Yiliang Zhu, Ph.D.
College of Public Health - Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics (SIBS)

Ph.D. Professor, Biostatistics
Director, Biostatistics PhD Program
Director, Center for Collaborative Research

Contact:

COPH Room 2106 
Tel:  (813) 974-6674
Fax: (813) 974-4719
Email: yzhu@health.usf.edu  

Courses Taught Recently

  • Biostatistical Computing, HSC 7055 (Spring 2005)
  • Biostatistical Inference II, HSC 7058 (Fall 2005)
  • Advanced Survival Data Analysis, HSC 7059 (Fall 2006,08)
  • Survey and Sampling in Health Research, HSC 6056 (Summer 2007)
  • Survival Data Analysis, HSC 6055 (Spring 2008, 2009)
  • Biostatistics in Society (Fall 2008, 09)
  • Biostatistical Collaboration and Consulting I (Spring 2008,2009)
  • Biostatistical Collaboration and Consulting II (Summer,2009)

Research Interests / Specialization

  • Health risk assessment
  • Exposure to environmental contaiminants and health consequences
  • Evaluation of healthcare systems and outcomes (HIV/AIDS, insurance, preparedness, emergency response)
  • Biostatistical methods for spatiotemporal data
  • Quantitative modeling of biological systems (population PBPK/PD models for pesticides and dioxin-like compounds) 
Additional Information:

Current and Recent Service Activities:

I am currently a memebr of National Academies of Science/National Research Council committee, "Review of EPA's Toxicological Assessment of Tetrachloroethylene". The committee is evaluating all aspects that underscore the risk assessment of tetrachloroethylene to ensure the scientific soundness of regulatary policy concerning tetrachloroethylene in the environment.   I also have been a member of the Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation (ACOT) since May 2005. Acting through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), ACOT  advises the Secretary of DHHS on all aspects of organ donation, procurement, allocation, and transplantation, and helps oversee the development of an equitable and effective Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) in the nation.   I have recently served on National Institute of Health's Center for Scientific Review Study Section, 'Modeling and analysis of biological systems' as well as a number of EPA's external peer review committees.