Dr. Yi Li

Yi Li is a Professor of Biostatistics and Professor of Global Public Health at the University of Michigan (UM). After receiving a Ph.D. from the UM in 1999, he was an Assistant Professor and Associate Professor at the Harvard School of Public Health for 12 years before rejoining the UM to lead a major research center in 2011. He has made important contributions in a wide range of statistical areas, including data science, survival analysis, high-dimensional data analysis, measurement error problems, spatial data analysis, random-effects models, clinical trial design, and high-dimensional data analysis. He has published more than 200 papers in major statistical journals as well as in premium medical journals. He has led or is leading numerous federal projects funded by NIH. He is an ASA fellow, has served as a regular member for several NIH study sessions and is serving as an associate editor for 6 major statistical journals.