Kwang Woo Ahn

Dr. Kwang Woo Ahn is a Professor of Biostatistics at the Medical College of Wisconsin and serves as the Chief Statistical Director of the Center for International Blood & Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR). He joined the institution in 2008 and collaborates with departments such as Physiology and Plastic Surgery. His research focuses on survival analysis, high-dimensional data, missing data methodologies, and clinical trial design.

Education:

• PhD, The University of Iowa, 2008
• MS, The University of Iowa, 2005
• BS, Korea University, 2003

Research Interests:

• Survival and competing risks data analysis
• Machine learning applications in genomics
• Statistical methods for clinical trials
• Missing data imputation techniques

His work integrates bioinformatics and personalized medicine approaches to address challenges in hematologic malignancies and transplant outcomes.

Publications: Recent studies focus on CAR-T therapy efficacy, scRNA-seq analysis frameworks, and statistical models for clustered survival data. These contributions highlight advancements in both methodological and applied biostatistics.

Lab/Teams: Central collaborator in CIBMTR’s working committees, including Chronic Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Pediatric Cancer divisions. Key projects involve next-generation sequencing analysis and hypertension studies in transplant recipients.