Fan Li, PhD

• Allen Hsiao
• Anita Huttner
• Chirag Parikh
• Denise Esserman
• Dennis Moledina
• Dennis Shung
• Donna Spiegelman
• F. Perry Wilson
• Guangyu Tong
• Heather Allore
• James Dziura
• James Nugent
• Jason Greenberg
• Jeffrey Testani
• Joan K Monin
• Joseph Chang
• Lama Ghazi
• Loren Laine
• Michael Simonov
• Monique Hinchcliff
• Peter Peduzzi
• Prem Thomas
• Ranjit S. Bindra
• Sherry Mansour
• Ted Melnick
• Ugochukwu Ugwuowo
• William Becker
• Xin Zhou

Health Services Research; Longitudinal Studies; Causality; Biostatistics; Propensity Score; Observational Study; Pragmatic Clinical Trial

Aging; Clinical Trials; Bayesian Statistics; Implementation Science; Survival Analysis

• Accounting for unequal cluster sizes in designing cluster randomized trials to detect treatment effect heterogeneity.Tong G, Esserman D, Li F. Accounting for unequal cluster sizes in designing cluster randomized trials to detect treatment effect heterogeneity. Statistics In Medicine 2021 PubMed ID: 34923655, DOI: 10.1002/sim.9283.
• A Bayesian approach for estimating the partial potential impact fraction with exposure measurement error under a main study/internal validation design.Chen X, Chang J, Spiegelman D, Li F. A Bayesian approach for estimating the partial potential impact fraction with exposure measurement error under a main study/internal validation design. Statistical Methods In Medical Research 2021, 9622802211060514 PubMed ID: 34841964, DOI: 10.1177/09622802211060514.
• Methodological challenges in pragmatic trials in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias: Opportunities for improvement.Taljaard M, Li F, Qin B, Cui C, Zhang L, Nicholls SG, Carroll K, Mitchell SL. Methodological challenges in pragmatic trials in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias: Opportunities for improvement. Clinical Trials (London, England) 2021, 17407745211046672 PubMed ID: 34841910, DOI: 10.1177/17407745211046672.
• swdpwr: A SAS macro and an R package for power calculations in stepped wedge cluster randomized trials.Chen J, Zhou X, Li F, Spiegelman D. swdpwr: A SAS macro and an R package for power calculations in stepped wedge cluster randomized trials. Computer Methods And Programs In Biomedicine 2022, 213: 106522 PubMed ID: 34818620, PMCID: PMC8665077, DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2021.106522.
• Estimating the natural indirect effect and the mediation proportion via the product method.Cheng C, Spiegelman D, Li F. Estimating the natural indirect effect and the mediation proportion via the product method. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2021, 21: 253 PubMed ID: 34800985, PMCID: PMC8606099, DOI: 10.1186/s12874-021-01425-4.
• Sample size considerations for stepped wedge designs with subclusters.Davis-Plourde K, Taljaard M, Li F. Sample size considerations for stepped wedge designs with subclusters. Biometrics 2021 PubMed ID: 34719017, DOI: 10.1111/biom.13596.
• Impact of complex, partially nested clustering in a three-arm individually randomized group treatment trial: A case study with the wHOPE trial.Tong G, Seal KH, Becker WC, Li F, Dziura JD, Peduzzi PN, Esserman DA. Impact of complex, partially nested clustering in a three-arm individually randomized group treatment trial: A case study with the wHOPE trial. Clinical Trials (London, England) 2021, 17407745211051288 PubMed ID: 34693748, DOI: 10.1177/17407745211051288.
• Impact of unequal cluster sizes for GEE analyses of stepped wedge cluster randomized trials with binary outcomes.Tian Z, Preisser JS, Esserman D, Turner EL, Rathouz PJ, Li F. Impact of unequal cluster sizes for GEE analyses of stepped wedge cluster randomized trials with binary outcomes. Biometrical Journal. Biometrische Zeitschrift 2021 PubMed ID: 34596912, DOI: 10.1002/bimj.202100112.
• Marginal modeling of cluster-period means and intraclass correlations in stepped wedge designs with binary outcomes.Li F, Yu H, Rathouz PJ, Turner EL, Preisser JS. Marginal modeling of cluster-period means and intraclass correlations in stepped wedge designs with binary outcomes. Biostatistics (Oxford, England) 2021 PubMed ID: 33527999, DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxaa056.
• Estimating heterogeneous survival treatment effect in observational data using machine learning.Hu L, Ji J, Li F. Estimating heterogeneous survival treatment effect in observational data using machine learning. Statistics In Medicine 2021, 40: 4691-4713 PubMed ID: 34114252, DOI: 10.1002/sim.9090.
• Mixed-effects models for the design and analysis of stepped wedge cluster randomized trials: An overview.Li F, Hughes JP, Hemming K, Taljaard M, Melnick ER, Heagerty PJ. Mixed-effects models for the design and analysis of stepped wedge cluster randomized trials: An overview. Statistical Methods In Medical Research 2021, 30: 612-639 PubMed ID: 32631142, PMCID: PMC7785651, DOI: 10.1177/0962280220932962.
• Early identification of patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding using natural language processing and decision rules.Shung D, Tsay C, Laine L, Chang D, Li F, Thomas P, Partridge C, Simonov M, Hsiao A, Tay JK, Taylor A. Early identification of patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding using natural language processing and decision rules. Journal Of Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2021, 36: 1590-1597 PubMed ID: 33105045, DOI: 10.1111/jgh.15313.
• Electronic health record alerts for acute kidney injury: multicenter, randomized clinical trial.Wilson FP, Martin M, Yamamoto Y, Partridge C, Moreira E, Arora T, Biswas A, Feldman H, Garg AX, Greenberg JH, Hinchcliff M, Latham S, Li F, Lin H, Mansour SG, Moledina DG, Palevsky PM, Parikh CR, Simonov M, Testani J, Ugwuowo U. Electronic health record alerts for acute kidney injury: multicenter, randomized clinical trial. BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.) 2021, 372: m4786 PubMed ID: 33461986, PMCID: PMC8034420, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.m4786.
• Assessment of Acute Kidney Injury and Longitudinal Kidney Function After Hospital Discharge Among Patients With and Without COVID-19.Nugent J, Aklilu A, Yamamoto Y, Simonov M, Li F, Biswas A, Ghazi L, Greenberg J, Mansour S, Moledina D, Wilson FP. Assessment of Acute Kidney Injury and Longitudinal Kidney Function After Hospital Discharge Among Patients With and Without COVID-19. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e211095 PubMed ID: 33688965, PMCID: PMC7948062, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.1095.
• Covariate adjustment in subgroup analyses of randomized clinical trials: A propensity score approach.Yang S, Li F, Thomas LE, Li F. Covariate adjustment in subgroup analyses of randomized clinical trials: A propensity score approach. Clinical Trials (London, England) 2021, 18: 570-581 PubMed ID: 34269087, DOI: 10.1177/17407745211028588.
• Sample size and power considerations for cluster randomized trials with count outcomes subject to right truncation.Li F, Tong G. Sample size and power considerations for cluster randomized trials with count outcomes subject to right truncation. Biometrical Journal. Biometrische Zeitschrift 2021, 63: 1052-1071 PubMed ID: 33751620, DOI: 10.1002/bimj.202000230.
• Propensity score weighting for covariate adjustment in randomized clinical trials.Zeng S, Li F, Wang R, Li F. Propensity score weighting for covariate adjustment in randomized clinical trials. Statistics In Medicine 2021, 40: 842-858 PubMed ID: 33174296, DOI: 10.1002/sim.8805.
• Sample size estimation for modified Poisson analysis of cluster randomized trials with a binary outcome.Li F, Tong G. Sample size estimation for modified Poisson analysis of cluster randomized trials with a binary outcome. Statistical Methods In Medical Research 2021, 30: 1288-1305 PubMed ID: 33826454, DOI: 10.1177/0962280221990415.
• Nanoparticle-mediated convection-enhanced delivery of a DNA intercalator to gliomas circumvents temozolomide resistance.Wang Y, Jiang Y, Wei D, Singh P, Yu Y, Lee T, Zhang L, Mandl HK, Piotrowski-Daspit AS, Chen X, Li F, Li X, Cheng Y, Josowitz A, Yang F, Zhao Y, Wang F, Zhao Z, Huttner A, Bindra RS, Xiao H, Mark Saltzman W. Nanoparticle-mediated convection-enhanced delivery of a DNA intercalator to gliomas circumvents temozolomide resistance. Nature Biomedical Engineering 2021, 5: 1048-1058 PubMed ID: 34045730, PMCID: PMC8497438, DOI: 10.1038/s41551-021-00728-7.
• Bayesian estimation of genetic regulatory effects in high-throughput reporter assays.Majoros WH, Kim YS, Barrera A, Li F, Wang X, Cunningham SJ, Johnson GD, Guo C, Lowe WL, Scholtens DM, Hayes MG, Reddy TE, Allen AS. Bayesian estimation of genetic regulatory effects in high-throughput reporter assays. Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) 2020, 36: 331-338 PubMed ID: 31368479, PMCID: PMC7999138, DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btz545.
• The uptick in income segregation: Real trend or random sampling variation?Logan J, Foster A, Ke J, Li F. The uptick in income segregation: Real trend or random sampling variation? American Journal of Sociology 2018,124:185-222.
• Properties and pitfalls of weighting as an alternative to multilevel multiple imputation in cluster randomized trials with missing binary outcomes under covariate-dependent missingness.Turner EL, Yao L, Li F, Prague M. Properties and pitfalls of weighting as an alternative to multilevel multiple imputation in cluster randomized trials with missing binary outcomes under covariate-dependent missingness. Statistical Methods In Medical Research 2020, 29: 1338-1353 PubMed ID: 31293199, DOI: 10.1177/0962280219859915.
• Design and analysis considerations for cohort stepped wedge cluster randomized trials with a decay correlation structure.Li F. Design and analysis considerations for cohort stepped wedge cluster randomized trials with a decay correlation structure. Statistics In Medicine 2020, 39: 438-455 PubMed ID: 31797438, PMCID: PMC7027591, DOI: 10.1002/sim.8415.
• Secondary analysis of case-control association studies: Insights on weighting-based inference motivate a new specification test.Li F, Allen AS. Secondary analysis of case-control association studies: Insights on weighting-based inference motivate a new specification test. Statistics In Medicine 2020, 39: 2869-2882 PubMed ID: 32501597, DOI: 10.1002/sim.8579.
• Commentary: Right truncation in cluster randomized trials can attenuate the power of a marginal analysis.Li F, Harhay MO. Commentary: Right truncation in cluster randomized trials can attenuate the power of a marginal analysis. International Journal Of Epidemiology 2020, 49: 964-967 PubMed ID: 32211886, PMCID: PMC7394942, DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyaa037.
• An evidence mapping and analysis of registered COVID-19 clinical trials in China.Lu L, Li F, Wen H, Ge S, Zeng J, Luo W, Wang L, Tang C, Xu N. An evidence mapping and analysis of registered COVID-19 clinical trials in China. BMC Medicine 2020, 18: 167 PubMed ID: 32493331, PMCID: PMC7268588, DOI: 10.1186/s12916-020-01612-y.
• Double-robust estimation in difference-in-differences with an application to traffic safety evaluationLi F, Li F. Double-robust estimation in difference-in-differences with an application to traffic safety evaluation. Observational Studies 2019,5:1-20.
• Statistical Considerations for Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials in People Living with Dementia.Allore HG, Goldfeld KS, Gutman R, Li F, Monin JK, Taljaard M, Travison TG. Statistical Considerations for Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials in People Living with Dementia. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2020, 68 Suppl 2: S68-S73 PubMed ID: 32589276, PMCID: PMC7396162, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16616.
• An evaluation of quadratic inference functions for estimating intervention effects in cluster randomized trials.Yu H, Li F, Turner EL. An evaluation of quadratic inference functions for estimating intervention effects in cluster randomized trials. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 2020, 19: 100605 PubMed ID: 32728648, PMCID: PMC7381491, DOI: 10.1016/j.conctc.2020.100605.
• Sample size requirements for detecting treatment effect heterogeneity in cluster randomized trials.Yang S, Li F, Starks MA, Hernandez AF, Mentz RJ, Choudhury KR. Sample size requirements for detecting treatment effect heterogeneity in cluster randomized trials. Statistics In Medicine 2020, 39: 4218-4237 PubMed ID: 32823372, PMCID: PMC7948251, DOI: 10.1002/sim.8721.
• Power and sample size requirements for GEE analyses of cluster randomized crossover trials.Li F, Forbes AB, Turner EL, Preisser JS. Power and sample size requirements for GEE analyses of cluster randomized crossover trials. Statistics In Medicine 2019, 38: 636-649 PubMed ID: 30298551, PMCID: PMC6461037, DOI: 10.1002/sim.7995.
• Addressing Extreme Propensity Scores via the Overlap Weights.Li F, Thomas LE, Li F. Addressing Extreme Propensity Scores via the Overlap Weights. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2019, 188: 250-257 PubMed ID: 30189042, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwy201.
• Predicting the Risk of Huntington's Disease with Multiple Longitudinal Biomarkers.Li F, Li K, Li C, Luo S. Predicting the Risk of Huntington's Disease with Multiple Longitudinal Biomarkers. Journal Of Huntington's Disease 2019, 8: 323-332 PubMed ID: 31256145, PMCID: PMC6718328, DOI: 10.3233/JHD-190345.
• Genetic Polymorphisms of CFH and ARMS2 Do Not Predict Response to Antioxidants and Zinc in Patients with Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Independent Statistical Evaluations of Data from the Age-Related Eye Disease Study.Assel MJ, Li F, Wang Y, Allen AS, Baggerly KA, Vickers AJ. Genetic Polymorphisms of CFH and ARMS2 Do Not Predict Response to Antioxidants and Zinc in Patients with Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Independent Statistical Evaluations of Data from the Age-Related Eye Disease Study. Ophthalmology 2018, 125: 391-397 PubMed ID: 29032853, PMCID: PMC5820191, DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2017.09.008.
• Bayesian Word Learning in Multiple Language Environments.Zinszer BD, Rolotti SV, Li F, Li P. Bayesian Word Learning in Multiple Language Environments. Cognitive Science 2018, 42 Suppl 2: 439-462 PubMed ID: 29154481, DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12567.
• Sample size determination for GEE analyses of stepped wedge cluster randomized trials.Li F, Turner EL, Preisser JS. Sample size determination for GEE analyses of stepped wedge cluster randomized trials. Biometrics 2018, 74: 1450-1458 PubMed ID: 29921006, PMCID: PMC6461045, DOI: 10.1111/biom.12918.
• An evaluation of constrained randomization for the design and analysis of group-randomized trials with binary outcomes.Li F, Turner EL, Heagerty PJ, Murray DM, Vollmer WM, DeLong ER. An evaluation of constrained randomization for the design and analysis of group-randomized trials with binary outcomes. Statistics In Medicine 2017, 36: 3791-3806 PubMed ID: 28786223, PMCID: PMC5624845, DOI: 10.1002/sim.7410.
• An evaluation of constrained randomization for the design and analysis of group-randomized trials.Li F, Lokhnygina Y, Murray DM, Heagerty PJ, DeLong ER. An evaluation of constrained randomization for the design and analysis of group-randomized trials. Statistics In Medicine 2016, 35: 1565-79 PubMed ID: 26598212, PMCID: PMC4826850, DOI: 10.1002/sim.6813.
• Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: Propensity-Matched Comparison.Brennan JM, Thomas L, Cohen DJ, Shahian D, Wang A, Mack MJ, Holmes DR, Edwards FH, Frankel NZ, Baron SJ, Carroll J, Thourani V, Tuzcu EM, Arnold SV, Cohn R, Maser T, Schawe B, Strong S, Stickfort A, Patrick-Lake E, Graham FL, Dai D, Li F, Matsouaka RA, O'Brien S, Li F, Pencina MJ, Peterson ED. Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: Propensity-Matched Comparison. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2017, 70: 439-450 PubMed ID: 28728688, PMCID: PMC5826727, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.05.060.
• Review of Recent Methodological Developments in Group-Randomized Trials: Part 1-Design.Turner EL, Li F, Gallis JA, Prague M, Murray DM. Review of Recent Methodological Developments in Group-Randomized Trials: Part 1-Design. American Journal Of Public Health 2017, 107: 907-915 PubMed ID: 28426295, PMCID: PMC5425852, DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303706.
• Review of Recent Methodological Developments in Group-Randomized Trials: Part 2-Analysis.Turner EL, Prague M, Gallis JA, Li F, Murray DM. Review of Recent Methodological Developments in Group-Randomized Trials: Part 2-Analysis. American Journal Of Public Health 2017, 107: 1078-1086 PubMed ID: 28520480, PMCID: PMC5463203, DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303707.
• Comparative Evaluation of a South Carolina Policy to Improve Nutrition in Child Care.Benjamin Neelon SE, Mayhew M, O'Neill JR, Neelon B, Li F, Pate RR. Comparative Evaluation of a South Carolina Policy to Improve Nutrition in Child Care. Journal Of The Academy Of Nutrition And Dietetics 2016, 116: 949-56 PubMed ID: 26777469, DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2015.10.026.
• A spatiotemporal quantile regression model for emergency department expenditures.Neelon B, Li F, Burgette LF, Neelon SE. A spatiotemporal quantile regression model for emergency department expenditures. Statistics In Medicine 2015, 34: 2559-75 PubMed ID: 25782041, DOI: 10.1002/sim.6480.