Yuqi Tian

PhD, 2022

Dissertation: Semiparametric Cumulative Probability Models for Skewed, Censored, and Clustered Continuous Response Data

Advisor: Bryan Shepherd

BS, Statistics, Xiamen University

At Mastercard since 2023. Currently Lead Data Scientist.

Winner of the 2021 W. S. Gosset Award for Exceptional Research.

Publications include:

Tian Y, Li C, Tu S, James NT, Harrell FE, Shepherd BE. Addressing Multiple Detection Limits with Semiparametric Cumulative Probability Models. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 2024;119(546):864–874. Epub 2024 Apr 1. https://doi.org/10.1080/01621459.2024.2315667

Li C, Tian Y, Zeng D, Shepherd BE. Asymptotic Properties for Cumulative Probability Models for Continuous Outcomes. Mathematics (Basel). 2023 Dec 2;11(24):4896. doi: 10.3390/math11244896. Epub 2023 Dec 7. PMID: 38374966; PMCID: PMC10875740.

Tian Y, Shepherd BE, Li C, Zeng D, Schildcrout JS. Analyzing clustered continuous response variables with ordinal regression models. Biometrics. 2023 Dec;79(4):3764-3777. doi: 10.1111/biom.13904. Epub 2023 Jul 17. PMID: 37459181; PMCID: PMC10792095.

Audet CM, Pettapiece-Phillips M, Tian Y, Shepherd BE, Vermund SH, Salato J. "If it weren't for my traditional healer, I would be dead": Engaging traditional healers to support people living with HIV in rural Mozambique. PLoS One. 2022 Jun 28;17(6):e0270565. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270565. PMID: 35763519; PMCID: PMC9239464.

Tian Y, Hothorn T, Li C, Harrell FE Jr, Shepherd BE. An empirical comparison of two novel transformation models. Stat Med. 2020 Feb 28;39(5):562-576. doi: 10.1002/sim.8425. Epub 2019 Dec 6. PMID: 31808976; PMCID: PMC7537829.