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Dr. George C Tseng serves as Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, with secondary appointments in Human Genetics and Computational and Systems Biology.
His educational background includes a BS (1997) and MS (1999) in Mathematics from National Taiwan University and an ScD (2003) in Biostatistics from Harvard School of Public Health.
Dr. Tseng's research focuses on developing statistical methodologies for genomic and bioinformatic applications to advance precision medicine. His work spans multiple high-impact areas including multi-omics data integration, machine learning for high-dimensional data, cluster analysis for disease subtyping, and statistical methods for experimental design in omics studies. His approach emphasizes close collaboration with biological and clinical researchers to ensure methodological relevance to real-world problems.
His publication record demonstrates consistent contributions to top statistical and bioinformatics journals, with recent work focusing on congruence analysis between animal models and humans, outcome-guided clustering methods, and high-dimensional causal mediation analysis.
- Elected Fellow, American Statistical Association (2017)
- Statistician of the Year, ASA Pittsburgh Chapter (2017)
- Provost's Award for Excellence in PhD Mentoring, University of Pittsburgh (2019)
- Clinical Research Scholar (K12) Award, NIH (2007-2009)
- Elected Member, International Statistical Institute (2012)
Dr. Tseng has successfully mentored over 25 PhD students who have secured positions in academia, industry, and government agencies. His laboratory has maintained continuous NIH funding as principal investigator since 2012, including current grants R01CA285337 (2025-2030) and R01LM014142 (2023-2026).
The Tseng Lab operates as a collaborative research environment focused on translating statistical innovations into practical solutions for biological and medical challenges, with strong connections to multiple research centers and clinical departments at the University of Pittsburgh.
