Lili Yu is the Karl E. Peace Endowed Chair of Biostatistics and Professor in the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Environmental Health Sciences at Georgia Southern University, where she has been faculty since 2007. Her academic appointments include serving as Principal Investigator for the Office of International Chinese Statistical Association (2007-2017) and as Co-Principal Investigator for current research projects including 'Hierarchical Bayes Regression Models for Geospatial Inquiries' at Georgia Southern University. Dr. Yu's educational background is highly interdisciplinary, with degrees spanning medicine and statistics: PhD in Biostatistics from Ohio State University (2007) MS in Statistics from Ohio State University (2004) MS in Neuroscience from Capital Medical University (2001) MD in Clinical Medicine from Tianjin Medical University (1995) Her research interests focus on biostatistical methodology development and application, particularly in survival analysis, categorical data analysis, and multivariate data analysis. Dr. Yu has made significant contributions to accelerated failure time models, Bayesian statistics, and spatiotemporal modeling. Her work often addresses important public health questions related to disease modeling, mortality risk factors, and health outcomes assessment. Analysis of her publication trends shows a consistent trajectory from methodological development in survival analysis to applied studies addressing significant health issues. Dr. Yu has received recognition for her scholarly contributions, with an h-index of 11 according to Scopus data, and 1,876 citations across her publications. Her work has appeared in numerous high-impact journals across biostatistics, epidemiology, and public health disciplines. Her research funding includes multiple successful grant awards, demonstrating her ability to secure competitive research support. Notable projects include 'Hierarchical Bayes Regression Models for Geospatial Inquiries' (2022-2023), 'Efficient statistical methods in AFT model for cancer data' (2009-2010), and leadership of the Office of International Chinese Statistical Association (2007-2017). Dr. Yu's collaborative network is extensive, with co-authors from multiple institutions across the United States and internationally. Her work bridges methodological statistics with practical applications in public health and medicine, contributing to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals related to health and well-being.


