Duo Yu

Duo Yu, PhD is an Assistant Professor in Biostatistics at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), joining in fall 2023. She also serves as a biostatistician in MCW’s Center for Advancing Population Science (CAPS), where she bridges statistical theory with deep learning for healthcare applications.

Education:

• PhD in Biostatistics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Research Interests: Dr. Yu specializes in integrating statistical methods with machine learning and deep learning. Her work spans large-scale EHR analytics for clinical outcome prediction, developing interpretable AI models, and advancing precision oncology through Bayesian patient subgroup identification. Additional focus areas include mathematical modeling of infectious disease transmission and improving transparency in healthcare-focused machine learning systems.

Publication Trends: Her research emphasizes applying Bayesian frameworks to electronic health records, cross-disciplinary projects in cardiology and oncology, and hybrid statistical-deep learning models for real-time healthcare decision support.