Zhu Wang, PhD

Zhu Wang, Ph.D., is associate professor of Department of Population Health Sciences at University of Texas Health San Antonio. He received his BS in Applied Mathematics, MS in Statistics and Ph.D. in Statistics from SMU. Following two postdoctoral fellowships at University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center. His research has focused on development of predictive modeling, methodology and its applications in public health. He is a recipient of Charles H. Hood Foundation Child Health Research Award.

Dr. Wang was a faculty member at Yale School of Medicine and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.

• Professional Background

  Education

  • 2004 - PhD - Statistics - Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
  • 2000 - MS - Statistics - University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
  • 1991 - BS - Applied Mathematics - Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

  Training

  • 2007 - Postdoctoral - Biostatistics - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
  • 2005 - Postdoctoral - Biostatistics - University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT

  Highlights

  Recipient of Charles H. Hood Foundation Child Health Research Award.

   

• Publications

  Ghirimoldi, F.M., Schmidt, S., Wang, C., Wang, Z., Brimhall, B.B., Damien, P., Moffet, E.E., Manuel, L.S., Sarwar, Z.U., Shireman (2020). Socioeconomic Area Deprivation Index (ADI) Predicts Hospital Readmissions after Intestinal Surgery. ASC

  Wong, J., Goodine, S., Samela, K., Vance, K., Chatfield, B., Wang, Z., Sayej, W. (2020). Efficacy of Dairy Free Diet and 6-Food Elimination Diet as Initial Therapy for Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis: A Retrospective Single-Center Study, Pediatr Gastroenterol Hepatol Nutr. 2020 Jan;23(1):79-88. doi.org/10.5223/pghn.2020.23.1.79

  Davey, B., Elder, R., Cloutier, M., Bennett, N., Lee, J., Wang, Z., Manning, A., Doan, T., Griffiths, M., Perez, M., Ahluwalia, N., Toro-Salazar, O. (2019). T-Cell Receptor Excision Circles in Newborns with Congenital Heart Disease. Journal of Pediatrics, 213:96-102.e2. doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.05061.

  Herbst, K., Tomlinson, P., Lockwood, G., Mosha, M., Wang, Z., D'Alessandri-Silva, K. (2019).Survival and Kidney Outcomes of Children with an Early Diagnosis of Posterior Urethral Valves. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol, 14(11):1572-1580. doi:10.2215/CJN.04350419.

  Zhu Wang (2019). MM for Penalized Estimation. doi: arxiv.org/abs/1912.11119