NEWS 2024.04.26 — New short course scheduled

I will be teaching a short course at JSM 2024 with Dr. Hemant Ishwaran about Tree-Based Machine Learning Methods for Prediction, Variable Selection and Causal Inference in the morning of 2024/08/04 on Sunday.


NEWS 2024.04.29 — New publication (middle author)

Siddharthan, T., Grealis, K., Robertson, N.M., Lu, M., Liu, S, Pollard, S. L., Hossen, S., Jackson, P, Rykiel, N.A., Wosu, A.C., Flores-Flores, O., Quaderi, S.A., Alupo, P., Kirenga, B., Ricciardi, F., Barber, J.A., Chandyo, R.K., Sharma, A.K., Das, S.K., Shresthra, L., Miranda, J.J., Checkley, W., Hurst, J.R., GECo Study Investigators. (accepted). Assessing the prevalence and impact of preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: a post hoc cross-sectional analysis. Lancet Global Health


NEWS 2024.04.22 — New publication (middle author)

Austin, T.A., Thomas, M.L., Lu, M., Hodges, C., Darowski, E., Bergmans, R., Parr, S., Pickell, D., Catazaro, M., Lantrip, C., & Twamley, E.W. (in press). Meta-analysis of cognitive function following nonsevere SARS-CoV-2 infection. Neuropsychology Review.


NEWS 2024.01.28 — New publication (corresponding author)

Lu M. Yin R. and Chen X.S. (2024). Ensemble Methods of Rank-Based Trees for Single Sample Classification with Gene Expression Profiles. Journal of Translational Medicine. To appear.


NEWS 2024.01.22 — New class begins (GLM)

I will be teaching BST 676 An Introduction to Generalized Linear Models in Spring 2024 from 2024/01/22 to 2024/04/29. This is my first time teaching it.


NEWS 2023.08.21 — New award

I won an internal funding award from UM: Relief Funding Award,the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Scholarship and the Office of Faculty Affairs, University of Miami.


NEWS 2023.08.08 — The birthday of ranktreeEnsemble

I co-develop and maintain the R package ranktreeEnsemble with students Ruijie Yin and Chen Ye .


NEWS 2023.06.26 — New student

I will be advising Sibei Liu towards her PhD degree of Biostatistics. Both of us will join Dr. Trishul Siddharthan's research team.


NEWS 2023.06.05 — New editorial role (associate editor)

Associate Editor, Journal of Translational Medicine, Medical Bioinformatics


NEWS 2023.05.23 — New publication (corresponding author)

Lu M. (2023). Computing Within-Study Covariances, Data Visualization and Missing Data Solutions for Multivariate Meta-Analysis with metavcov Frontiers in Psychology. To appear. [url] [pdf] [R code]


NEWS 2023.03.28 — Invited tutorial talk

Conducting Multivariate Meta-Analysis in R with metavcov, Evidence Synthesis and Meta-Analysis in R, ESMARCONF2023, invited by Dr. Neal Haddaway


NEWS 2023.03.03 — New award

I won an internal funding award from UM: 2023 Copeland Foundation Project Initiative Award, University of Miami.


NEWS 2023.03.01 — New publication

New publication in Annals of Surgery with https://www.sei.org/people/neal-haddaway/"https://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff/17512-siva-raja">Dr. Siva Raja and Dr. Hemant Ishwaran. Raja, S., Rice, T. W., Lu, M., Semple, M. E., Blackstone, E. H., Murthy, S. C., Ahmad, U., McNamara, M., Toth, A. J., Ishwaran, H. Adjuvant Therapy after Neoadjuvant Therapy for Esophageal Cancer: Who Needs It? Annals of Surgery. (in press).


NEWS 2023.02.15 — New publication (corresponding author)

New publication in BMC Public Health with a master student Xinyi Liao. Lu, M., Liao, X. Telehealth Utilization in U.S. Medicare Beneficiaries Aged 65 Years and Older During the COVID-19 Pandemic. BMC Public Health. 23:368-382. [url]


NEWS 2022.11.17 — New publication

New publication in Nursing Research with Dr. Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda and Dr. Brian Mccabe. Gonzalez-Guarda, R.M., McCabe, B., Nagy, G., Stafford, A., Lisvel, M., Lu, M., Felsman, R., Rocha-Goldberg, P., & Cervantes, R. Acculturative Stress, Resilience and a Syndemic Factor among Latinx Immigrants. Nursing Research. (in press).


NEWS 2022.10.17 — Class began

The BST 625 class is in person/zoom. The size of the class has kept expanding. I will teach from Oct 17 to Dec 5.


NEWS 2022.08.30 — New publication

New publication in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) with Dr. Hülya Yürekli and Dr. Okan Bulut. Yurekli H, Yiğit E.O., Bulut O., Lu M. and Ersoy Öz E. (2022). Exploring Factors that Affect Student Well-Being during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparison of Data Mining Approaches[url]


NEWS 2022.08.30 — Invited talk

31st International Statistics Symposium, National University of Colombia, Manizales, Colombia, Aug 29 -- Sep 2, 2022.


NEWS 2022.07.12 — New publication (corresponding author)

New publication in Frontiers in Public Health with a master student. Lu M. and Liao X. (2022) Access to Care Through Telehealth Among U.S. Medicare Beneficiaries in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic.[url]


NEWS 2022.06.27 — Review editor

Review Editor, Frontiers in Genetics, Statistical Genetics and Methodology (invitated by Dr. Li-Xuan Qin)


NEWS 2022.06.20 — Invited talk

Meetings in International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA) section on Emerging Topics in Statistical Learning for Biomedical Data, Gainesville, FL, June 19–22, 2022. rehearsal video


NEWS 2022.03.21 and 2022.04.05 — Dissertation committe member

I served as a dissertation committee member for two PhD candidates in Biostatistics, Naiyuan Zhang and Jiangnan Lyu.


NEWS 2022.03.08 — Guest editor

I served as a guest associate editor of Frontiers in Education for the research topic – Machine Learning Applications in Educational Studies


NEWS 2022.02.03 — New award

I won an internal funding award from UM: Department of Public Health Sciences 2022 Copeland Foundation Award, University of Miami.


NEWS 2021.12.08 — New award

I won an internal funding award from UM: Relief Funding Award,the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Scholarship and the Office of Faculty Affairs, University of Miami.


NEWS 2021.11.17 — New publication

My book chapter on tree variable selection for microbiome data was published.


NEWS 2021.08.23 — Fall semester begins

The BST 625 class is in person/zoom. I will teach from Oct 11 to Dec 1.


NEWS 2021.08.21 — Release metavcov 2.1

I release the new version of metavcov; I develop and maintain the R package.


NEWS 2021.08.13 — Release randomForestSRC website

I develop and maintain the website and coauthor its 14 vignettes.


NEWS 2017.03.29 — The birthday of metavcov

I develop and maintain the R package.


NEWS 2012.10.31 — The birthday of randomForestSRC is Halloween!!

My PhD advisor Hemant Ishwaran develops the R package with Udaya B. Kogalur.