Hulin Wu

Hulin Wu, PhD is a Professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health and Chair of the Department of Biostatistics & Data Science. He holds the Betty Wheless Trotter Professorship and Dr. D.R. Seth Family Professorship in Biostatistics.

Trained with an MS in Engineering and a PhD in Statistics, Wu specializes in statistical methods for longitudinal data analysis, differential equation models, and their biomedical applications in clinical trials, bioinformatics, and immunology. His work focuses on infectious diseases like HIV, influenza, and bacterial infections, alongside big data analysis and community-based health studies.

• Research Interests: Biostatistical modeling, dynamic systems in health data, clinical trial design, EHR integration, and -omics applications in infectious disease modeling.
• Leadership: Joined UTHealth in 2015 as Dr. D.R. Seth Family Professor and Associate Chair of Biostatistics, later becoming Chair in 2017. Previously held roles at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
• Funding: Continuously funded by NIH since 1998 as PI/Co-PI for R01, T32 training grants, and center grants, including directing the NIH-funded Center for Biodefense Immune Modeling (2005-2015).
• Publications: Authored 2 books and over 130 peer-reviewed papers in top journals like JASA, Biometrika, and Journal of Immunology.