Ying Lu

Professor of Biomedical Data Science and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology

Academic Appointments

Professor, Department of Biomedical Data Science
Professor (By courtesy), Epidemiology and Population Health
Member, SPARK at Stanford
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute

Administrative Appointments

Director, US VA Cooperative Studies Program Palo Alto Coordinating Center (2009 - 2016)
Co-Director, Center for Innovative Study Design (2015 - Present)
Co-Director, Biostatistics Core, Stanford Cancer Institute (2016 - Present)

Honors & Awards

The Evelyn Fix Memorial Award, Department of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley (May, 1990)
Healthstar Osteoporosis Medical Research Award (HOMA) for Achievements in Osteoporosis Research, The Chinese Development Foundation for Science and Technology (October, 2003)
Advisory Committee Service Award, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (2010)
Elected Fellow, American Statistical Association (2011)
ICSA Outstanding Service Award, International Chinese Statistical Association (June 2016)
Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2020)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

President Elect (2019), President (2020), Past President (2021), WNAR (2019 - 2021)
Associate Editor, JCO Precision Oncology (http://po.jco.org) (2016 - Present)
President, The International Chinese Statistical Association (President-Elect, 2013 and Past-President, 2015) (2014 - 2014)

Professional Education

BS, Fudan University, Mathematics (1982)
MS, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Applied Mathematics (1984)
Ph.D., UC, Berkeley, Biostatistics (1990)

Current Research and Scholarly Interests

Biostatistics, clinical trials, statistical evaluation of medical diagnostic tests, radiology, osteoporosis, meta-analysis, medical decision making

Clinical Trials

Limiting AAA With Metformin (LIMIT) Trial Recruiting
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In this research, the investigators are looking at the effects of a drug called metformin may have on the growth of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)s. AAA is an abnormal enlargement of the aorta, which is the large artery in the abdomen (stomach area). The enlargement of the aorta carries a risk that it will rupture and cause life-threatening bleeding in the abdomen (belly). In this study the investigators hope to learn how metformin is associated with the enlargement or change in size of the AAA in study participants. Smaller studies have suggested that metformin may reduce the rate at which aortic aneurysms enlarge. This study will test this question: does metformin prevent AAAs from growing larger?

Lead Sponsor
- Stanford University
Stanford Investigators
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Stanford Advisees

Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Kristy Carpenter, Maggie Wang
Orals Evaluator
Rex Shen
Postdoctoral Research Mentor
Dehua Bi
Doctoral (Program)
Kevin Wu

Graduate and Fellowship Programs

Biomedical Data Science (Phd Program)
Biomedical Data Science (Masters Program)

All Publications

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Robert W. Carlson

Professor of Medicine (Oncology and General Internal Medicine/Medical Informatics) at the Stanford University Medical Center, Emeritus
Research Interests
Clinical investigations in breast cancer include institutional and NSABP studies of chemoprevention, adjuvant therapy, psychosocial interventions, treatment of metastatic disease, methods of decreasing anthracycline cardiotoxicity, and modulation of multidrug resistance. Research in meta-analysis includes the performance of meta-analysis in a wide variety of settings in cancer treatment by the international Meta-Analysis Group in Cancer.

167 Total Publications
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Dennis R Carter

Member, Bio-X
Research Interests
Professor Carter studies the influence of mechanical loading upon the growth, development, regeneration, and aging of skeletal tissues. Basic information from such studies is used to understand skeletal diseases and treatments. He has served as President of the Orthopaedic Research Society and is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

195 Total Publications
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Heike Daldrup-Link

Professor of Radiology (General Radiology) and, by courtesy, of Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology)
Clinical Focus
Pediatric Radiology, Pediatric Oncology Imaging
Research Interests
As a physician-scientist involved in the care of pediatric patients and developing novel pediatric molecular imaging technologies, my goal is to link the fields of nanotechnology and medical imaging towards more efficient diagnoses and image-guided therapies. Our research team develops novel imaging techniques for improved cancer diagnosis, for image-guided-drug delivery and for in vivo monitoring of cell therapies in children and young adults.

287 Total Publications
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Bruce Daniel

Professor of Radiology (Body Imaging) and, by courtesy, of Bioengineering
Clinical Focus
Radiology, Body Imaging
Research Interests
1. MRI of Breast Cancer, particularly new techniques. Currently being explored are techniques including ultra high spatial resolution MRI and contrast-agent-free detection of breast tumors.

2. MRI-guided interventions, especially MRI-compatible remote manipulation and haptics

3. Medical Mixed Reality. Currently being explored are methods of fusing patients and their images to potentially improve breast conserving surgery, and other conditions.

259 Total Publications
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Frederick M. Dirbas, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery (General Surgery) and, by courtesy, of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy)
Clinical Focus
Cancer > Breast Cancer, Cancer > Breast Cancer > Accelerated Breast Radiation, General Surgery, MRI in Breast Cancer Staging, Minimally Invasive Breast Surgery, Targeted Axillary Node Dissection, Accelerated, Partial Breast Irradiation (APBI), Intraoperative Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer, Nipple Sparing Mastectomy, Triple Negative Breast Cancer (see https://med.stanford.edu/dirbas.html)
Research Interests
Currently collaborating with Dr's Aaron Newman and Michael Clarke to study cancer stem cells associated with triple negative breast cancer. Advancing studies of FLASH radiotherapy in preclinical models for potential future use in humans. Investigating preclinical use of high dose gaseous nitric oxide in the treatment of solid tumors.

105 Total Publications
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Nancy Fischbein

Professor of Radiology and, by courtesy, of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery (OHNS), of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, of Neurosurgery & of Radiation Oncology
Clinical Focus
Diagnostic Neuroimaging

222 Total Publications
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Nicholas Giori MD, PhD

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Research Interests
Osteoarthritis
Medical Device Development

165 Total Publications
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Garry Gold

Stanford Medicine Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Clinical Focus
Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology
Research Interests
My primary focus is application of new MR imaging technology to musculoskeletal problems. Current projects include: Rapid MRI for Osteoarthritis, Weight-bearing cartilage imaging with MRI, and MRI-based models of muscle. We are studying the application of new MR imaging techniques such as rapid imaging, real-time imaging, and short echo time imaging to learn more about biomechanics and pathology of bones and joints. I am also interested in functional imaging approaches using PET-MRI.

352 Total Publications
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Suhi Hanif

Masters Student in Epidemiology and Clinical Research, admitted Autumn 2024

6 Total Publications
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Trevor Hastie

John A. Overdeck Professor, Professor of Statistics and of Biomedical Data Sciences
Research Interests
Flexible statistical modeling for prediction and representation of data arising in biology, medicine, science or industry. Statistical and machine learning tools have gained importance over the years. Part of Hastie's work has been to bridge the gap between traditional statistical methodology and the achievements made in machine learning.

321 Total Publications
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Stefanie S. Jeffrey, MD

John and Marva Warnock Professor, Emerita
Research Interests
Dr. Jeffrey led the multidisciplinary team from the Schools of Medicine, Engineering, and Genome Technology Center that invented the MagSweeper, an automated device that immunomagnetically captures live circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from cancer patient blood for single cell analysis or culture. Her lab also works on microfluidic technologies for tumor cell capture, characterization, and growth - with the goal of defining individual patient response to newer biologically-based cancer therapies.

162 Total Publications
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Deborah Kado

Professor of Medicine (Primary Care and Population Health) and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health
Clinical Focus
Bone Health Specialist, Internal Medicine

147 Total Publications