Education
Research Interests
Selected Publications
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Education

BS, University of Science and Technology of China , 1997
MS,University of Science and Technology of China , 2000
MS,University of Georgia , 2001
PhD, Purdue University , 2005

Research Interests

Design and analysis of clinical trials, microarray analysis, missing values in biomedical research, statistical applications in cancer research and gerontology.

Selected Publications

Bergmann C, Strauss L, Wieckowski E, Czystowska M, Albers A, Wang Y, Zeidler R, Lang S, Whiteside TL. Tumor-derived microvesicles in sera of patients with head and neck cancer and their role in tumor progression. Head and Neck, in press.

Bergmann C, Strauss L, Wang Y, Szczepanski MJ, Lang S, Johnson JT, Whiteside TL. T regulatory type 1 cells (Tr1) in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: mechanisms of suppression and expansion in advanced disease. Clinical Cancer Research, in press.

Argiris A, Karamouzis MV, Johnson JT, Heron DE, Myers E, Eibling D, Cano E, Urba S, Gluckman J, Grandis JR, Wang Y, Agarwala SS. Long-term results of a phase III randomized trial of postoperative radiotherapy with or without carboplatin in patients with high-risk head and neck cancer. The Laryngoscope (2008), 118:444-449.  (PMID: 18091334)

Leung JM, Sands LP, Wang Y, Poon A, Kwok P, Kane J, Pullinger CR. Apolipoprotein E e4 allele increases the risk of early postoperative delirium in older patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.Anesthesiology (2007); 107:406–11. (PMID: 17721242)

Agarwala SS, Cano E, Heron DE, Johnson J, Myers E, Sandulache V, Bahri S, Ferris R, Wang Y, Argiris A. Long-term outcomes with concurrent carboplatin, paclitaxel, and radiation therapy for locally advanced, inoperable head and neck cancer, Annals of Oncology (2007), 18:1224-1229.  (PMID: 17675395)

Akhavan A, Keith JD, Bastacky SI, Cai C, Wang Y, and Nelson JB. The proportion of cores with high grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia on extended-pattern needle biopsy is significantly associated with prostate cancer on site-directed repeat biopsy, British Journal of Urology International (2007), 99:765-769. (PMID: 17378840)

Wang Y, Sands LP, Vaurio L, Mullen EA, Leung JM. The effects of postoperative pain and its management on postoperative cognitive dysfunction, The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (2007), 15:50-59.  (PMID: 17194815)

Leung JM, Sands LP, Vaurio LE, Wang Y. Nitrous oxide does not change the incidence of postoperative delirium or cognitive decline in elderly surgical patients, British Journal of Anaesthesia (2006), 96:754-760.  (PMID: 16670110)

Vaurio LE, Sands LP, Wang Y, Mullen EA, Leung JM. Postoperative delirium: Importance of pain and pain management, Anesthesia Analgesia (2006), 102:1267-1273.  (PMID: 16551935)

Sands LP, Wang Y, McCabe G, Jennings K, Eng C, Covinsky KE. Unmet ADL needs and acute care admissions, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2006), 54:339-344.

Leung JM, Sands LP, Mullen EA, Wang Y, and Vaurio LE. Preoperative depression increases the risk of postoperative delirium in geriatric surgical patients. Journal of Gerontology (2005), 60A:1563-1568.

Huang S, Wang Y, Chen P, Qian H, Yeo A, and Bemis K. SUM: A new way to incorporate the mismatch probe measurements. Genomics (2004), 84:767-777.  (PMID: 15475255)

Chen F and Wang Y. CG Intelligent Model for Electricity Production Information System. Computer Engineering (2000), 26:8-9.

Chen F, Ren S, and Wang Y. Concerns about the risk investment in China, Science & Technology Management Research (2000), 1:61-62.

Chen F, Ren S, and Wang Y. Influencing Factors in Suppositional Enterprise Success. Decision Reference (1999), 5:9-10.

Chen F, Wang Y, and Ren S. High-Tech industry is in great need of risk investment. Science & Technology Industry of China (1999), 117:20-24.

Chen F, Ren S, and Wang Y. Analysis of Marketable Securities and Their Application in Financing Practice. Decision Reference (1999), 3:12-14.

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