Ying Yuan
Ying Yuan, PhD, is a Bettyann Asche Murray Distinguished Professor and Deputy Chair in the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Yuan is an internationally renowned researcher in Bayesian adaptive clinical trial designs.He has published over 100 methodology papers on innovative Bayesian adaptive designs, including early phase trials, seamless trials, biomarker-guided trials, and basket and platform trials. The designs and software (www.trialdesign.org) developed by Dr. Yuan have been widely used in medical research institutes, pharmaceutical companies and the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Yuan is the Chair of Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) at MD Anderson Cancer Center and elected as an American Statistical Association (ASA) fellow. Dr. Yuan wrote book “Bayesian Designs for Phase I-II Clinical Trials” published by Chapman & Hall/CRC. He obtained his PhD degree in Biostatistics from the University of Michigan.