Wei Chen, PhD
Position Title
Professor
Population Science
Office Location
Biostatistics CoreMid-Med Lofts
87 E Canfield
Detroit, MI 48201
Mailing Address
Office Phone
(313) 576-8655Office Fax
(313) 576-8656Education Training
Education
(2006) Ph.D. Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
(2002) M.S. Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
(2000) M.S. Statistics, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
(1993) B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Professional Experience
Faculty Appointments
(2022 - Present) Professor, Department of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
(2014 - 2022) Associate Professor, Department of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
(2006 - 2014) Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
Major Professional Societies
(2001-Present) American Statistical Association (ASA)
(2008) American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
(2007) Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS)
(2005) International Biometric Society/Eastern North Americal Region (IBS)
Honors and Awards
(2015) Wayne State University School of Medicine College Teaching Award
(2011) Wayne State University School of Medicine College Teaching Award
(2008) AACR travel award to the 1st Caner Biostatistics Workshop
(2007) IMS tracel award to the 10th Meeting of New Researchers in Statistics and Probability
Courses taught
FPH 7350: Statistical Programming - Public Health Practice
FPH 7990: Directed Study - Community Health
Research Interests
Dr. Chen specializes in the design and statistical analyses of research projects in the basic science and clinical programs of the Department of Oncology, as well as for researchers across the School of Medicine who are members of the Karmanos Cancer Institute. She functions as the primary statistical collaborator on research projects directed by investigators from the (former) Molecular Biology and Genetics Program, the Population Studies and Prevention Program, and the Molecular Imaging and Diagnostics Program. Her research interests include adaptive clinical trial design, biomarker discovery, high dimensional genomic or proteomic data mining, pharmacogenomic modeling, and Bayesian statistics. Dr. Chen also served as referee for journals such as Biometrics, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Statistics in Medicine, and Journal of Probability and Statistics.