• PhD, Biostatistics, Yale University, 2011
• BS, Statistics, Fudan University, 2003

• longitudinal data analysis
• spatial statistics
• recurrent event modeling
• study design
• causal inference (matching/propensity score/SEM)
• epidemiology

• ASA
• IMS

• Introductory Biostatistics
• Categorical Data Analysis
• Data Management and Computing
• Advanced Biostatistics

• joint modeling
• longitudinal data analysis
• spatial statistics
• recurrent event modeling
• survival analysis
• semi-parametric regression methods
• missing data problems in clinical trials

Li Yang, Yang Haoyu, Yu Haochen, Huang Hanwen, and Shen Ye*. Penalized estimating equations for generalized linear models with multiple imputation. The Annals of Applied Statistics. 2022; In Press.

Tan Jianbin, Shen Ye, Ge Yang, Martinez Leonardo, and Huang Hui. Age-related model for estimating the symptomatic and asymptomatic transmissibility of covid-19 patients. Biometrics. 2022; In Press.

Li C, Shen Y*, Xiao Q, Rathbun SL, Huang H, and Guan Y. Mean corrected generalized estimating equations for longitudinal binary outcomes with report bias. Statistical Methods in Medical Research. 2022; 31 (2): 315-333.

Ge Y, Martinez L, Sun S, Chen Z, Zhang F, …, and Shen Y*. COVID-19 transmission dynamics among close contacts of index patients with COVID-19. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2021; 181(10): 1343-50.

Cheng Y, Li Y, Smith M, Li C, and Shen Y*. Analyzing evidence-based falls prevention data with significant missing information using variable selection after multiple imputation. Journal of Applied Statistics. 2021; In Press.

Sung M, Shen Y*, Handel A, Bahl J, and Ross TM. Longitudinal assessment of immune responses to repeated annual influenza vaccination in a human cohort of adults and teenagers. Frontiers in Immunology. 2021; 12: 472.

Ge Y, Chen Z, Handel A, Martinez L, Xiao Q, …, and Shen Y*. The impact of social distancing, contact tracing, and case isolation interventions to suppress the COVID-19 epidemic: A modeling study. Epidemics. 2021; 36: 100483.

Shen Y, Li C, Dong H, Wang Z, Martinez L, …, and Xu G. Community outbreak investigation of SARS-CoV-2 transmission among bus riders in eastern China. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2020; 180(12): 1665-1671.

Shen Y, Sung M, King C, Binder S, Kittur N, Whalen C, and Colley D. Modeling approaches to predicting persistent hotspots in SCORE studies for gaining control of schistosomiasis mansoni in Kenya and Tanzania. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2020; 221(5): 796-803.

Martinez L, Cheng W, Wang X, Ling F, Mu L, Li C, Huo X, Ebell M, Huang H, Zhu L, Li C, Handel A, Chen E, and Shen Y*. Derivation and validation of a risk classification model to predict mortality among laboratory-confirmed avian influenza A H7N9 patients: a population-based observational cohort study. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2019; 220(11): 1780-1789.

Woldu H, Heckman TG, Handel A, and Shen Y*. Applying functional data analysis to assess tele-interpersonal psychotherapy’s efficacy to reduce depression. Journal of Applied Statistics. 2019; 46(2): 203-16.

Martinez L, Shen Y, Handel A, Chakraburty S, Stein C, Malone L, Boom HW, Quinn FD, Joloba ML, Whalen CC, and Zalwango S. Effectiveness of WHO’s Screening Algorithm for Child Contacts of Tuberculosis Cases in Resource-constrained Areas: A Prospective Cohort Study in Uganda. Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 2018; 6: 276–286.

Martinez L, Shen Y, Mupere E, Kizza A, Hill PC, and Whalen CC. Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Households and the Community: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2017; 185(12): 1327-39.

Shen Y, Huang H, and Guan Y. A conditional estimating equation approach for recurrent event data with additional longitudinal information. Statistics in Medicine. 2016; 35(24): 4306-19.

Zhang X, Davidson EA, Mauzerall DL, Searchinger TD, Dumas P, and Shen Y. Managing nitrogen for sustainable development. Nature. 2015; 528(7580): 51-59.

Shen Y, Anderson A, Sinha R, and Li Y. Joint modeling tumor burden and time to event data in oncology trials. Pharmaceutical Statistics. 2014; 13(5): 286-93.

Ebell MH, Jang W, Shen Y, and Geocadin RG. Development and validation of the Good Outcome Following Attempted Resuscitation (GO-FAR) score to predict neurologically intact survival after in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2013; 173(20): 1872-8.

Guan Y, Shen Y. A weighted estimating equation approach for inhomogeneous spatial point processes. Biometrika. 2010; 97(4): 867-80.