Yi Lian
Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolYi Lian is a postdoctoral researcher in Biostatistics at the University of Pennsylvania with eight years of experience bridging epidemiology and statistical methodology. Trained at McGill (PhD in Biostatistics, MSc in Epidemiology), Yi develops and applies high-dimensional and federated learning methods to real-world evidence from electronic health records and clinical trials. Their work emphasizes robust handling of missing data and statistical fairness, aiming to produce actionable population-level insights. With a long research tenure at the Lady Davis Institute and hands-on biostatistics internships, Yi combines methodological rigor with practical implementation in collaborative clinical research. Known for tackling privacy-aware federated analyses, they bring both theoretical depth and a pragmatic focus on reproducible, impactful health-data science.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biostatistics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biostatistics at McGill University
English, Chinese, French
Github Skills (5)
euler3
nodejs3
manim2
typescript2
javascript2
Github contributions (5)
McGill-MiCM/R-programming-beyong-the-basics
Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
Turorial20190813
Contributions:76 commits in 1 month
eulerjavascriptnodejstypescriptmanim
ly129/ly129.github.io
Jan 2020 - May 2022
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
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