Yu Shyr

Chair, Department of Biostatistics
Harold L. Moses Chair in Cancer Research
Director, Vanderbilt Center for Quantitative Sciences (CQS)
Director, Vanderbilt Technologies for Advanced Genomics Analysis and Research Design (VANGARD)
Professor of Biostatistics, Biomedical Informatics, and Health Policy
Office Address
Department of Biostatistics
2525 West End Avenue, Suite 1100
Room / Suite
Room 11132
Nashville
Tennessee
37203
Phone
615-343-4247

PhD, Biostatistics, University of Michigan

Research interests include: statistical and bioinformatic methodology, next-generation sequencing data, adaptive clinical trials, longitudinal binary data; cancer biology, epidemiology, genetics, and bioinformatics; proteomics; survival analysis; teaching biostatistics

Honors and service include: Fellow, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR; elected 2022); Fellow, American Statistical Association (ASA; elected 2010); fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS; elected 2016); associate editor for statistics, JAMA Oncology (since 2015); honorary doctorate, National Cheng Kung University (2018)