Wenyaw Chan
Professor
713/500-9321
Reuel Stallones Building
1200 Pressler Street, Houston, TX 77030
About
Dr. Wenyaw Chan is currently a Professor of Biostatistics at the School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, where he started his faculty appointment in 1989. Committed to interdisciplinary research, Dr. Chan has participated in more than 50 funded research projects. His methodology research includes design and analysis of longitudinal studies, statistical inference on parameters of stochastic processes and development of biostatistical methods. In addition to biostatistical methodology, Dr. Chan’s areas of collaborative research include AIDS, Alzheimer’s disease, behavioral medicine, cancer, cardiovascular disease, dementia, environmental and occupational health, health outcome research, health promotion, human biology, nursing research, ophthalmology and stroke. He has authored or coauthored more than 220 peer-reviewed articles in statistics, medical sciences or public health. He also authored one textbook in mathematical statistics and one book in parent-adolescent relationship education. Dr. Chan is an elected Fellow of American Statistical Association and an elected member of The University of Texas Kenneth I. Shine, M.D. Academy of Health Science Education.
Center Affiliation
Center for Big Data in Health Sciences
Research Interests
- Biostatistics