Youyi Fong

Youyi Fong, PhD is a Professor in the Biostatistics Program at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, with cross-appointments in the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division and Public Health Sciences Division. He also holds an Affiliate Professor position at the Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington.

• Education: PhD in Biostatistics (University of Washington, 2010), PhD in Molecular Biology (Indiana University Bloomington, 2000)

Research Interests focus on biostatistical methods for vaccine development and cancer research, particularly through:

• Deep learning-based computer vision for cell segmentation
• Immune correlates of protection analysis
• Threshold regression modeling
• Statistical challenges in biological assays

Scientific Contributions include:

• Development of the Seattle Pipeline (TSP) for cell imaging analysis
• Methodological innovations in machine learning and survival analysis
• Collaborative work on SARS-CoV-2, HIV, and HSV immune response studies