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Yang Xie, Ph.D.

Yang Xie, Ph.D.

Professor

Endowed Title
Raymond D. and Patsy R. Nasher Distinguished Chair in Cancer Research, in Honor of Eugene P. Frenkel, M.D.
School
School of Public Health
Department
Public Health | Lyda Hill Department of Bioinformatics | Medical School Dean's Office
Graduate Programs
Biomedical Engineering, Cancer Biology, Molecular Biophysics
  • Biography
  • Education
    Undergraduate
    Peking Univ Hlth Science Ctr (1997), Medicine
    Graduate School
    Peking Union Medical College (2000), Epidemiology
    Graduate School
    Uni of Minnesota-Twin Cities (2002), Biostatistics
    Graduate School
    Uni of Minnesota-Twin Cities (2006), Biostatistics
  • Research Interest
    • Bayesian Methodology
    • Bioinformatics
    • Cancer Epidemiology
    • Clinical Trails
  • Publications

    Star Featured Publications

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    An Exponential-Gamma Convolution Model for Background Correction of Illumina BeadArray Data.
    Chen M, Xie Y, Story M Communications in statistics: theory and methods 2011 Sep 40 17 3055-3069
    Predicting the future for people with lung cancer.
    Xie Y and Minna JD. Nature Medicine August 2008 14 812 - 813
    Enhanced identification and biological validation of differential gene expression via illumina whole genome expression arrays through the use of the model based background correction methodology.
    Ding L, Xie Y, Park S, Xiao G, Story M. Nucleic Acids Research May 2008 36 e58
    A Nonparametric Empirical Bayes Approach to Joint Modeling Multiple Sources of Genomic Data.
    Pan W, Jeong KS, Xie Y, Khodursky AB. Statistical Sinica April 2008 18 709-729
    Tumor mRNA Expression Profiles Predicting Responses to Chemotherapy
    Minna JD, Girard L, Xie, Y Journal of Clinical Oncology October 2007 28 4329 - 4336
  • Honors & Awards
    • Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
      University of Minnesota Graduate School (2006)
    • Jacob E. Bearman Student Achievement Award
      University of Minnesota (2006)
    • Guanghua Excellent Student Award
      Beijing Medical University (1996-1997) (1997)
    • Outstanding Student of Beijing City
      Beijing, China (1997)
    • Scholarship for Excellent Student
      Beijing Medical University (First Prize, 1993-1995) (1995)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Statistical Association
    • International Biometric Society
    • Society for Clinical Trials