Lu Zhang

Dr. Lu Zhang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California (USC). Her expertise includes statistical modeling, Bayesian statistics, and statistical computing, with a focus on spatial data analysis and software development. She holds a PhD in Biostatistics from UCLA and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Fudan University. Prior to USC, she conducted postdoctoral research at Columbia University and the Flatiron Institute.

• Education:
  • PhD in Biostatistics, UCLA (2020)
  • Bachelor’s in Mathematics, Fudan University (2014)

Research interests emphasize scalable Bayesian spatial modeling, variational inference, and applications in public health. She has contributed to projects like the NNGP_STAN repository on GitHub, focusing on scalable Gaussian process models. Teaching experience includes courses in biostatistics and statistical computing at UCLA.