Tianxi Cai
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]
Tianxi Cai | |
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| Chinese: 蔡天西 | |
| Born | 1977 (age 44–45) |
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| Fields | Biostatistics |
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| Thesis | Correlated Survival (1999) |
| Doctoral advisor | Lee-Jen Wei |
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 Xiaowan Cai and sister of T. Tony Cai, also a statistician.[3]
References
- 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.
- "Tianxi Cai", Faculty and Researcher Directory, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, retrieved 2018-10-28
- Biosketch, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, retrieved 2018-10-28
- Tianxi Cai at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- "ASA Founders Award and Fellows; JSM Plenary Session webcasts", Members' News, IMS Bulletin, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, October–November 2011