Zhaohai Li, Ph.D.

Dr. Li is a Professor of Statistics and Biostatistics in the Department of Statistics. He is the Director of Biostatistics Graduate Program. The Biostatistics Graduate Program is co-sponsored by the Biostatistics Center, the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the School of Public Health and Health Services, and the Department of Statistics in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences.


Selected Recent Publications:

Li Q, Zheng G, Li Z, and Yu K. Efficient Approximation of P-value of Maximum of Correlated Tests with Applications to Genome-Wide Association Studies. Annals of Human Genetics, 72: 397-406, 2008

Yan L K, Zheng G, and Li Z. Controlling Type I Error in Two-Stage Group Sequential Robust Tests in Family-based Association Studies. Annals of Human Genetics, 72: 557-565, 2008.

Li Q, Yu K,  Li Z, and Zheng G. MAX-Rank: A Simple and Robust Genome-Wide Scan for Case-Control Association Studies. Human Genetics, 123: 617-623, 2008.

Zhang H, Chen H, and Li Z. An Explicit Representation of the Limit of  the LRT for Interval Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci. Statistics & Probability Letters, 78: 207-213, 2008.

Chen X and Li Z. Inference of Haplotye Effects in Case-Control Studies Using Unphased Genotype and Environmental Data. Biometrical Journal, 50: 270-282, 2008.

 

Li Q, Zheng G, Li Z, and Yu K. Efficient Approximation of P-value of Maximum of Correlated Tests with Applications to Genome-Wide Association Studies. Annals of Human Genetics, 72: 397-406, 2008.

 

Zhang H, Zhang H, Li Z, and Zheng G.  Statistical Methods for Haplotype-based  Matched Case-control Association Studies. Genetic Epidemiology, 31: 316-326, 2007.

 

Shu Y, Liu A, and Li Z. Two-Stage Evaluation of Sensitivity and Specificity in Binary Diagnostic Tests. Statistics in Medicine, 26: 4416-4427, 2007.

 

Qin H, Zhang H, and Li Z. The Impact of Population Stratification on Population-based QTL Association Studies. Random Walk, Sequential Analysis and Related Topics – A Festschrift in Honor of Yuan-Shih Chow, Edited by Agnes Hsiung, Cun-Hui Zhang, and Zhiliang Ying, World Scientific Publisher, Singapore, page: 311-333, 2006.

Li Z, Qin H, and Zhang H. Statistical Methods for Genetic Analysis. Science Press, Beijing, China, 2006.

Deng W, Chen H, and Li Z. A Logistic Regression Mixture Model for Interval Mapping of Genetic Trait Loci Affecting Binary Phenotypes. Genetics, 172: 1349-1358, 2006

Zheng G, Ghosh K, Chen Z, and Li Z. Extreme Rank Selection for Linkage Analysis of Quantitative Trait Loci Using Selected Sib-pairs. Annals of Human Genetics, 70: 857-866, 2006.

Zhang H, Zheng G, and Li Z. Statistical Analysis for Haplotype-Based Matched Case – Control Studies. Biometrics, 62: 1124-1131, 2006.

Chen Z, Zheng G, Ghosh K, and Li Z. Linkage Disequilibrium Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci by Selective Genotyping. American Journal of Human Genetics, 77: 661-669, 2005.

Li Z, Gastwirth JL, and Gail MH. Power and Related Statistical Properties of Conditional Likelihood Score Tests for Association Studies in Nuclear Families with Parental Genotypes. Annals of Human Genetics, 69: 296-314, 2005.

Wright ME, Mayne ST, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Li Z, Pietinent P, Taylor PR, Virtamo J, and Albanes D. Development of a Comprehensive Dietary Antioxidant Index and Application to Lung Cancer Risk in a Cohort of Male Smokers. American Journal of Epidemiology, 160:68-76, 2004.

Li Z and Gastwirth JL. On the Power of Affected Relative Pair Designs for Linkage Studies.  Annals of Human Genetics, 68: 65-68, 2003.

Zheng G, Chen Z, and Li Z. Tests for Candidate-Gene Association Using Case-Parents Design. Annals of Human Genetics, 67: 589-597, 2003.

Freidlin B, Zheng G, Li Z, and Gastwirth JL. Robust Tests for Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci Using Extremely Discordant Sib Pairs.  Human Heredity, 55: 117-124, 2003.

Zheng G, Freidlin B, Li Z, and Gastwirth JL. Choice of Scores in Trend Tests for Case-Control Studies of Candidate-Gene Associations. Biometrical Journal, 45: 335-348, 2003.

Freidlin B, Zheng G, Li Z, and Gastwirth, JL. Trend Tests for Case-Control Studies of Genetic Markers: Power, Sample Size and Robustness. Human Heredity, 53: 146-152, 2002.

Li Z, Gail MH, Pee D, and Gastwirth JL. Statistical Properties of Teng and Risch's Sibship Tests for Detecting an Association between Disease and a Candidate Allele. Human Heredity, 53: 114-129, 2002.


 

Contact information

Department of Statistics
The George Washington University
2140 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20052

Phone: 202-994-7844
Fax: 202-994-6917
Email: zli@gwu.edu