Research &
Publications
"Developing Statistical Methods and Learning Algorithms to advance knowledge in health-related studies."
Areas of Interest
Generative methods
Bayesian methods
Survival analysis
Dependence modeling
Recursive Partitioning
Selected Publications
Diao, L., Weng, C., Zhang, J. (2026+). Integrated Design for Index Insurance. North American Actuarial Journal.
Li, X., Diao, L., Cook, R.J. (2026+). Variable Selection for Illness-death Processes. Statistics in Medicine.
Eder, L., et al. (2025). CD3+ immune cell endotypes associated with PsA disease phenotype. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 84(3), 412–420.
Meng, Y., Diao, L., Weng, C. (2025). Mortality Prediction via Age-Specific Band Selection. Scandinavian Actuarial Journal, 2025(1), 15-34.
Li, X., Cook, R.J., Diao, L. (2025). Variable Selection for Progressive Multistate Processes. Statistics in Medicine, 44(2), 201-224.
Dang, S., et al. (2025). Sex Differences in Serum Proteomic Profiles in Psoriatic Arthritis. Rheumatology, 64(2), 345-358.
Dang, S., et al. (2025). Sex Differences in Serum Protein Profiles. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 84(suppl. 1), 878-879. [Abstract]
Yang, C., et al. (2024). Regression Trees for Interval-censored Failure Time Data. The Canadian Journal of Statistics, 52(4), 812-835.
Dang, S., et al. (2024). Sex Differences in Serum Proteomic Profiles. Arthritis & Rheumatology, 76(suppl. 9), 3486-3489. [Abstract]
Eder, L., et al. (2024). Deep Cellular Immune Profiling in PsA. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 33(suppl. 1), 111. [Abstract]
Diao, L., Yi, G.Y. (2023). Classification Trees with Mismeasured Responses. Journal of Classification, 40(1), 168-191.
Battista, K., et al. (2023). Examining the Use of Decision Trees in Population Health Surveillance Research. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 43(2), 73-86.
Diao, L., et al. (2023). Enhancing Mortality Forecasting Through Bivariate Model-Based Ensemble. North American Actuarial Journal, 27(3), 512-530.
Cuerden, M.S., et al. (2023). Doubly Weighted Mean Score Estimating Functions. Communications in Statistics, 52(8), 2415-2432.
Zhuang, H., et al. (2023). Polya Tree Monte Carlo Method. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 178, 107612.
Eder, L., et al. (2023). Deep Cellular Immune Profiling in PsA. Arthritis Rheumatology, 75(suppl 9), 3358-3360. [Abstract]
Yang, C., Diao, L., Cook, R.J. (2022). Adaptive Response-dependent Two-Phase Designs. Statistics in Medicine, 41(14), 2634-2651.
Battista, K., et al. (2022). Using Decision Trees to Examine Environmental and Behavioural Factors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(4), 2135.
Cuerden, M.S., et al. (2022). Doubly Weighted Estimating Equations for Causal Inference. Biostatistics and Epidemiology, 6(1), 45-68.
Zhuang, H., et al. (2022). A Bayesian Nonparametric Mixture Model for Copula Functions. Econometrics and Statistics, 21, 124-142.
Zhuang, H., et al. (2022). Polya Tree-Based Nearest Neighborhood Regression. Statistics and Computing, 32, 45.
Diao, L., Cook, R.J. (2022). Nested Doubly Robust Estimating Equations. The Canadian Journal of Statistics, 50(1), 112-134.
Diao, L., et al. (2021). A DSA Algorithm for Mortality Forecasting. North American Actuarial Journal, 25(sup1), S234-S251.
Zhuang, H., et al. (2021). A Vine Copula Model for Climate Trend Analysis. Journal of Data Science, 19(3), 456-475.
Yang, C., Diao, L., Cook, R.J. (2021). Survival Trees for Current Status Data. Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, 146, 83-94. [Conference Proceeding]
Zhuang, H., et al. (2020). A Bayesian Hierarchical Copula Model. Electronic Journal of Statistics, 14(1), 1564-1595.
Steingrimsson, J.A., Diao, L., Strawderman, R.L. (2019). Censoring Unbiased Regression Trees and Ensembles. Journal of the American Statistical Association (JASA), 114(525), 370-383.
Diao, L., Weng, C. (2019). Regression Tree Credibility Model. North American Actuarial Journal, 23(2), 169-191.
Steingrimsson, J.A., et al. (2016). Double Robust Survival Trees. Statistics in Medicine, 35(20), 3595-3612.
Diao, L., Cook, R.J. (2014). Composite Likelihood for Joint Analysis of Multiple Multistate Processes. Biostatistics, 15(4), 690-705.
Diao, L., Cook, R.J., Lee, K.-A. (2014). Statistical Analysis of Recurrent Adverse Events, pp. 180-192. In: Statistical Methods for Evaluating Safety in Medical Product Development. [Book Chapter]
Diao, L., Cook, R.J., Lee, K.-A. (2013). A Copula Model for Marked Point Processes. Lifetime Data Analysis, 19(4), 463-489.
Grant Record
NSERC Discovery Grant
$162,000Individual | 2016-2026
NSERC Alliance - Mitacs Accelerate
$180,000Collaborative | 2024-2026
Joint initiative for industrial-academic synthesis.