Jason Liao 廖建

Professor of Biostatistics

Penn State College of Medicine

 

Director of Biostatistics Core

Penn State Cancer Institute

 

717-531-0003-ext281339

jliao@HES.hmc.psu.edu

 

Courses

The following are the courses I taught over the past few years. You may find some of the teaching materials useful.

Categorical data analysis

Applied Regression

Applied longitudinal data analysis

Biocomputing

Introduction to Biostatistics

Statistical Theory

Publications

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Statistical Methodology

Liao, J.G., Wu, Y.J. and Lin, Y. (2008) More robust data-driven bandwidth selection in kernel density estimation. Software in R

Liao, J.G. and Chin K.V.(2007) Logistic regression for disease classification using microarray data: model selection in a large p and small n case. Bioinformatics 23:1945-1951. Software in R

Liao J. G. and Bahjat F. Qaqish (2005) Discussion of “Maximization by Parts in Likelihood Inference” by Song, Fan and Kalbfleisch. Journal of the American Statistical Association 472, 1160-1161

Liao J. G., Lin Y. Selvanayagam, Z.E. and Shih, W.J. (2004) A Mixture Model for Estimating the Local False Discovery Rate in DNA Microarray Analysis. Bioinformatics 20, 2694-2701. Software in R

Liao, J.G. and McGee, D. (2003) Adjusted Coefficients of Determination for Logistic Regression. The American Statistician, 57, 161-165. Software in R

Liao, J.G. and Lipsitz, S.R. (2002) A type of restricted maximum likelihood estimator for variance components in generalized linear mixed models. Biometrika 89, 401-409. Software in R

Liao, J.G. and Rosen, O. (2001) Fast and Stable Algorithms for Computing and Sampling from the Noncentral Hypergeometric Distribution. The American Statistician 55, 366-369. (The algorithm in the paper is implemented in the R package MCMCpack by Andrew D. Martin, and Kevin M. Quinn).

Liao, J.G. (1999) A Bayesian Hierarchical Model for Combining Multiple 2 by 2 Tables using Conditional Likelihoods. Biometrics 55, 268-272.

Liao, J.G. (1998) Variance Reduction in Gibbs Sampler Using Quasi Random Numbers. Journal of computational and graphical statistics, 7, 253-266.

Liao, J.G. and Hall, C.B. (1995) Fast and accurate computation of the confidence limits for the common odds ratio in several 2 by 2 tables. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics 4, 173-179.

Liao, J.G. and Brookmeyer, R. (1995) An empirical Bayes approach to smoothing in backcalculation for the HIV infection rates. Biometrics 51, 579-588.

Liao, J.G. (1992) An algorithm for the mean and variance of the Noncentral Hypergeometric distribution. Biometrics 48, 889-892. Software in R

Biomedical Research

Kevin W Chen, Adam Perlman, Jason G. Liao, Alex Lam, Joy Staller and Leonard H. Sigal (2008) Effects of External Qigong Therapy on Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Clinical Rheumatology 1497-505

 

DL Cerynik, TJ BS, J.G. Liao, A Sastry, NH Amin, JA Tom MD (2008) Outcomes of Isolated Glenoid Labral Injuries in Professional Baseball Pitchers. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine 18(3):255-258

 

Lasser, Burd, Liao (2006) National Trends in the Utilization of Antireflux Procedures in Children. Pediatrics, 118(5):1828-35

Hagendorf BA, Liao JG, Price MR, Burd RS. Evaluation of race and insurance status as predictors of undergoing laparoscopic appendectomy in children. Ann Surg, 245(1):118-125

Dickstein RJ, Barone JG, Liao, JG Burd RS. The effect of surgeon volume and hospital characteristics on in-hospital outcome after ureteral reimplantation in children. PEDIATRIC SURGERY INTERNATIONAL 22 (5): 417-421 MAY 2006

Ly DP, Liao JG, Burd RS (2005). Effect of surgeon and hospital characteristics on outcome after pyloromyotomy, ARCHIVES OF SURGERY 140, 1191-1197

Cotton BA, Liao JG, Burd RS (2005) Letter to the editor - The author's reply. JOURNAL OF TRAUMA-INJURY INFECTION AND CRITICAL CARE 58 (6): 1306-1307

Khew-Voon Chin, Zachariah E. Selvanayagam, Ragini Vittal, Tsunekazu Kita, Kazuya Kudoh, Chung S. Yang, Yick Fu Wong, Tak Hong Cheung, Winnie Yeo, Tony Kwok Hung Chung, Yong Lin, Jason Liao, Joe Weichung Shih, Sook Fan Yap, Albert W. Lin (2004) Application of expression genomics in drug development and genomic medicine. Drug Development Research 62, 124 - 133

Liao, JG, McGee, D. Adjusted coefficients of determination for logistic regression – Reply. AM STAT 58 (1): 90-90 FEB 2004

Schoenwald, S.K., Sheidow, A.J., Letourneau, E.J., and Liao, J. G. (2003) Transportability of Multisystemic Therapy: Evidence for Multi-Level Influences. Mental Health Services Research 5 (4), 223-239.

 

Wong YF, Selvanayagam ZE, Wei N, Porter J, Vittal R, Hu R, Lin Y, Liao J, Shih JW, Cheung TH, Lo KWK, Yim SF, Yip SK, Ngong DT, Siu N, Chan LKY, Chan CS, Kong T, Kutlina E, McKinnon RD, Denhardt DT, Chin KV, Chung TKH (2003). Expression Genomics of cervical cancer: Molecular classification and prediction of radiotherapy response by DNA microarray. CLIN CANCER RES 9 (15): 5486-5492

 

Upadhyaya, HP, Brady, KT, Liao, J, et al. Neuroendocrine and behavioral responses to dopaminergic agonists in adolescents with alcohol abuse. PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY 166 (2): 95-101 MAR 2003

Malcolm, R., Liao, J., Michel, M., Cochran, K., Pye, W., Yeager, D. and Halushka, P.V. Amilodipine reduces blood pressure and headache frequency in cocaine-dependent outpatients. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 34(4):415-419, 2002.

Muthen B, Brown CH, Masyn K, Jo B, Khoo ST, Yang CC, Wang CP, Kellam SG, Carlin JB, Liao J General growth mixture modeling for randomized preventive interventions. BIOSTATISTICS 3 (4): 459-475 DEC 2002

Upadhyaya, H.P., Brady, K.T., Wharton, M. and Liao, J. (2003) Psychiatric disorders and cigarette smoking among child and adolescent psychiatry inpatients. The American Journal on Addictions

Henggeler, S.W., Schoenwald, S.K., Liao, J.G., Letourneau, E.J. and Edwards, D.L. (2002) Transporting Efficacious Treatments to Field Settings: The Link between Supervisory Practices and Therapist Fidelity in MST Programs. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology 31, 155-167

Brown C.H. and Liao, J.G. (1999) Principles for designing randomized preventive trials in mental health: an emerging developmental epidemiology paradigm. American Journal of Community Psychology 27, 9, 673-710.

Nightengale, B.S., Crumly, J.M., Liao, J.G. and et al. (1999) Economic Outcomes of Antipsychotic Agents in a Medicaid Population: Traditional Agents vs. Risperidone. Psychopharmacology Bulletin 27, 9, 673-710.

Brookmeyer, R. and Liao, J.G. (1990) Statistical modeling of the AIDS epidemic for forecasting health care needs. Biometrics 46, 1151-63.

Brookmeyer, R. and Liao, J.G. (1990) The analysis of delays in disease reporting: methods and results for AIDS. American Journal of Epidemiology 132, 355-365.

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