Zhongyuan Chen |
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Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) |
Division of Biostatistics
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI 53223
zhchen [at] mcw [dot] edu |
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Research Interests |
- Statistical machine learning and dimension reduction
for treatment recommendation (personalized medicine)
- Statistical methods and large-scale data analysis
for cancer genomic and genetic data
- Bioinfomatics and computational biology for big data
of cancer
- Causal inference: heterogeneous treatment effect
estimation; causal effects estimation for
high-dimensional regression
- Statistical analysis for randomized numerical
algorithms
- Applications to biomedical science and clinical
trials
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Background |
Ph.D.,
Statistics, Rice University, USA |
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Papers (Google
Scholar Citations)
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Preprints to Be Submitted |
- Z. Chen and F. Liang. Causal effects estimation
for high-dimensional regression. Preprint to be submitted to Journal
of American Statistical Association, (2024).
- Z. Chen, H. Liang, and P. Wei. Efficient
randomized low-rank parameter pre-selection for pathway-based test
methods. Preprint to be submitted to Computational Statistics and
Data
Analysis, (2024).
- Z. Chen. Improving a randomized indicator
method for symmetric eigenvalue solution. Preprint to be submitted
to Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, (2024).
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Published/Submitted |
- J. Dong, S. Arsang-Jang, T. Zhang, Z. Chen,
Y.T. Bolon, S. Spellman, R. Urrutia, P. Auer, W. Saber. Prognostic
impact of donor mitochondrial genomic variants in myelodysplastic
syndrome after stem-cell transplantation.
Submitted (2024).
- Z. Chen, J. Sun, and J. Xia. A robust randomized indicator method for accurate symmetric eigenvalue
detection.
Submitted. (PDF)
(2023).
- Z. Chen, H. Liang, and P. Wei. Data-adaptive
and pathway-based tests for association studies between somatic
mutations and germline variations in human cancers.
Genetic Epidemiology,
47,
617--636 (2023). (Journal
link,
PDF)
- Z. Chen and J. Xie. Estimating heterogeneous
treatment effects versus building individualized treatment rules:
Connection and disconnection.
Statistics & Probability
Letters, 199, 109854 (2023) (Journal
Link,
PDF)
- Z. Chen, Z. Wang, Q. Song, J. Xie. Data-guided Treatment Recommendation with Feature Scores.
Statistica Sinica, 32, 2497--2519 (2022). (Journal
link,
PDF)
- X. Song, H. Chen, C. Zhang, Y. Yu, Z. Chen, H. Liang, et al.
SRC-3 inhibition blocks tumor growth of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Cancer Letters, 442, 310--319 (2019). (Journal
link,
PDF)
- X. Peng*, Z. Chen*, F. Farshidfar*, et al. Molecular characterization and clinical relevance of metabolic expression subtypes in human cancers.
Cell Reports, 23, 255--269 (2018).
(*co-first authors contributed equally) (Journal
link,
PDF)
- Z. Ge, J. S. Leighton, Y. Wang, X. Peng, Z. Chen, H. Chen, et al. Integrated genomic analysis of the ubiquitin pathway across cancer types.
Cell Reports, 23, 213--226 (2018). (Journal
link,
PDF)
- Y. Wang, X. Xu, D. Maglic, M. T. Dill, K. Mojumdar, P. K. Ng, K. J. Jeong, Y. H. Tsang, D. Moreno, V. H. Bhvana, X. Peng, Z. Ge, H. Chen, J. Li,
Z. Chen, H. Zhang, L. Han, D. Du, C. J. Creighton, and G. B. Mills. Comprehensive molecular characterization of the Hippo signaling pathway in cancer.
Cell Reports, 25, 1304--1317 (2018). (Journal
link,
PDF)
- J. B. Pakish, Q. Zhang, Z. Chen, H. Liang, et al. Immune microenvironment in microsatellite-instable endometrial cancers: Hereditary or sporadic origin matters.
Clinical Cancer Research, 23, 4473--4481 (2017). (Journal
link,
PDF)
- C. Li, S. Wang, Z. Xing, A. Lin, K. Liang, J. Song, Q. Hu, J. Yao,
Z. Chen, et al. A ROR1-HER3-LncRNA signaling axis modulates the Hippo-YAP pathway to regulate bone metastasis.
Nature Cell Biology, 19, 106--119 (2017). (Journal
link.
PDF)
- Z. Chen and C. M. Kearney. Nectar protein content and attractiveness to Aedes aegypti and
Culex pipiens in plants with nectar/insect associations.
Acta Tropica, 146, 81--88 (2015).
(Journal
link,
PDF)
- Z. Chen, S. Lu, and J.-R. Huang. Metabolic engineering and applications of plant carotenoid biosynthesis.
Chinese Bulletin of Life Sciences, 23, 205--211 (2011).
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Abstracts |
- T. Zhang , P. Auer , S. Spellman, J. Dong, Z. Chen, W. Saber, and Y. Bolon. Novel Molecular Biomarkers Prognostic of
Relapse after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
in Patients with Myelodysplastic Neoplasms (MDS). Tandem Meetings:
Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings of ASTCT and CIBMTR,
(2023)
- D. Scott, Z. Chen, and L. B. Kreuziger.
Unfractionated heparin use in the setting of acute pulmonary
embolism. To be submitted to Thrombosis & Hemostasis Summit of North
America
(THSNA), (2024)
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In Preparation |
- Z. Chen. Data-adaptive and pathway-based tests
for the association studies between myelodysplastic syndromes
patients’ overall survival and germline variants, (2024)
- Z. Chen. Improving the accuracy of statistical
prediction models of myelodysplastic syndromes patients’ overall
survival via integrative genetic and genomic data, (2024)
- Z. Chen, P. Auer, C.W. Lin, and K.W. Ahn.
Integrative genomic/genetic and survival data guided treatment
recommendations via feature score for myelodysplastic syndromes
patients, (2024)
- R. Ahmed, P. Anyanwu, Z. Chen, N. Shah, M.
Hamadani, W. Longo, S. Devata, J. Pruett, J. Connelly, J. Bovi, M.
Siker, C. Schultz, T. Fenske. Real-world experience with RTOG 0227
induction for first line therapy of primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL),
(2024)
- K. Gordon, D. Cao, Z. Chen, Y. Yang, P. Auer.
Safety and incidence of malignancy of biologic therapy biologic
therapy for psoriasis patients with a prior cancer diagnosis, (2024)
- Z. Chen and J. Xie. Biomarker selection for
treatment recommendation by Sliced Inverse Regression via Lasso.
- Z. Chen and J. Xie. Statistical analysis in
progression event of pancreatic and colorectal cancer using cancer
genomic and clinical data.
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PhD Thesis |
- Z. Chen. Association Studies in Human Cancers:
Metabolic Expression Subtypes and Somatic Mutations/Germline
Variations. Rice University.
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Presentations and Conference Participation |
Invited
Presentations |
- Seminar, Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision
Medicine, Medical College of
Wisconsin,
Milwaukee,
invited talk, September 2023
- Minisymposium in 10th International Congress on Industrial and
Applied Mathematics, Tokyo, invited talk, August
2023
- Seminar, Department of Statistics, Purdue University, West
Lafayette, invited talk, April 2023
- Seminar, Division of
Biostatistics, Medical College of Wisconsin,
online,
invited talk, February 2023
- Seminar, Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, invited talk,
February 2023
- Seminar, Department of Statistics, Oklahoma State University,
Stillwater, invited talk,
February 2023
- Seminar, Department of Mathematics
and Statistical Science, University of Idaho, Moscow,
invited talk, January 2023
- Seminar, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Purdue University,
Fort Wayne, invited talk, December 2022
- Seminar, Division of
Biostatistics,
Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah,
online, invited talk, November 2022
- INFORMS Annual Meeting 2022, Indianapolis,
invited talk (Data-guided
Treatment Recommendation With Feature Scores), October
2022
- Copper Country Workshop on Applied Mathematics, Statistics and
Data Sciences, Michigan Technological University,
invited talk (Reliable
Statistical Indicator Strategies for Numerical Computations),
July 2022
- Conference on Random Matrix Theory and Numerical Linear Algebra,
University of Washington,
invited poster
(A Robust Randomized
Indicator Method for Fast and Accurate Symmetric Eigenvalue Solution),
June 2022
- 2021 Joint Statistical Meetings, online,
invited poster (Data-guided
Treatment Recommendation with Feature Scores), August 2021
- Seminar, School of Biomedical Informatics and School of Public
Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston,
invited talk (Association
Studies in Human Cancers: Metabolic Expression Subtypes, Somatic
Mutations/Germline Variations, and Beyond), February 2019
- 2018 Annual Symposium, Society of Chinese Bioscientists in
America - Texas Chapter, Houston,
invited talk (Molecular
Characterization and Clinical Relevance of Metabolic Expression
Subtypes in Human Cancers), May 2018
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Other Presentations
and Conference Participation |
- Group seminar, Department of Statistics, Purdue University, West
Lafayette, November 2022
- 9th International Purdue Symposium on Statistics, Purdue
University, June 2018
- Machine Learning Workshop, Rice University, Jan 2017
- International Conference on Intelligent Biology and Medicine
(ICIBM), Rice University, December 2016
- TCGA PanCanAtlas Houston F2F Conference, Houston, November 2016
- Texas Regional Immunology Conference, MD Anderson, November 2016
- 2nd Annual Vaccine Biotechnology Conference, MD Anderson Cancer
Center, October 2013
- Baylor Biomedical Retreat, Baylor University, poster (Constructs
and Toxins for Mosquitocidal Nectar Plants), March 2013
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Teaching |
At Medical College of Wisconsin |
- 04224, Biostatistical Computing (Biostatistics PhD
Program), Fall 2023
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At Purdue University |
- STAT 512, Applied Regression Analysis (Graduate level), Fall
2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021
- STAT 513/IE 530, Statistical Quality Control (Graduate level),
Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022
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