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Xuefeng Wang, Ph.D.
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Education:
Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University (2012)
Professional Experience:
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard University, 2011-2013
Merck Quantitative Science Fellow, 2007-2011
Academic Interests:
Biostatistics, Statistical Genetics, Genetic Epidemiology, Bioinformatics
Select Recent Publications:
Wang X, Lee S, Lin X (2013). Family based association test via kernel machine regression score test. Genetic Epidemiology (In press)
Wang X, Morris NJ, Elston RC, Zhu X (2012). A variance component based multi-marker association test using family and unrelated data. BMC Genetics 14:17
Wang X, Morris NJ, Schaid DJ, Elston RC (2012). Power of single- vs. multimarker tests of association. Genetic Epidemiology 26:480-487
Wang X, Qin H, Morris NJ, et al. (2011). Testing gene-environment interactions in gene-based association studies. BMC Proceedings 5 (Suppl 9):S26.
Wang X, Elston RC and Zhu X (2011). Statistical interaction in human genetics: how should we model it if we are looking for biological interaction? Nature Reviews Genetics 12:74.
Wang X, Elston RC and Zhu X (2010). The Meaning of Interaction. Human Heredity 70:269-277.
Honors, Awards & Affiliations:
ASMCGE Symposium Travel Grant, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 2013
2012 PQG Stellar Award, Harvard University, Oct 2012 .
The Program in Quantitative Genomics Travel Fund, HSPH, 2012 .
Jane Olson Award, Case Western Reserve University, April 2012.
Merck Foundation Quantitative Science Fellowship 2007-2011.
NIH Travel Award, Advanced Gene Mapping Course, 2010.
Summer Internship in Statistics, Mayo Clinic, 2009.
Travel Award, SISG, University of Washington, 2008.
Member, American Statistical Association (ASA).
Member, American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG).
Member, ENAR International Biometric Society (ENAR/IBS).
Member, International Genetic Epidemiology Society (IGES).
