Qian Zhou

Dr. Qian (Michelle) Zhou is an Associate Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Mississippi State University (office Allen 454, phone 662-325-7160). Her research develops advanced statistical methods addressing fundamental questions about model misspecification in clinical and genetic studies.

Research interests include:

• Model diagnosis and selection
• Risk prediction and biomarker evaluation
• Survival and longitudinal data analysis
• Developing robust statistical procedures

Her work creates methods for survival analysis, longitudinal data, risk prediction, and model diagnostics that accommodate complications in clinical/genetic studies. Recent publications focus on copula models, survival analysis methods, and agricultural statistics applications. She maintains active research profiles on Google Scholar and MathSciNet.

Before joining MSU, Dr. Zhou was an Assistant Professor at Simon Fraser University (2012-2015) and Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (2009-2012). She earned her Ph.D. from University of Waterloo in 2009.