Xinyu Tang, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biostatistics Section, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Phone: 501) 364-6631

Research Overview

Sequentially randomized designs are commonly used in clinical studies investigating treatments of chronic diseases such as cancer, AIDS, and depression. In such designs, eligible patients are first randomly assigned to receive one of the initial treatments. Patients meeting some criteria (e.g., no progressive diseases) are then randomized to receive one of the maintenance treatments. Dr. Tang’s research interest is to allow efficient analysis of data from such studies and thereby enhance the discovery of efficient maintenance and eradication strategies for chronic diseases.

Key publications

Daniel E. Weeks, Xinyu Tang, and Amy M. Kwon. “Casares’ map function: no need for a ‘corrected’ Haldane's map function.” Genetica 135, 305{307 (2009).

Abdus S. Wahed and Xinyu Tang. “Group Sequential Designs in Clinical Trials.” In Neil J. Salkind (Editor), Encyclopedia of Research Design (SAGE Publications, Newbury Park, CA, 2010).

Xinyu Tang and Abdus S. Wahed. “Comparison of Treatment Regimes with Adjustment for Auxiliary Variables.” Accepted by Journal of Applied Statistics.