Xinyi Xu

Xinyi Xu is a Professor of Statistics and Vice Chair for Graduate Studies at The Ohio State University's Department of Statistics. She is affiliated with the Institute for Population Research and serves as an Associate Editor for Bayesian Analysis. Her research focuses on Bayesian hierarchical modeling, decision theory, and high-dimensional data analysis with applications in biostatistics, sociology, and finance.

Education

• Ph.D. in Statistics, University of Pennsylvania (2005)
• M.A. in Statistics, University of Pennsylvania (2003)
• B.S. in Mathematics, University of Science & Technology of China (2001)

Research Interests

• Bayesian hierarchical modeling
• Statistical decision theory
• Model selection and averaging
• Applications in biostatistics, sociology, and finance

Grants

• National Science Foundation grants (DMS-2015552, DMS-1613110, DMS-1209194)
• National Institute of Child Health grants
• National Center for Research Resources grants

Labs/Teams

Collaborates with the Translational Data Analytics center at Ohio State and interdisciplinary experts.