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Hong Xian, Ph.D.

Professor Biostatistics and Global Health
College of Public Health and Social Justice

Courses Taught

Capstone in Biostatistics; Design and Analysis in Public Health; Statistical Programming and Study Planning: SAS; Theory of Biostatistics

Education

  • Ph.D. - Post-Doctoral Training in Statistical Genetic and Psychiatric Epidemiology (Washington University School of Medicine
  • M.S. (Western Illinois University)

Research Interests

  • Longitudinal study
  • Twin and family study
  • Genetically informative growth modeling
  • Clinical, psychiatric and genetic epidemiology

Publications and Media Placements

Xian has been principal investigator on several research projects including one R01 grant funded by NIH/NIDA and American Cancer Society Institutional Research. He has been co-investigator in a number of psychiatric and genetic epidemiology studies funded by NIH/NIDA, NIMH, NIAAA and NIA, and clinical trial and outcomes research projects funded by VA HSR&D and CSR&D.

Xian is currently on two NIH/NIA funded grants collaborating with investigators at University of California San Diego, Boston University and University of Chicago. Xian has authored or co-authored more than 125 peer-reviewed publications.