Teaching

I have taught 24 different courses on mathematics, statistics, measurement, and research methods at both undergraduate and graduate levels. At the University of Cincinnati, as a spearhead, I designed and established a Ph.D. program in Quantitative Research Methodology in 2003. Meanwhile, I developed a three-course sequence in Multivariate Analysis and a course on Quantitative Research Synthesis for the new Ph.D. program. After I came to Duke University in 2012, I redesigned a Ph.D. course on Measurement Theory and Practice to make it fit better to the program’s mission. I also initiated and have played a major role in the realignment of the Ph.D. statistics curriculum with students’ research needs.

Training

I have been invited or selected by the following institutions and associations to offer professional development courses and seminars on propensity score methods:

Associations

American Educational Research Association, 2012-2020*
American Public Health Association, 2014
American Statistical Association (Conference on Statistical Practice), 2018
American Statistical Association (Joint Statistical Meetings), 2017-2020*
International Chinese Statistical Association, 2016, 2019
South African Statistical Association, 2018

Institutions

Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2010
Southern Education Foundation, 2014
Nationwide Children’s Hospital, 2018
SAS Institute Inc., 2017

Universities

Beijing University, China, 2017
Fudan University, China, 2017
National University of Singapore, 2013
University of Massachusetts Medical School, 2019
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2020*
University of Massachusetts Lowell, 2023

Recently, I have been invited or selected to offer professional development courses and seminars on Modeling Strategies for Analyzing Complex Longitudinal Data for the following associations:

ISPOR–Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research, 2020*, 2022
American Statistical Association (Conference for Statistical Practice), 2023
American Statistical Association (International Conference on Health Policy Statistics), 2023
Southern Nursing Research Society, 2023

(*Canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19)

Mentoring

I have mentored nine Ph.D. students and four Master’s students, and served as a methodological advisor on committees of 55 Ph.D. dissertations, six Master’s theses, and four DNP capstone projects. My former doctoral advisees were awarded doctoral dissertation research grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, received Outstanding Graduate Student and Outstanding Dissertation Awards from universities and nationally, and obtained tenure-track faculty positions at research universities upon graduation.