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Xiaonan Xue

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY·Mathematics & Statistics

Cancer research now produces many kinds of complex data and uses a growing range of study designs. Getting sound answers from that data takes dedicated statistical expertise at every stage, from planning a study to publishing it.

Fields

Mathematics & Statistics

Public Health & Epidemiology

Medicine & Clinical Research

Topics

biostatistics

bioinformatics

cancer research

Grants
1 known grant, through Jun 2028

What they work on

  1. Provide biostatistical and bioinformatic collaboration across all phases of cancer studies at the cancer center, from experimental design through data analysis and manuscript preparation.
  2. Develop methods for novel and pragmatic clinical trials of cancer screening and therapy through a new Subcore of Clinical Trials Methodology, and support scientific review of trial protocols.
  3. Build machine learning approaches that combine clinical, laboratory and high-dimensional omics data to study cancer causes, prognosis, precision medicine and prevention.

More about the research

This grant supports the Biostatistics Shared Resource of the Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center. Its staff statisticians collaborate with cancer investigators across the center's scientific programs. They provide biostatistical and bioinformatic support for experimental design, study conduct, data analysis and manuscript preparation. They also help build methodologically rigorous grant applications and help develop and review clinical trial protocols. Another goal is to develop new statistical and bioinformatic methods for the analysis challenges raised by new cancer technologies. The resource offers biostatistics training and mentors early-stage cancer investigators. In the next period it is strengthening two areas. A new Subcore of Clinical Trials Methodology focuses on novel and pragmatic trials of cancer screening and therapy. The resource is also building expertise in machine learning methods that combine clinical, laboratory and high-dimensional omics data (large-scale molecular measurements such as genomics). These methods are aimed at questions of cancer causes, prognosis, precision medicine and prevention.

Why it matters

Rigorous statistical design and analysis help cancer studies give reliable results. This resource supports research on cancer causes and prognosis and work to improve cancer prevention, detection and treatment. Better clinical and pragmatic trial methods for screening and therapy could ultimately benefit cancer patients and at-risk populations.

Known grants

From NIH and NSF research grants. Labs often have other funding we can't see.

Biostatistics Shared Resource

NIH · Jun 1997 – Jun 2028

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The school

Albert Einstein College of Medicine: 21 labs on PI Pages, $361M a year on research, 36 research doctorates a year.

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