Naihua Duan

Naihua Duan, Ph.D., Division Chief of Biostatistics and Data Coordination in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University, is a practicing biostatistician specializing in mental health services and policy research.^[1] Dr. Duan is a Professor of Biostatistics (in Psychiatry) with tenure in the Departments of Psychiatry and Biostatistics at CUMC, and a senior research scientist at NYSPI.

Dr. Duan is recognized both for his contributions to traditional evidence-based methods, and for his attempts to incorporate less traditional methods into mental health services research, such as conjoint analysis, robust parameter design, randomized encouragement design, and evidence farming.

Dr. Duan received a B.S. in mathematics from National Taiwan University, an M.A. in mathematical statistics from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in statistics from Stanford University. He is an accomplished practicing biostatistician with research interests in health services research, prevention research, sample design and experimental design, model robustness, transformation models, multilevel modeling, nonparametric and semi-parametric regression methods, and environmental exposure assessment.

He is also an elected fellow of the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. He has also served as a member of the editorial board for Statistica Sinica and Health Services & Outcomes Research Methodology, and associate editor for the Journal of the American Statistical Association. In addition, he served on a number of national and international panels, such as the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Organ Procurement and Transplantation Policy and Committee on Assessing the Medical Risks of Human Oocyte Donation for Stem Cell Research; the National Research Council’s Committee on Carbon Monoxide Episodes in Meteorological and Topological Problems Areas; and the National Institute of Mental Health’s Behavioral Sciences Workgroup.

Prior to joining the faculty at Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute in May 2007, he was a Professor in Residence at UCLA and served as the Director of the Methods Core in Dr. Kenneth Wells’ Health Services Research Center at UCLA.

References

1. ^ Faculty profile at Columbia University Medical Center

External links

Duan, N. (no date) A Quest for Evidence Beyond Evidence-Based Medicine: Unleashing Clinical Experience through Evidence Farming. (PDF) Manuscript, University of California, Davis.

• Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
• New York State Psychiatric Institute

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