Wei Chen PhD

Wei Chen PhD

Wei Chen PhD

Position Title

Professor
Population Science
 

Office Location

Biostatistics Core
Mid-Med Lofts
87 E Canfield
Detroit, MI 48201

Mailing Address

Karmanos Cancer Institute
4100 John R.
Mail Code: MM03BI
Detroit, MI 48201

Office Phone

(313) 576-8655

Office Fax

(313) 576-8656

Education 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.

Publications

Wei Chen, PhD - PubMed

Faculty Status

Population Science

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