2021
Bayesian Sparse Mediation Analysis with Targeted Penalization of Natural Indirect Effects
Song Y, Zhou X, Kang J, Aung M, Zhang M, Zhao W, Needham B, Kardia S, Liu Y, Meeker J, Smith J, Mukherjee B. Bayesian Sparse Mediation Analysis with Targeted Penalization of Natural Indirect Effects. Journal Of The Royal Statistical Society Series C (Applied Statistics) 2021, 70: 1391-1412. PMID: 34887595, PMCID: PMC8653861, DOI: 10.1111/rssc.12518.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNatural indirect effectMulti-Ethnic Study of AtherosclerosisMediation analysisMediator-outcome effectsMulti-Ethnic StudyStudy of AtherosclerosisCausal mediation analysisLIFECODES birth cohortBirth cohortEpidemiological studiesJoint prior distributionPotential mediatorsHigh-dimensional mediation analysisGaussian mixtureHigh-dimensional mediatorsIndirect effectsPrior distributionEstimation accuracyExposure-mediated effectsBayesian paradigmExposure effectsAvailability of measurementsComposite structuresIncreasing availability of measurements
2008
Semiparametric Bayesian modeling of random genetic effects in family‐based association studies
Zhang L, Mukherjee B, Hu B, Moreno V, Cooney K. Semiparametric Bayesian modeling of random genetic effects in family‐based association studies. Statistics In Medicine 2008, 28: 113-139. PMID: 18792083, PMCID: PMC2684653, DOI: 10.1002/sim.3413.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRandom effects distributionRandom effects parametersBayesian approachProblem of estimating covarianceSensitive to parametric specificationSemiparametric Bayesian modelNonparametric Bayesian approachFixed covariate effectsFlexible Bayesian approachEffective distributionIntegrated likelihoodDirichlet processCovariate effectsNonparametric modelBayesian paradigmParametric specificationHierarchical Bayesian paradigmBayes methodologyInference problemSimulation studyRandom genetic effectsComputational advantagesCorrelation structureNumerical integration schemeTheoretical sense