Mei-Yin Polley

Dr. Mei-Yin Polley is a Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Chicago and Head of the Statistics Division of NRG Oncology's Statistics and Data Management Center. Her expertise spans cancer clinical trials, biomarker validation, and neuro-oncology research. She has held prior roles at UCSF Neurosurgery, NCI, and Mayo Clinic.

Education: PhD in Biostatistics (Columbia University, 2006), MS in Biostatistics (Columbia, 2001), Statistics (Harvard, 1999).

Research focuses on clinical trial design, biomarker reproducibility, and predictive modeling in brain and breast cancers. Her work emphasizes integrating genomic and clinical data for precision medicine, with contributions to trial methodologies like external control data utilization and adaptive designs.

Awards include the Joseph L. Fleiss Prize (2006), Distinguished Achievement Award (2012), and VA Federal Advisory Committee appointment (2021–2025). She advises national cancer networks and scientific committees.