Zhiying You, MD PhD

Assistant Professor
Division of Preventive Medicine

Contact Information:

Medical Towers 640
1717 11th Avenue South
Birmingham, Alabama 35205
Phone: (205) 934-3679
Fax: (205)934-4262
zyyou@uab.edu

Research Interests

Design and analysis of clinical trials, especially cluster randomized trials
Cluster data analysis
The application of existing statistical techniques to epidemiological study
The development of new statistical techniques

Educational Background

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL PhD, Biostatistics 2008
Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China MS, Biostatistics 1995
Hunan Medical College, Changsha, China BS, Medicine 1987

Professional Activities

Member, American Heart Association (AHA), Oct 2007-present
Member, American Statistical Association (ASA), June 2005-present
Secretary and member, Guangdong Provincial Health Statistics Association, 2000-2002

Selected Recent Publications

You Z, Cushman M, Jenny N, Howard G. Tooth Loss, Systemic Inflammation, and Prevalent Stroke among Participants in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Difference in Stroke (REGARDS) Study. Atherosclerosis. 2008 Aug (in press) [Epub ahead of print]

Glasser SP, Cushman M, Prineas R, Kleindorfer D, Prince V, You Z, Howard V, Howard G. Does Differential Prophylactic Aspirin Use Contribute to Racial and Geographic Disparities in Stroke and Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)? Preventive Medicine. 2008 Aug; 47(2):161-6.

Pamboukian SV, Costanzo MR, Dunlap S, Rayburn B, Westfall AO, You ZY, Hung E, McLeod M, Heroux A. Relationship between bridging with ventricular assist device on rejection after heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2005; 24(3):310-5.

You ZY, Zhang, SB. A survey of knowledge on diabetes in Guangdong native. Guangdong Medical Journal. 2001; 22(6): 466-467.

Li Q, You ZY, Zhang QX, et al. The influencing factors of middle-aged women's perimenopausal care in Guangzhou. Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2001; 35(4): 275-276.

Zhou M, Zhang J, You ZY, et al. Study on the factors relative to depression of gestation. Chinese Journal of Maternal and Child Health. 2000; 14(7): 429-430.

Wei Q, Cheng H, You ZY. Quality control in lab for epidemiological study on diabetes mellitus. Chinese Journal of Diabetes. 2000; 8(5): 307-308.

Li Q, You ZY, Zhang QX, et al. Survey on middle-aged women's knowledge, attitudes and practices to perimenopausal care in Guangzhou. Chinese Journal of Maternal and Child Health 2000; 15(7): 422-423.

You ZY, Li Q and Zhang JP. Cox Model Analysis of factors influencing Latency Period of induction with PV Value. Chinese Journal of Health Statistics. 2000; 17(2): 77-79.

You ZY. Correct application of nonparametric tests included in SPSS for Windows. Chinese Journal of Health Statistics. 1999; 16(2): 122-124.

Awards

Third Place & Award, Session 6, Graduate Student Research Day, UAB, 2008

Young Teachers' Excellent Teaching Award, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China, 1995

Distinguished Leader of Graduate Students, Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China, 1995

Contribution to Science and Technology, Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Commission, Guangzhou, China, 1995