Yingqi Zhao

Yingqi Zhao is a Chinese and American biostatistician, and a professor of biostatistics at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, Washington. Her research focuses on the use of statistical learning methods in personalized medicine and dynamic treatment regimes, especially for cancer screening, immunotherapy, diabetes, and childhood obesity.[1]

Education and career

Zhao has a 2006 bachelor's degree in statistics from Wuhan University, and a 2012 Ph.D. in biostatistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[1]

Along with her position at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, she is also an affiliate professor in biostatistics at the University of Washington.[2]

Recognition

Zhao was a 2010 recipient of the Statistics in Epidemiology Young Investigator Award of the American Statistical Association Statistics in Epidemiology Section.[3] She was the 2020 recipient of the James E. Grizzle Distinguished Alumni Award of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.[4] She was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2026.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Yingqi Zhao, PhD", Faculty members, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, retrieved 2026-05-23
  2. ↑ "Yingqi Zhao, Affiliate Professor, Biostatistics", People, University of Washington Biostatistics, retrieved 2026-05-23
  3. ↑ "Yingqi Zhao" (PDF), Alumni Profiles, UNC Biostatistics, retrieved 2026-05-23
  4. ↑ James E. Grizzle Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, retrieved 2026-05-23
  5. ↑ ASA Recognizes 2026 Founders and Fellows, American Statistical Association, retrieved 2026-05-23