Summary
Qingzhao Yu is a professor of Biostatistics and Data Science and the Associate Dean for Research at LSU Health New Orleans, with a PhD in Statistics from Ohio State and over two decades collaborating on laboratory and clinical research. She leads multiple NIH-funded projects including an NCI R01 and NIMHD R15, co-directs the Data Management and Analysis Core for the LSU Superfund, and has been a long-standing co-investigator on the Louisiana Tobacco Cessation Initiative. Renowned for methodological innovation, she has developed novel statistical approaches and software for high-dimensional data and has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications. Her expertise spans multi-level and Bayesian modeling, causal inference, machine learning, spatial and gene analysis, and survey research, with particular impact on tobacco-related chronic disease, cancer, and health disparities. Colleagues value her rare combination of deep technical rigor and sustained, cross-disciplinary partnerships that translate complex data into actionable public health insights.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Statisitcs, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Statisitcs at The Ohio State University