- Biostatistics
- Research
- Faculty & Staff
- Su Chen, PhD
- Hongying (Daisy) Dai, PhD
- Ran Dai, PhD, MS
- Jianghu (James) Dong, PhD
- Yeongjin Gwon, PhD
- Gleb Haynatzki, PhD, DSc
- Yunju Im, PhD
- Junghyae Lee, PhD
- Elizabeth Lyden, MS
- Jihyun Ma, MS, MA
- Samantha McCafferty
- Jane Meza, PhD
- Mary Morris, BSN, MS
- Fang Qiu, MS
- Kaeli Samson, MPH, MA
- Harlan R Sayles, MS
- Kendra K. Schmid, PhD, MA
- Valerie Shostrom, MS
- Lynette Smith, PhD
- Makayla Schissel, MPH
- Christopher S Wichman, PhD
- Fang Yu, PhD
- Ying Zhang, PhD
- Cheng Zheng, PhD
- Current Students
- Consulting
- Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health
- Epidemiology
- Health Promotion
- Health Services Research & Administration
Assistant Professor
Department of Biostatistics
University of Nebraska Medical Center
College of Public Health
Professional Summary
- 2020-present, Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Education
- 2020 PhD Statistics, University of Chicago
- 2016 MS Statistics, University of Chicago
- 2015 PhD Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
- 2009 Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University
Research Interests
My main research interest is in high dimensional, nonparametric and shape constrained statistical inference, machine learning and multiple testing. I have 5 years of data analysis experience with projects in: nonparametric statistics, shape constrained regression, FDR control, and collaborations in different applied areas including drug development, clinical trial and geology.
Selected Publications
- R. Dai, H. Song, G. Raskutti and R. F. Barber, (2020) The bias of isotonic regression. Electronic Journal of Statistics. 14: 801-874
- C. Zheng, R. Dai, R. P. Gale, M. J. Zhang, (2019) Causal inference in randomized clinical trials. Bone Marrow Transplantation. 1-5
- C. Zheng, R. Dai, P. Hari and M. J. Zhang. (2017) Instrumental variables with competing risk models. Statistics in medicine. 36: 1240-1255
- F. Liu, S. Dawadi, K. Maize, R. Dai, et al. (2017) Structure-Based Optimization of Pyridoxal 5’-Phosphate-Dependent Transaminase Enzyme (BioA) Inhibitors that Target Biotin Biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 60: 5507-5520.
- R. Dai, R. F. Barber, (2016) The Knockoff filter for FDR control in group-sparse and multitask regression. Proceedings of the 33rd international conference on Machine Learning (ICML).
- R. Dai, T. W. Geders, F. Liu, S. W. Park, D. Schnappinger, C. C. Aldrich, B. C. Finzel. (2015) Fragment-based Exploration of Binding Site Flexibility in Mycobacterium tuberculosis BioA. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 58: 5208-5217.
Professional Affiliations
- American Statistical Association
- Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Contact Ran Dai
984375 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-4375
Phone: (402) 559-2409
Email: ran.dai@unmc.edu
- Biostatistics
- Research
- Faculty & Staff
- Su Chen, PhD
- Hongying (Daisy) Dai, PhD
- Ran Dai, PhD, MS
- Jianghu (James) Dong, PhD
- Yeongjin Gwon, PhD
- Gleb Haynatzki, PhD, DSc
- Yunju Im, PhD
- Junghyae Lee, PhD
- Elizabeth Lyden, MS
- Jihyun Ma, MS, MA
- Samantha McCafferty
- Jane Meza, PhD
- Mary Morris, BSN, MS
- Fang Qiu, MS
- Kaeli Samson, MPH, MA
- Harlan R Sayles, MS
- Kendra K. Schmid, PhD, MA
- Valerie Shostrom, MS
- Lynette Smith, PhD
- Makayla Schissel, MPH
- Christopher S Wichman, PhD
- Fang Yu, PhD
- Ying Zhang, PhD
- Cheng Zheng, PhD
- Current Students
- Consulting
- Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health
- Epidemiology
- Health Promotion
- Health Services Research & Administration