Curriculum Vitae - Department of Statistical Science - Duke University

CURRICULUM VITAE
December 18, 2013
Fan Li
Department of Statistical Science
Duke University Box 90251
Durham, NC 27708
Tel (919) 681-4156 fax (919) 684-8594
Email: fli@stat.duke.edu
EDUCATION
2006 Ph.D., Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University
Advisor: Constantine E. Frangakis
Thesis: Statistical designs and analyses for partially controlled studies.
2001 B.Sc., Mathematics, Peking University, China
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH
2006-2008 Postdoctoral Fellow in Statistics
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
Mentor: Alan M. Zaslavsky
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008-present
Assistant Professor
Department of Statistical Science, Duke University
2010-2011 Senior Fellow, Analysis of Object Data Program
Statistical & Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute
EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
Editorial Boards
2013- Associate Editor, Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice
Peer Review Activities
American Statistician, Bayesian Analysis, Biostatistics, Biometrics, Biometrika, BMC Research
Methodology, Canadian Journal of Statistics, Circulation, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis,
Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology, International Journal of Methods in
Psychiatric Research, Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, Journal of American Statistical
Association, Journal of Royal Statistical Society, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference,
Neuroimage, Psychometrika, Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, Statistics and Computing,
Statistics in Medicine, Statistics and Probability Letters, Survey Methodology.
Grant Review Panel
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2013 National Science Foundation
Ad-hoc Review of Grant Proposals
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
HONORS AND AWARDS
2006 Phi Beta Kappa
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
(* student supervised by FL)
1. Mattei, A, Li, F, and Mealli, F. (2013). Exploiting multiple outcomes in Bayesian principal
stratification analysis with application to the evaluation of a job training program. The
Annals of Applied Statistics. Forthcoming.
2. Liu, F, Chakraborty, S, Li, F, Liu, Y, Lozano, AC, (2013). Bayesian regularization via Graph
Laplacian. Bayesian Analysis. Forthcoming.
3. Li, F, Baccini, M, Mealli, F, Zell, EZ, Frangakis, CE, and Rubin, DB. (2013). Multiple
imputation by ordered monotone blocks with application to the Anthrax Vaccine Research
Program. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics. Forthcoming.
4. Li, F, Zaslavsky, AM, and Landrum, MB. (2013). Propensity score weighting with multilevel
data. Statistics in Medicine, 32(19), 3373-3387.
5. Zhang, T, Li, F, Beckes, L, and Coan, JA. (2013). A semi-parametric model of the hemodynamic
response for multi-subject fMRI data. NeuroImage, 75, 136-145. (featured in NSF
highlights)
6. Zhang, T, Li, F, Beckes, L, Brown, C, and Coan, JA. (2012). Nonparametric inference of
hemodynamic response using multi-subject fMRI data. NeuroImage, 63, 1754-1765.
7. Schwartz, SL*, Li, F, and Reiter, JP. (2012). Sensitivity analysis for unmeasured confounding
in principal stratification. Statistics in Medicine, 31(10), 949-962.
8. Schwartz, SL*, Li, F, and Mealli, F. (2011). A Bayesian semiparametric approach to intermediate
variables in causal inference. Journal of the American Statistical Association,
106(496), 1331-1344.
9. Go, VF, Frangakis, CE, Nam, LV, Sripaipan, T, Bergenstrom, A, Li, F, Latkin, C, Celentano,
DD and Quan, VM. (2011). Characteristics of high risk HIV-positive IDUs in Vietnam:
implications for future interventions. Substance Use and Misuse, 46(4), 381-389.
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10. Li, F and Zaslavsky, AM. (2010). Using a short screening scale for small-area estimation
of mental illness prevalence for Schools. Journal of the American Statistical Association,
105(492), 1323-1332.
11. Li, F and Zhang, NR. (2010). Bayesian variable selection in structured high-dimensional
covariate spaces with applications in genomics. Journal of the American Statistical Association,
105(491), 1202-1214.
12. Li, F, Green, JG, Zaslavsky, AM, and Kessler, R. (2010). Estimating prevalence of serious
emotional disturbance in schools using a brief screening scale. International Journal of
Methods in Psychiatric Research, 19 (Supplement 1), 88-98.
13. Baccini, M, Cook, S, Frangakis, CE, Li, F, Mealli, F, Rubin, DB, Zell EZ. (2010). Multiple
imputation in the Anthrax Vaccine Research Program. Chance, 23(2), 16-23.
14. Li, F and Frangakis, CE (2006). Polydesigns and causal inference. Biometrics, 62(2), 343-
351.
15. Li, F and Frangakis, CE (2005). Designs for partially controlled studies: Messages from a
review. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 14, 417-431.
Book Chapter
16. Zhang, T, Li, F, Sheng, H. (2013). The general linear model. Handbook of Modern Statistical
Methods: Neuroimaging Data Analysis, Ombao, H, Johnson, W, Lindquist, M, Aston, J
eds. Chapman and Hall - CRC Press.
Discussions
17. Mealli, F and Li, F. (2011). Discussion of “Transparent parametrization of models for potential
outcomes” by Richardson, Evans and Robins. Bayesian Statistics 9(JM Bernardo,
MJ Bayarri, JO Berger, AP Dawid, D Heckerman, AFM. Smith and M West eds.). Oxford
University Press.
Articles under review
18. Li, F, Mattei, A, and Mealli, F. (2013). Bayesian inference for regression discontinuity
designs with application to the evaluation of Italian university grants. Duke University Department
of Statistical Science Discussion Paper 13-3. under revision.
19. Li, F, Zhang, T, Wang, Q, Liu, F, and Coan, JA. (2013). Spatial Bayesian Variable Selection
and Grouping in High-dimensional Covariate Spaces with Application to fMRI. Duke
University Department of Statistical Science Discussion Paper 13-9.
20. Mercatanti, A, Li, F, and Mealli, F. (2013). Improving inference of Gaussian mixtures using
auxiliary variables. Duke University Department of Statistical Science Discussion Paper
12-14.
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21. Mercatanti, A, and Li, F. (2013). Do debit cards increase household spending? Evidence
from a semiparametric causal analysis of a survey. Duke Statistical Science Discussion Paper
13-05.
22. Zhang, T, Li, F, Gonzalez, M, Maresh, E, and Coan, JA. (2013). A semi-parametric nonlinear
model for event-related fMRI.
Peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings
23. Li, F, Mattei, A, and Mealli, F. (2013). Bayesian inference for regression discontinuity
designs. Proceedings of SIS 2013 Statistical Conference, Brescia, Italy.
24. Li, F, Mattei, A, and Mealli, F. (2012). Bayesian inference for causal effects in randomized
experiments with noncompliance: The role of multivariate outcomes. Proceedings of the
46th Scientific Meeting of the Italian Statistical Society, Rome, Italy.
Other Publications
25. Li, F, Zaslavsky, AM, and Landrum, MB. (2007). Propensity score analysis with hierarchical
data. Proceeding of Joint Statistical Meeting, Section on Health Policy Statistics.
American Statistical Association. 2474-2481.
26. Li, F, Frangakis, CE, and Varadhan, R (2003). Polydesigns in causal inference. Proceeding
of Joint Statistical Meeting, Section on Biopharmaceutical Statistics. American Statistical
Association. 2404-2408.
Technical Reports
27. Li, F, Yu, Y and Rubin, DB. (2012). Imputing missing data by fully conditional models:
Some cautionary examples and guidelines. under revision. Duke University Department of
Statistical Science Discussion Paper 11-24.
GRANTS
1. Bayesian multivariate analysis for causal inference with intermediate variables. NSF-SES
1155697. PI. 2012-2014.
2. Collaborative research: Statistical modeling and inference for high-dimensional multi-subject
neuroimaging data. NSF-DMS 1208983. PI. 2012-2015.
3. The Triangle Census Research Network. NSF-NCRN. Senior-Investigator (PI: Jerry Reiter).
2011-2016.
4. Towards proper estimation of drug effectiveness using a nationwide population-based database.
Finnish Academy, Finland. Senior-Investigator (PI: Risto Huupponen). 2011 - 2016.
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PRESENTATIONS
Invited Short Course
1. (2011 May) Short course on “Statistical Methods in Causal Inference”. Finnish Society of
Epidemiology. Helsinki, Finland.
Invited Seminars and Conference Presentations
1. (2013 Dec) International Workshop on Objective Bayes Methodology, Durham, NC.
2. (2013 Sep) Durham Veterans Administration, Division of Health Services Research and Development.
3. (2013 Aug) Joint Statistical Meeting, Montreal, Canada.
4. (2013 Aug) SAMSI Computational Methods in Social Sciences Program Opening Workshop,
Durham, NC.
5. (2013 Jun) SAMSI Neuroimaging Data Analysis Summer Program, Durham, NC.
6. (2013 May) Cornell University, Weill Medical College, Department of Public Health, Division
of Biostatistics and Epidemiology.
7. (2013 Apr) Collegio Carlo Alberto, University of Turin, Italy.
8. (2013 Mar) ENAR spring meeting, Orlando, FL.
9. (2012 Oct) University of Florence, Department of Statistics, Italy.
10. (2012 Oct) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Center for Developmental Science.
11. (2012 Jun) ISBA 2012 World Meeting, Kyoto, Japan.
12. (2012 May) Ohio State University, Department of Statistics.
13. (2012 Apr) ENAR spring meeting, Washington, DC.
14. (2012 Mar) IBM Watson Research Center.
15. (2012 Mar) Columbia University, Department of Psychiatry, Division of Biostatistics.
16. (2012 Jan) 5th Annual Bayesian Biostatistics Conference, Houston, TX.
17. (2011 Nov) University of Pennsylvania, Department of Statistics.
18. (2011 Oct) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Causal inference research group.
19. (2011 Aug) Joint Statistical Meeting, Miami, FL.
20. (2011 Apr) University of Virginia, Department of Statistics.
21. (2011 Mar) Brown University, Center for Statistical Sciences.
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22. (2011 Mar) IISA Conference on Probability, Statistics, and Data Analysis, Raleigh, NC.
23. (2010 Dec) The Eighth ICSA International Conference, Guangzhou, China.
24. (2008 Feb) Duke University, Department of Statistical Science.
25. (2008 Feb) University of Maryland at College Park, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
26. (2008 Feb) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Biostatistics.
27. (2007 Aug) Joint Statistical Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.
28. (2007 May) Fox Chase Cancer Center, Biostatistics Facility.
29. (2006 Apr) Harvard University, Department of Health Care Policy.
30. (2006 Mar) Group Health Cooperative, Center of Health Studies.
31. (2006 Feb) University of Chicago, Department of Health Studies.
32. (2006 Feb) University of Pittsburgh, Department of Statistics.
33. (2006 Jan) Ohio State University, Department of Statistics.
Contributed Conference Presentations and Posters
1. (2012 Aug) Joint Statistical Meeting, San Diego, CA.
2. (2010 Aug) Joint Statistical Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.
3. (2010 Jun) Ninth Valencia International Meeting on Bayesian Statistics, Benidorm, Spain.
4. (2009 Aug) Joint Statistical Meeting, Washington, DC.
5. (2009 Jun) ICSA Applied Statistics Symposium, San Francisco, CA.
6. (2005 Oct) International Genetic Epidemiology Society Annual Meeting. Park City, UT.
7. (2005 Mar) International Biometric Society (ENAR), Austin, TX, 2005.
8. (2004 Jul) American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
9. (2003 Aug) Joint Statistical Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
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MENTORING
Doctoral advisees
Scott Schwartz 2010
Fangpo Wang
2013 (co-advise with Alan Gelfand)
Master advisees
Ying Yang (Neurobiology) 2011
Undergraduate advisees
Colin Hwang (2011), Ekaterina Petrova (2012), Jack Fu (2013), Tracy Dong (2014).
Doctoral thesis committee
Hongxia Yang, Chiranjit Mukherjee 2011
Yajuan Si, Jochi Nakajima, Kai Cui 2012
Jared Murray 2013
Piia Lavikainen (University of Turku, Finland) 2014
Preliminary oral committee
Hongxia Yang, Minhui Shi, Chiranjit Mukherjee 2009
Yajuan Si, Fangpo Wang, Jochi Nakajima 2010
Kai Cui 2011
Tsuyoshi Kunihama 2012
Master thesis committee
Arturas Rozenas (Political Science), 2010
Shouqiang Wang (Operational Research), 2010
Yiting Deng (Computer Science), 2012
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