as the Imperial University of Peking in 1898 when it received its royal charter ...

, graduating in 2002. She came to the US for a master's degree in biostatistics at the University of Michigan in 2004, advised by Jeremy Taylor. Next, she continued her studies in biostatistics in the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where she earned a second master's degree in 2007 and completed her Ph.D. in 2008. Her doctoral dissertation, ''Nonparametric and Semiparametric Regression with Missing Data'', was jointly supervised by

Xihong Lin Xihong Lin () is a Chinese-American statistician known for her contributions to mixed models, nonparametric and semiparametric regression, and statistical genetics and genomics. , she is the Henry Pickering Walcott Professor and Chair of the Depar ...

and

Andrea Rotnitzky Andrea Gloria Rotnitzky is an Argentine biostatistician whose research involves causal inference on the effects of medical interventions in the face of missing data. She is Prentice Endowed Professor of Biostatistics in the University of Washingt ...

. She returned to the University of Michigan as an assistant professor of biostatistics in 2008, and was named John G. Searle Assistant Professor in 2015. She was promoted to associate professor in 2015 and full professor in 2020. She has been associate chair for research since 2021.

Recognition

Wang was named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2023, "for novel contributions to missing data analysis, longitudinal data analysis, and dynamic treatment regimens for personalized health care; for outstanding interdisciplinary research; for leadership in biostatistics education and training; and for excellent service to the profession".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Lu Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Chinese statisticians Chinese women scientists American statisticians American women statisticians Biostatisticians Peking University alumni University of Michigan alumni Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health alumni University of Michigan faculty Fellows of the American Statistical Association