Wen Wan, PhD

Assistant Professor
Division of Preventive Medicine

Contact Information:

Medical Towers 645
1717 11th Avenue South
Birmingham, Alabama 35205
Phone: (205) 934-3679
Fax: (205)934-4262
wenw@uab.edu

Research Interests

Applications of statistical and computational methods to medical science
Clinical trials and pre-clinical studies
Survival analysis
Biomarkers analysis
Semi-parametric regression
Response surface methodology
Optimization

Educational Background

Shangdong Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China, MD Medical Science, 1998

Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, Graduate Studies, Pharmacological Opthamalogy, 2002

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, MS Statistics, 2003

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, PhD Statistics, 2007

Professional Activities

Member, National Statistical Honor Society - Mu Sigma Rho

Member, American Statistical Association (ASA)

Member, Eastern North American Region of the International Biometric Society (ENAR)

Member, Virginia Academy of Science (VAS)

Selected Recent Publications

Gao G, Wan W, Zhang S, Redden D, Allison D. Testing for differences in distribution tails to test for differences in 'maximum' lifespan. BMC Medical Research Methodology. In Press.

Katkoori VR, Jia X, Shanmugam C, Wan W, Meleth S, Bumpers H, Grizzle WE, Manne U. Prognostic Significance of p53 Codon 72 Polymorphism Differs with Race in Colorectal Adenocarcinoma. Clinical Cancer Research. In press.

Awards

Tuition and Travel Fellowship, 2004 and 2005, Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics, North Carolina State University