Feng Dai, PhD

Associate Research Scientist in Public Health (Biostatistics)

Departments & Organizations

School of Public Health: Biostatistics | Yale Center for Analytical Sciences

Research Interests

Statistical applications in genetic Epidemiology of complex diseases, e.g. pain, obesity; Experimental design and statistical analysis of clinical data

Education

  • M.S., University of Pittsburgh, 2004
  • Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 2007

Selected Publications

  • Dai F, Belfer I, Schwartz C, Banco RJ, Martha J, Tighioughart H, Tromanhauser S, Jenis L, Kim DH (2010) Association of catechol-O-methyltransferase genetic variants with outcome in patients undergoing surgical treatment for lumbar degenerative disc disease. The Spine Journal, 10(1):949-957
  • Belfer I and Dai F (2010) Phenotyping and Genotyping Neuropathic Pain. Current Pain and Headache Reports, 14:203–212
  • Neely GG, Hess A, Costigan M, Keene AC, Goulas S, Langeslag M, Griffin RS, Belfer I, Dai F, Smith S, Diatchenko L, Gupta V, Xia C, Amann S, Kreitz S, Heindl-Erdmann C, Wolz S, Ly CV, Arora S, Sarangi R, Dan D, Novatchkova M, Rosenzweig M, Gibson D, Truong D, Schramek D, Zoranovic T, Cronin SJF, Angjeli B, Brune K, Dietz G, Maixner W, Meixner A, Thomas W, Pospisilik JA, Alenius M,Kress M, Subramaniam S, Garrity PA, Bellen HJ, Woolf CJ, Penninger JM (2010) A genome-wide Drosophila screen for heat nociception identifies a2d3 as an evolutionary-conserved pain gene. Cell, 143(4):628-38

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