Tianxi Cai

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Tianxi Cai
Chinese: 蔡天西
Born1977 (age 43–44)
Wenzhou, China
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsBiostatistics
Institutions
ThesisCorrelated Survival (1999)
Doctoral advisorLee-Jen Wei

Tianxi Cai (Chinese: 蔡天西, born 1977) is a Chinese biostatistician. She is the John Rock Professor of Population and Translational Data Sciences in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.[1] Topics in her research include biomarkers, personalized medicine, survival analysis, and health informatics.[2]

Education and career[]

Cai was born in Wenzhou. She graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1995, with a bachelor's degree in mathematics. She earned her doctorate (Sc.D.) in biostatistics at Harvard University in 1999.[3] Her dissertation, Correlated Survival, was supervised by Lee-Jen Wei.[4]

She worked as an assistant professor of biostatistics at the University of Washington from 2000 to 2002, before returning to Harvard as a faculty member.

Recognition[]

Cai was named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2011.[5]

Personal[]

Cai is the daughter of  [zh] and sister of T. Tony Cai, also a statistician.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Boston, 677 Huntington Avenue; Ma 02115 +1495‑1000 (2021-01-05). "Tianxi Cai". Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  2. ^ "Tianxi Cai", Faculty and Researcher Directory, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, retrieved 2018-10-28
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Biosketch, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, retrieved 2018-10-28
  4. ^ Tianxi Cai at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  5. ^ "ASA Founders Award and Fellows; JSM Plenary Session webcasts", Members' News, IMS Bulletin, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, October–November 2011

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