Statistics and Biostatistics
Wu, M., Li, Y., Wu., M*., Joint Identification of Spatially Variable Genes via A Network-assisted Bayesian Regularization Approach. Annals of Applied Statistics, accepted, 2025.
Mei, H., Xiao, H., Shia, B-C., Qiao, G., Li, Y*., Interconnections of Multimorbidity-Related Clinical Outcomes: Analysis of Health Administrative Claims Data with a Dynamic Network Approach. Statistics in Medicine, published online, 2025.
Li, R., Qin, Y., Li, Y*., Ma, S., Uncertainty Assessment for Generalized Linear Models via Local Bootstrapping. SCIENCE CHINA Mathematics, published online, 2025.
Peng, J., Li, Y*., Yang, Y*., On Optimality of Mallows Model Averaging. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 120(550), 1152-1163, 2025.
Li, R., Xu, S., Li, Y., Tang, Z., Feng, D., Cai, J., Ma, S*., Incorporating Prior Information in Gene Expression Network-based Cancer Heterogeneity Analysis. Biostatistics, published online, 2024.
Zhai, G., Li, Y., Zhang, L., Hu, F*., Group Response-adaptive Randomization with Delayed and Missing Responses. Statistics in Medicine, 43(27), 5047-5059, 2024.
Wang, F., Jia, K., Li, Y*., Integrative Deep Learning with Prior Assisted Feature Selection. Statistics in Medicine, 42(20), 3792-3814, 2024.
Yang, H., Qin, Y., Li, Y*., Hu, F., Sequential Covariate-adjusted Randomization via Hierarchically Minimizing Mahalanobis Distance and Marginal Imbalance. Biometrics, 80(2), 2024.
Wang, F., Xu, S., Shen, Y., Qin, Y., Li, Y*., Sparse Clustering for Customer Segmentation with High-dimensional Mixed Type Data. Annals of Applied Statistics, 18(3), 2382-2402, 2024.
Li, Y., Wu, M., Wu, M*., Ma, S*., Influencing Factor Analysis on Self-reported Data with Multiple Potential Inflated Values. Annals of Applied Statistics, 18(2), 991-1009, 2024.
Qin, Y., Li, Y., Ma, W., Yang, H., Hu, F*., Adaptive Randomization via Mahalanobis Distance. Statistica Sinica, 34(1), 353-375, 2024.
Wang, F., Duan, C., Li, Y., Huang, H*., Shia, B-C., Spatiotemporal Varying Coefficient Model for Respiratory Disease Mapping in Taiwan. Biostatistics, 25(1), 40-56, 2024.
Mei, H., Xie, J., Qin, Y., Li, Y*., Network and Covariate adjusted Response-Adaptive Design for Binary Response. Statistics in Medicine, 42(29), 5369-5388, 2023.
Li, Y., Qi, L., Qin, Y., Lin, C*., Yang, Y., Block Weighted Least Squares Estimation for Nonlinear Cost-based Split Questionnaire Design. Journal of Official Statistics, accepted, 39(4), 459-487, 2023.
Li, Y., Wu, M., Ma, S., Wu, M*., A General Mixture Model for Simultaneous Clustering and Gene Selection Using Single-Cell Transcriptomic Data. Genome Biology, published online, 2023.
Li, Y., Ren, X., Yu, H., Sun, T*., Ma, S., PIN: A Penalized Integrative Deep Neural Network for Variable Selection among Multiple Omics Datasets. The 21th Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Conference, published online, 2023.
Zhao, J., Li, Y., Binary Multi-View Sparse Subspace Clustering. Neural Computing and Application, 35, 21751-21770, 2023.
Wang, F., Liang, D., Li, Y*., Ma, S*., Prior Information Assisted Integrative Analysis of Multiple Genetic Datasets. Bioinformatics, 39(8), 1-9, 2023.
Wu, M., Wang, F., Ma, S., Li, Y*., Bi-level Structured Functional Analysis for Genome-wide Association Studies. Biometrics, 79(4), 3359-3373, 2023.
Li, Y., Yang, H., Yu, H., Huang, H., Shen, Y*., Penalized Weighted Least Squares Estimate for Variable Selection on Correlated Multiply-Imputed Data. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C, 72(3), 703-717, 2023.
Wang, F., Li, H., Wang, H., Li, Y*., Spatial Correlated Incidence Modeling with Zero-Inflation. Biometrical Journal, 65(4), 1-20, 2023.
Li, Y., Yang, H., Yu, H., Huang, H., Shen, Y*., Penalized Estimating Equations for Generalized Linear Models with Multiple Imputation. Annals of Applied Statistics, 17(3), 2345-2363, 2023.
Zhan, Z., Li, Y., Lin, C*., Yang, Y., Model Averaging for Semiparametric Varying Coefficient Quantile Regression Models. Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, 75, 649-681, 2022.
Li, Y., Liang, D., Ma, S., Ma, C*., Spatio-temporally Smoothed Deep Survival Neural Network. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 137,1-9, 2023.
Yang, H., Qin, Y., Wang, F., Li, Y*., Hu, F., Balancing Covariates in Multi-arm Trials via Adaptive Randomization. Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 179, 1-15, 2023.
Zhang, Z., He, Z., Qin, Y., Shen, Y., Shia, B-C., Li, Y*., Variable Selection with Scalable Bootstrapping in Generalized Linear Model for Massive Data. Journal of Data Science, 21(1), 87-105, 2023.
Qin, Y., Wang, L., Li, Y., Li, R*., Visualization and Assessment of Model Selection Uncertainty. Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 178, 1-20, 2023.
Lin, C., Peng, J., Qin, Y., Li, Y*., Yang, Y., Optimal Integrating Learning for Split Questionnaire Design Type Data. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, 32(3), 1009-1023, 2022.
Lin, C., Qiao, N., Zhang, W., Li, Y*., Ma, S., Default Risk Prediction and Feature Extraction Using Penalized Deep Neural Network. Statistics and Computing, 32, 1-17, 2022.
Li, Y., Wang, F., Shen, Y., Qin, Y., Si, J*., Selection of Mixed Copula for Association Modeling with Tied Observations. Statistical Methods and Applications, 31, 1127-1180, 2022.
Zhang, J., Fan, X*., Li, Y*., Ma, S., Heterogeneous Graphical Model for Non-Negative and Non-Gaussian PM2.5 Data. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C, 75(5), 1303-1329, 2022.
Chen, J., Bie, R., Qin, Y., Li, Y*., Ma, S., Lq-based Robust Analytics on Ultrahigh and High Dimensional Data. Statistics in Medicine, 41(26), 5220-5241, 2022.
Li, Y., Xu, S., Ma, S., Wu, M*., Network-based Cancer Heterogeneity Analysis Incorporating Multi-view of Prior Information. Bioinformatics, 38(10), 2855-2862, 2022.
Li, Y., Wang, F., Wu, M*., Ma, S., Integrative Functional Linear Model for Genome-Wide Association Studies with Multiple Traits. Biostatistics, 23(2), 574-590, 2022.
Qin, Y., Yu, L., Li, Y*., Iterative Connecting Probability Estimation for Networks. NeurIPS 2021, published online, 2021.
Li, Y., Li, R., Qin, Y., Lin, C*., Yang, Y., Robust Group Variable Screening Based on Maximum Lq-likelihood Estimation. Statistics in Medicine, 40(30), 6818-6834, 2021.
Wang, L., Qin, Y*., Li, Y., Confidence Graphs for Graphical Model Selection. Statistics and Computing, published online, 2021.
Chen, Y., Li, Y., Smith, M.L., Li, C., Shen, Y*., Analyzing Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Data with Significant Missing Information Using Variable Selection after Multiple Imputation. Journal of Applied Statistics, published online, 2021.
Wang, F., Yang, Y., Tso, G.K.F., Li, Y*., The Detection of Social Promotion Success: A Case Study of Crowdfunding Projects. Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, 37(2), 251-265, 2021.
Li, Y., Ma, W*., Qin, Y., Hu, F., Testing for Treatment Effect in Covariate-Adaptive Randomized Trials with Generalized Linear Models and Omitted Covariates. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 30(9), 2148-2164, 2021.
Li, Y., Wang, F., Li, R., Sun, Y*., Semiparametric Integrative Interaction Analysis for Non-small-cell Lung Cancer. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 29(10), 2865-2880, 2020.
Li, Y., Li, Y*., Qin, Y., Yan. J., Copula Modeling for Data with Ties. Statistics and Its Interface, 13, 103-117, 2020.
Ma, W., Qin, Y., Li, Y., Hu, F*., Statistical Inference of Covariate-Adaptive Randomization Procedures. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 115(531), 1488-1497, 2020.
Ma, C., Li, Y, Shia, B-C., Ma, S*., Human Disease Cost Network Analysis. Statistics in Medicine, 39(9), 1237-1249, 2020.
Sun, Y., Sun, Z., Jiang, Y., Li, Y., Ma, S*., An Integrative Sparse Boosting Analysis of Cancer Genomic Commonality and Difference. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 29(5), 1325-1337, 2020.
Li, Y., Luo, Y., Ferrari, D., Hu, X., Qin, Y*., Model Confidence Bounds for Variable Selection. Biometrics, 75(2), 392-403, 2019.
Li, Y., Luo, Y., Ferrari, D., Hu, X., Qin, Y*., Rejoinder to Discussion on Model Confidence Bounds for Variable Selection. Biometrics, 75(2), 411-413, 2019.
Wang, F., Yang, Y., Tso, G.K.F., Li, Y*., Analysis of Launch Strategy in Cross-border E-Commerce Market via Topic Modeling of Consumer Reviews. Electronic Commerce Research, 19, 863-884, 2019.
Li, Y., Li, R., Qin, Y., Lin, C*., Ma, S*., Penalized Integrative Semi-parametric Interaction Analysis for Multiple Genetic Datasets. Statistics in Medicine, 38(17), 3221-3242, 2019.
Li, Q., Tso, G.K.F., Qin, Y., Lovejoy, T. I., Heckman, T. G., Li, Y*., Penalized Multiple Inflated Values Selection Method with Application to SAFER Data. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 28(10-11), 3205-3225, 2019.
Li, Y., Li, R., Qin, Y., Wu, M*., Ma, S*., Integrative Interaction Analysis using Threshold Gradient Directed Regularization. Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, 35(2), 354-375, 2019.
Sun, Y., Jiang, Y., Li, Y., Ma, S*., Identification of Cancer Omics Commonality and Difference via Community Fusion. Statistics in Medicine, 38(7), 1200-1212, 2019.
Li, Y., Bie, R., Teran Hidalgo, S. J., Qin, Y., Wu, M*., Ma, S*., Assisted Gene Expression-Based Clustering with AWNCut. Statistics in Medicine, 37(29), 4386-4403, 2018.
Zang, Y., Zhao, Q., Zhang, Q., Li, Y., Zhang, S., Ma, S*., Inferring Gene Regulatory Relationships with a High-dimensional Robust Approach. Genetic Epidemiology, 41, 437-454, 2017.
Li, L., Li, Y*., Qin, Y., Wang, L., Chen, J., Yi, D., Adaptive Stochastic Gradient Boosting Tree with Composite Criterion. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 86(10), 1901-1911, 2016.
Li, Y., Yu, C., Qin, Y., Wang, L., Chen, J., Yi, D., Shia, B.-C., Ma, S*., Regularized Receiver Operating Characteristic Based Logistic Regression for Grouped Variable Selection with Composite Criterion. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 85(13), 2582-2595, 2015.
Zeng, X., Ma, S., Qin, Y., Li, Y*., Variable Selection in Semiparametric Models for the Strong Hierarchical Longitudinal Data. Statistics and Its Interface, 8(3), 355-365, 2015.
Li, J., Yi, D., Qin, Y., Shen, Y., Li, Y*., Feature Selection for Support Vector Machine in the Study of Financial Early Warning System. Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 30(6), 867-877, 2014.
Zhao, Q., Shi, X., Huang, J., Liu, J., Li, Y., Ma, S*., Integrative Analysis of "-omics" Data using Penalty Functions. WIREs Computational Statistics, 7, 99-108, 2014.
Shen, Y*., Anderson, A., Sinha, R., Li, Y., Joint Modeling Tumor Burden and Time to Event in Oncology Trials. Pharmaceutical Statistics, 13(5), 286-293, 2014.
Li, Y., Qin, Y., Xie, Y., Tian, F., Grouped Penalization Estimation of the Osteoporosis Data in the Traditional Chinese Medicine. Journal of Applied Statistics, 40(4), 699-711, 2013.
Li, Y., Yi, D., Zhang, H., Qin, Y., Syndrome Evaluation in Traditional Chinese Medicine Using Second-Order Latent Variable Model. Statistics in Medicine, 31(7), 672-680, 2012.
Ma, S*., Shi, M., Li, Y., Yi, D., Shia, B.-C., Incorporating Gene Co-expression Network in Identification of Cancer Prognosis Markers. BMC Bioinformatics, 11, 271-279, 2010.
Ma, S*., Huang, J., Shi, M., Li, Y., Shia, B.-C., Semiparametric Prognosis Models in Genomics Studies. Briengs in Bioinformatics, 11(4), 385-393, 2010.
Public Health and Epidemiology
Zhang, Q., Wang, F., Feng, H., Xing, J., Zhu, S., Zhang, H., Li, Y*., Wei, W*., Zhang, S*. Modifiable Risk Factors for Esophageal Cancer in Endoscopic Screening Population: A Modeling Study. Chinese Medical Journal, 137(3), 350-352, 2024.
Tan, J., Ge, Y., Martinez, L., Sun, J., Li, C., Westbrook, A., Chen, E., Pan, J., Li, Y., Cheng, W., Ling, F., Chen, Z., Shen, Y., Huang, H., Transmission Roles of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic COVID-19 Cases: A Modeling Study. Epidemiology and Infection, published online, 2022.
Li, Y., Kong, Y., Ebell, M., Martinez, L., Cai, X., Lennon, R., Tarn, D., Mainous, A., Zgierska, A., Barrett, B., Tuan, W-J., Maloy, K., Goyal, M., Krist, A., Sung, M-H., Li, C., Jin, Y., Shen, Y*., Development and Validation of a Two-Step Predictive Risk Stratification Model for Coronavirus Disease 2019 In-hospital Mortality. Frontiers in Medicine, published online, 2022.
Xiao, M., Zhong, L., Lam, W-C., Zhao, Y., Gwee, K-A., Holtmann, G., Tack, J., Suzuki, H., Chen, M-H., Xiao, Y., Hou, X., Liu, J., Li, Y., Tang, X*., Lu, F*., Zhizhu Kuanzhong Capsule in Treating Patients with Functional Dyspepsia Postprandial Distress Syndrome: Study Protocol for a Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group Clinical Trial. Trials, published online, 2022.
Ge, Y., Chen, Z., Handel, A., Martinez, L., Xiao, Q., Li, C., Chen, E., Pan, J., Li, Y*., Ling, F*., Shen, Y*., The Impact of Social Distancing, Contact Tracing, and Case Isolation Interventions to Suppress the COVID-19 Epidemic: A Modeling Study. Epidemics, published online, 2021.
Wang, F., Chen, T., Chang, Q., Kao, Y-W., Li, J., Chen, M., Li, Y*., Shia, B-C., Respiratory Diseases are Positively Associated with PM2.5 Concentrations in Different Areas of Taiwan. PLOS One, published online, 2021.
Shen, Y†., Li, C†., Dong, H†., Wang, Z., Martinez, L., Sun, Z., Handel, A., Chen, Z., Chen, E., Ebell, M., Wang, F., Yi, B., Wang, H., Wang, X., Wang, A., Chen, B., Qi, Y., Liang, L., Li, Y†., Ling, F*., Chen, J., Xu, G*., Community Outbreak Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission among Bus Riders in Eastern China. Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine, 180(12), 1665-1671, 2020.
Ma, C., Zhang, Y., Li, Y., Wang, Y., Jiang, Y., Wang, X., Ma, S*., Healthcare, Insurance, and Medical Expenditure of the Floating Population in Beijing. Frontiers in Public Health, published online, 2020.
Li, Y., Lu, Q., Wang, Y*., Ma, S., Racial Difference in Testicular Cancer in the United States: Descriptive Epidemiology. BMC Cancer, published online, 2020.
Li, Y., Zhang, Z., Feng, Q., Yi, D., Lu, F*., An Efficacy Evaluation Method for Non-normal Outcomes in Randomized Controlled Trials. Scientific Reports, published online, 2019.
Wang, Y., Zhang, Y., Ma, C., Jiang, Y., Li, Y., Wang, X., Ma, S*., Limited Effects of the Comprehensive Pricing Healthcare Reform in China. Public Health, 175, 4-7, 2019.
Feng, S., Chen, L., Tian, G., Hu, J., Ding, Y., Du, Z., Zhang, H., Li, B*., Li, Y., Validity and Reliability of Patient Section of Evidence-based Medical Records about Doctor-Patient Building through Integrated Therapy of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine (DPEBMR-P) in Patients with Gastrointestinal Diseases. Annals of Translational Medicine, 7(6), 121-126, 2019.
Ma, C., Jiang, Y., Li, Y., Zhang, Y., Wang, X., Ma, S., Wang, Y., Healthcare Underutilization in Middle-aged and Elderly Adults in China. Public Health, 166, 65-68, 2019.
Wang, Y., Chang, Q., Li, Y*., Racial Differences in Urinary Bladder Cancer in the United States. Scientific Reports, published online, 2018.
Li, Y., Zhao, Y., Yi, D., Wang, X., Jiang, Y., Wang, Y., Liu, X., Ma, S*., Differences Still Exist across Insurance Schemes in China Post-consolidation. PLOS One, published online, 2017.
Jiang, Y., Wang, Y., Li, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhao, Y., Wang, X., Ma, C., Ma, S*., Inpatient Treatment for the Middle-aged and Elderly in Central China. Frontiers in Public Health, accepted, 2017.
Li, Y., Sun, Y., Zhang, Y., Yi, D., Ma, C., Ma, S*., Rural-urban disparity in health care: observations from Suzhou, China. Public Health, 138, 164-167, 2016.
Chu, Y., Dai, L., Qi, S., Huang, H., Li, Y., Shen, Y*., Challenges from Variation across Regions in Cost Effectiveness Analysis in Multi-Regional Clinical Trials. Frontiers in Pharmacology, published online, 2016.
Jiang, Y., Wang, Y., Li, Y., Wang, X., Ma, S*., Prevalence, Characteristics, and Cost of Self-treatment in the Middle-aged and Elderly: Observations from Henan, China. Public Health, 129(5), 597-600, 2015.
Li, Y., Wang, Y., Wang, Z., Yi, D., Ma, S*., Racial Differences in Three Major NHL Subtypes: Descriptive Epidemiology. Cancer Epidemiology, 39, 8-13, 2015.
Li, P., Chen, Y., Liu, J., Hong, J., Deng, Y., Yang, F., Jin, X., Gao, J., Li, J., Fang, H., Liu, G., Shi, L., Du, J., Li, Y., Yan, M., Wen, Y., Yang, W., Efficacy and Safety of Tangshen Formula on Patients with Type 2 Diabetic Kidney Disease: A Multicenter Double-blinded Randomized Placebo-controlled Trial. PLOS One, published online, 2015.
Yi, D., Li, Y., Shao, S., Xie, Y*., Yuwen, Y., Evaluation of the Conjoint Efficacy in Chinese Medicine with the Longitudinal Latent Variable Linear Mixed Model. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine, 19(8), 629-635, 2013.
Jiang, Y., Wang, Y., Zhang, L., Li, Y., Wang, X., Ma, S*., Access to Healthcare and Medical Expenditure for the Middle-aged and Elderly: Observations from China. PLOS One, published online, 2013.
Wang, Y., Jiang, Y., Li, Y., Wang, X., Ma, S*., Health Insurance Utilization and Its Impact: Observations from the Middle-aged and Elderly in China. PLOS One, published online, 2013.
Xu, J., Li, Y., Lin, H., Sinha, R., Potenza, M.N., Body Mass Index Correlates Negatively with White Matter Integrity in the Fornix and Corpus Callosum: a Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study. Human Brain Mapping, 34, 1044-1052, 2013.
Wang, L., Zhao, X., Wu, X., Li, Y., Yi, D., Cui, H., Chen, J*., Diagnosis Analysis of 4 TCM Patterns in Sub-optimal Health Status: a Structural Equation Modeling Approach. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, published online, 2012.
Han, X., Li, Y., Huang, J., Zhang, Y., Holford, T., Lan, Q., Rothman, N., Zheng, T., Kosorok, M.R., Ma, S*., Identification of Predictive Pathways for Non-hodgkin Lymphoma Prognosis. Cancer Informatics, 9, 281-292, 2010.