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Jing Ning

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Division of Quantitative Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Research Interests

  • Design and analysis of clinical trials
  • Joint modeling of disease recurrence and survival
  • Joint modeling of longitudinal measurements and recurrent events
  • Nonparametric and semi-parametric statistical methods
  • Univariate and multivariate survival analysis

Office Address

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
1400 Pressler St
Unit Number: 1411
Houston, TX 77030
Room Number: FCT4. 6006
Phone: 713-792-5310
Fax: 713-563-4242
Email: jning@mdanderson.org

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

2008 The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, PHD, Biostatistics
2002 University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China, MS, Probability and Statistics
1999 University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China, BS, Statistics

Postgraduate Training

9/2007-6/2009 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Experience/Service

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor, The University of Texas, Houston, TX, 8/2009-8/2011

Honors and Awards

2003 Faculty Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Johns Hopkins University
2002 "Shing-Tung Yau” Award in Recognition of Excellent Research Achievements, University of Science and Technology of China
1997 Award for Global Top Five Scores in Exam 100 by Society of Actuaries, Society of Actuaries
1996-1999 Outstanding Undergraduate Student Scholarship, University of Science and Technology of China

Professional Memberships

American Statistical Association
Member, 2005-present
Eastern North American Region (ENAR), International Biometric Society
Member, 2005-present
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Member, 2011-present
International Chinese Statistical Association
Member, 2011-present

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Ning J,Qin J, Shen Y. Semiparametric Accelerated Failure Time Model for Length-biased Data with Application to Dementia Study. Statistica Sinica. In Press.
2. Hwang KO, Ning J, Trickey AW, Sciamanna CN. Website usage and weight loss in a free commercial online weight loss program. J Med Internet Res 15(1), doi:10.2196/jmir.2195, 2013. e-Pub 2013.
3. Shen, Y., Ning, J. and Qin, J. Likelihood approaches for the invariant density ratio model with biased-sampling data. Biometrika 99(2):363-378, 2012.
4. Diao G, Ning J, Qin J. Maximum likelihood estimation for semiparametric density ratio model. Int J Biostat 8, 2012. e-Pub 6/27/2012. PMID: 22745024.
5. Ning J, Qin J, Asgharian M, Shen Y. Empirical likelihood-based confidence intervals for length-biased data. Stat Med. e-Pub 10/2012. PMID: 23027662.
6. Huang X, Ning J. Analysis of multi-stage treatments for recurrent diseases. Stat Med 31(24):2805-21, 10/30/2012. e-Pub 7/24/2012. PMID: 22826139.
7. Rahbar MH, Chen Z, Jeon S, Gardiner JC, Ning J. A Nonparametric Test for Equality of Survival Medians. Stat Med 31(9):844-54, 4/30/2012. e-Pub 2/3/2012. PMID: 22302559.
8. Qin J, Ning J, Liu H, Shen Y. Maximum Likelihood Estimations and EM Algorithms with Length-biased Data. J Am Stat Assoc 106(496):1434-1449, 12/1/2011. PMCID: PMC3273908.
9. Ning J, Qin J, Shen Y. Buckley-James-type estimator with right-censored and length-biased data. Biometrics 67(4):1369-1378, 12/2011. e-Pub 3/8/2011. PMCID: PMC3137763.
10. Ning J, Qin J, Shen Y. Nonparametric tests for right-censored data with biased sampling. J R Stat Soc Series B Stat Methodol 72(5):609-630, 11/1/2010. PMCID: PMC2963462.
11. Ning J, Huang X. Response-adaptive randomization for clinical trials with adjustment for covariate imbalance. Stat Med 29(17):1761-8, 7/30/2010. PMCID: PMC2911996.
12. Shen Y, Ning J, Qin J. Analyzing Length-biased Data with Semiparametric Transformation and Accelerated Failure Time Models. J Am Stat Assoc 104(487):1192-1202, 9/1/2009. PMCID: PMC2972554.
13. Huang X, Ning J, Li Y, Estey E, Issa JP, Berry DA. Using short-term response information to facilitate adaptive randomization for survival clinical trials. Stat Med 28(12):1680-9, 5/30/2009. PMCID: PMC2883264.
14. Hui, J., Miao, B., Ning, J. and Peng, H. Nonparametric estimation for contamination distribution. Applied Mathematics 23(2):175-182, 2008.
15. Bandeen-Roche K, Ning J. Non-parametric estimation of bivariate failure time associations in the presence of a competing risk. Biometrika 95(1):221-232, 3/1/2008. PMCID: PMC2841410.
16. Lei, M., Miao, B. and Ning, J. Study of Shanghai stock index and the policy effect with survival analysis. Application of Statistics and Management 22(6):46-50, 2003.
17. Ning, J., Xiao, J. and Miao, B. Analysis of fatty liver and its influencing factors. Application of Statistics and Management 12(3):9-12, 2001.
18. Zhou JH, Kim KB, Myers JN, Fox PS, Ning J, Bassett RL, Hasanein H, Prieto VG. Immunohistochemical expression of hormone receptors in melanoma of pregnant women, non-pregnant women and men. American Journal of Dermatopathology. In Press.
19. Mohammad H Rahbar; Deborah J del Junco; Hanwen Huang; Jing Ning; Erin E Fox; Xuan Zhang; Martin A Schreiber; Karen J Brasel; Eileen M Bulger, Charles E. Wade;Bryan A. Cotton; Herb A. Phelan; Mitchell J. Cohen; John G. Myers;Louis H. Alarcon; Peter Muskat; Christopher E. White; and John B Holcomb; on behalf of the PROMMTT Study Group. A latent class model for defining severe hemorrhage:Experience from the Prospective, Observational, Multicenter, Major Trauma Transfusion Study. the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery for the PROMMTT supplement. In Press.

Abstracts
1. Li, Q., Ning, J., Bandeen-Roche, K., Fallin, M.D. Associating haplotypes with trajectories from longitudinal studies. GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY 31(5):457, 7/2007.

Grant & Contract Support

Title: Cincinnati Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences and Training
Funding Source: NIH/NCI (Subcontract from the University of Cincinnati)
Role: Co-Investigator
Principal Investigator: Christopher Lindsell
Duration: 10/1/2011 - 3/31/2012
 
Title: PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMIZED OPTIMAL PLATETS & PLASMA RATIOS
Funding Source: NIH/NHLBI
Role: Co-Investigator
Principal Investigator: Barbara C. Tilley
Duration: 9/1/2010 - 8/31/2011
 
Title: TCD WITH TRANSFUSIONS CHANGING TO HYDROXYUREA
Funding Source: NIH/NHLBI
Role: Biostatistician
Principal Investigator: Russell E. Ware
Duration: 8/21/2010 - 8/31/2011
 
Title: Cancer Center Support Grant - Biostatistics Shared Resource (PPSR-21)
Funding Source: NIH/NCI
Role: Statistician
Principal Investigator: Ronald DePinho
Duration: 7/1/2008 - 6/30/2013
 
Title: Statistical Methods for Breast Cancer Prevention and Treatment Studies
Funding Source: NIH/NCI
Role: Co-Investigator
Principal Investigator: Yu Shen
Duration: 8/1/1999 - 4/30/2015

Last updated: 11/7/2012