Guangyu Tong, PhD
Associate Research Scientist in Biostatistics
Research & Publications
Biography
Research Summary
Dr. Guangyu Tong has published articles and book chapters on the topics of clinical trial design, Bayesian statistics, meta-analysis, missing data, mental health, gun violence, drug abuse, genetic risks factors for life-course health, human migration, among others.
Coauthors
Research Interests
Mental Health; Psychiatry; Causality; Randomized Controlled Trial; Meta-Analysis; Emigrants and Immigrants; Propensity Score; Criminal Behavior; Gun Violence
Public Health Interests
Clinical Trials; Genetics, Genomics, Epigenetics; Bayesian Statistics; Health Equity, Disparities, Social Determinants and Justice; Randomized Trials; Survival Analysis
Selected Publications
- A Note on the Estimation and Inference with Quadratic Inference Functions for Correlated OutcomesYu, H., Tong, G., & Li, F. (2020). A note on the estimation and inference with quadratic inference functions for correlated outcomes. Communications in Statistics-Simulation and Computation, 1-12.
- Gun-Related and Other Violent Crime After Involuntary Commitment and Short-Term Emergency Holds.Swanson JW, Tong G, Robertson AG, Swartz MS. Gun-Related and Other Violent Crime After Involuntary Commitment and Short-Term Emergency Holds. The Journal Of The American Academy Of Psychiatry And The Law 2020, 48: 454-467. PMID: 33020171, DOI: 10.29158/JAAPL.200082-20.
- The life-course association of birth-weight genes with self-rated health.Tong G, Guo G. The life-course association of birth-weight genes with self-rated health. Biodemography And Social Biology 2020, 65: 268-286. PMID: 32727274, PMCID: PMC8607814, DOI: 10.1080/19485565.2020.1765733.
- Meta-analysis in Sociological Research: Power and HeterogeneityTong, G., & Guo, G. (2019). Meta-analysis in Sociological Research: Power and Heterogeneity. Sociological Methods & Research.
- 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. PMID: 33751620, DOI: 10.1002/bimj.202000230.
- 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. PMID: 33826454, DOI: 10.1177/0962280221990415.
- Childhood Gun Access, Adult Suicidality, and Crime.Copeland WE, Tong G, Gifford EJ, Easter MM, Shanahan L, Swartz MS, Swanson JW. Childhood Gun Access, Adult Suicidality, and Crime. Pediatrics 2021, 148 PMID: 34210740, PMCID: PMC8785707, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-042291.
- Post-incarceration outcomes for individuals who continued methadone treatment while in Connecticut jails, 2014-2018.Haas A, Viera A, Doernberg M, Barbour R, Tong G, Grau LE, Heimer R. Post-incarceration outcomes for individuals who continued methadone treatment while in Connecticut jails, 2014-2018. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2021, 227: 108937. PMID: 34371235, PMCID: PMC8819627, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108937.
- 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) 2022, 19: 3-13. PMID: 34693748, PMCID: PMC8847260, DOI: 10.1177/17407745211051288.
- 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 2022, 41: 1376-1396. PMID: 34923655, DOI: 10.1002/sim.9283.
- Sample size calculation in hierarchical 2 × 2 factorial trials with unequal cluster sizes.Tian Z, Esserman D, Tong G, Blaha O, Dziura J, Peduzzi P, Li F. Sample size calculation in hierarchical 2 × 2 factorial trials with unequal cluster sizes. Statistics In Medicine 2022, 41: 645-664. PMID: 34978097, PMCID: PMC8962918, DOI: 10.1002/sim.9284.
- Do "Real World" Childhood Mental Health Services Reduce Risk for Adult Psychiatric Disorders?Copeland WE, Tong G, Shanahan L. Do "Real World" Childhood Mental Health Services Reduce Risk for Adult Psychiatric Disorders? Journal Of The American Academy Of Child And Adolescent Psychiatry 2022 PMID: 35063586, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2021.12.014.
- Adult criminal outcomes of juvenile justice involvement.Copeland WE, Tong G, Gifford EJ, Easter MM, Shanahan L, Swartz MS, Swanson JW. Adult criminal outcomes of juvenile justice involvement. Psychological Medicine 2022, 1-8. PMID: 35264271, DOI: 10.1017/S0033291722000393.