Bachelor of Medicine in Public Health, GPA 3.6 / 4.0. Related courses:
Epidemiology, Environment Health, Behavior Medicine, Medical
Mathematics, Toxicology.
Thesis: “The prevalence of adherence to anti-HER2-targeted therapy
guidelines and its association with prognosis among breast cancer
patients”
Publication
Wei D, Wang X, You X, Hao Y, Gu J, Peng S, Yang X, Hao Y, Vincent
Silenzio, Li J, Hou F (2020). Prevalence of depression, anxiety and
suicide among men who have sex with men in China: a systematic review
and meta-analysis. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences 29, e136, 1–11,
2020
Academic experience
Genetic Modifiers of the early onset Alzheimer’s Disease in family
members of mutation carriers in the PSEN1 gene
Columbia
University, New York City, NY, the USA
2023 June – Now
Student Researcher in Dr Joseph H Lee’s team
- Design the study and conduct a proposal
- Analysis phenotype and genotype data using R
- Made a poster and did a presentation of this project in Epidemiology
Master Student’s Day in Columbia University
Adherence to anti-HER2-targeted therapy guidelines and its association
with prognosis among breast cancer patients
Sun Yat-sen
University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
2021 Dec–2022 May
Data collector and student researcher in Dr Zefang Ren’s
team
- Assisted in collecting and recording data for team and the partner
hospital using survey and interview
- Assisted in data entry and conducted data quality check through
careful review and cross-checking
- Conducted data analysis for 2604 observations, mainly simple and
multivariate logistic regression model and Cox proportional hazards
model
- Wrote my thesis based on the collected data and found that patients
with HER2-negative breast cancer who did not follow the guidelines of
anti-HER2-targeted therapy had a worse prognosis
Dietary vitaminB6 intake, serum PLP level in relation to colorerctal
cancer prognosis
Sun Yat-sen
University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
2021 Apr–2021 Nov
Group leader in Dr Caixia Zhang’s team
- Conducted data analysis for 602 observations, mainly using
Kaplan-Meier survival estimate, Log-rank test and Cox proportional
hazards model
- Drafted a thesis “Dietary vitaminB6 intake, serum PLP level in
relation to colorectal cancer prognosis: a cohort study”
- Found that dietary vitaminB6 intake is a protective factor of
patients’ colorectal cancer-specific mortality and patients’ all-cause
mortality
Dietary vitamin D intake, vitamin D-related metabolic enzyme gene
polymorphisms and their interaction in relation to colorectal cancer
risk
Sun Yat-sen
University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
2020 June – 2020 Dec
Group leader in Dr Caixia Zhang’s team
- Conducted data analysis for 648 observations, mainly using simple
and multivariate logistic regression model
- Drafted a thesis “Dietary vitamin D intake, vitamin D-related
metabolic enzyme gene polymorphisms in relation to colorectal cancer
risk: a case-control study”
- Found that dietary vitamin D intake is inversely associated with
colorectal cancer risk
Citizens’ attitude and mental condition towards Covid-19
Sun Yat-sen
University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
2020 Feb – 2020 May
Project Participator in Dr Jing Gu’s team
- Assisted in data collection using online survey and data quality
checking
- Conducted data analysis on 16,670 questionnaires
- Drafted a thesis “Investigation of Knowledge Cognition, Attitude and
Prevention of Covid-19 among College Students in Guangdong Province”
collectively
Mental condition among men who have sex with men
Sun Yat-sen
University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
2019 Sep – 2019 Oct
Project Participator in Dr Jinghua Li’s team
- Conducted data extraction from relevant literature and dissertations
and presented data to graduate students for their further study
- Published a paper “Prevalence of depression, anxiety and suicide
among men who have sex with men in China: a systematic review and
meta-analysis” in Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences in Nov 2020 with
team.
Community health services of community family physician model’s effects
on type 2 diabetics and hyperpietics and its mechanism – based on the
core features of general practice
Sun Yat-sen
University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
2019 June – 2020 Feb
Project Participator
- Designed questionnaires for patients with different status of type 2
diabetes and hypertension
- Conducted pre-survey in community health center in Shayuan and
adjusted contents of questionnaire
- Collected 554 questionnaires partnered with team members using
survey and face-to-face interview
- Conducted data entry, preliminary statistical analysis and
report-writing
Professional experience
Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University
New York, NY, the
USA
2023 Nov – 2023 Dec
Teaching assistant of P8100: Applied Regression 1
- Graded students’ homework
- Hosted office hours to solve students’ confusion and problems of
this course
Futian District Center for Disease Prevention and Control
Shenzhen,
Guangdong, China
2021 Oct – 2022 Jan
Intern
- Monitored schools’ environment and architect condition
- Assisted in some basic data analysis and report writing task
- Assisted CDC staff with the collection and transportation of anal
swab samples from hotel employees
Shenzhen Bao’an People’s Hospital
Shenzhen,
Guangdong, China
2021 July – 2021 Oct
Intern
- Checked and submitted about 500 infectious disease reports in
Department of Prevention and Health
- Conducted a retro-and-pro report on infectious disease for September
in Department of Prevention and Health and offered disease-control
advice for the hospital and Bao’an CDC
- Assisted in treating patients and worked as surgical assistant in
department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Respiratory Medicine, General
Surgery
Skills
- Skilled in SAS, R, MySQL, SPSS, Excel, WORD, PowerPoint, EpiData,
EndNote
- Speak Mandarin and English