Victoria Ding, M.S.
Biostatistician

Victoria joined the QSU in June 2013.  She completed her M.S. in Biostatistics at the University of Washington, where she engaged in collaborative research pertaining to mental health and gerontology.  She now lends her expertise in R, SAS, and STATA to cardiovascular outcomes research. 

Methodology Area of Interest:  data visualization, survival analysis, hierarchical modeling

Clincial Area of Interest: neurological, renal, and metabolic disorders 

Selected Publications: 

Rhee JJ, Ding VY, Rehkopf DH, Arce CM, Winkelmayer WC. Correlates of poor glycemic control among patients with diabetes initiating hemodialysis for end-stage renal disease. BMC Nephrol. 2015 Dec 9;16:204. 

Gustin SL, Ding VY, Desai M, Leader B, Baker VL. Evidence of an age-related correlation of ovarian reserve and FMR1 repeat number among women with "normal" CGG repeat status. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2015 Nov;32(11):1669-76. 

Winkelmayer WC, Chang TI, Mitani AA, Wilhelm-Leen ER, Ding V, Chertow GM, Brookhart MA, Goldstein BA. Longer-term outcomes of darbepoetin alfa versus epoetin alfa in patients with ESRD initiating hemodialysis: a quasi-experimental cohort study. Am J Kidney Dis. 2015 Jul;66(1):106-13.

Sanders JL, Ding V, Arnold AM, Kaplan RC, Cappola AR, Kizer JR, Boudreau RM, Cushman M, Newman AB. Do changes in circulating biomarkers track with each other and with functional changes in older adults? J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2014 Feb;69(2):174-81.

Ding VY, Hubbard RA, Rutter CM, Simon GE. Assessing the accuracy of profiling methods for identifying top providers: performance of mental health care providers. Health Serv Outcomes Res Methodol. 2013 Mar 1;13(1):1-17.