Feng Gao, MD, PhD, MPH, MS
Professor of Surgery
Division of Public Health Sciences
Specialties
- Biostatistics
- Medical statistics
- Translational studies
- Disease progression
- Safety monitoring
Meet Dr. Gao
Dr. Feng Gao is a biostatistician specializing in epidemiological survival prediction modeling.
He also developed a growth mixture model to identify distinct patterns of biomarker trajectories and to monitor disease progression using multivariate longitudinal biomarkers. He provides statistical support for cancer-related studies at Siteman Cancer Center.
Dr. Gao earned his medical degree from Beijing Medical University and his doctorate in biostatistics from Emory University. He also completed a master of public health degree in medical statistics at Beijing Medical University.
Degrees
Medical Degree
Beijing Medical University, Beijing, China
1996
Doctorate in Biostatistics
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
2003
Master of Science in Biostatistics
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
2002
Master of Public Health in Medical Statistics
Beijing Medical University, Beijing, China
1996
Research interests
Time-to-event and longitudinal data
Assessment of clinical prediction rules
Prediction of survival outcome with time-dependent covariates
Growth mixture modeling of longitudinal data
Joint modeling of longitudinal and survival data