Current Research Interests
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Dr. Li is a behavioral statistician with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. His applies the following statistical techniques in understanding complex human behaviors; social network analysis, Bayesian hierarchical linear models, latent regression; Rasch modeling; and Item Response Theory modeling. In 2010 Dr. Li received funding from the NCI to use cellular phones as social network sensors to examine social network influences of smoking in young adults. This project is the first of its kind to use mobile sensing technology to study smoking behaviors in real time. He is also actively conducting research on statistical methods that best elucidate the genetic determinants of mild cognitive impairment after chemotherapy (with Dr. Ahles, Psychiatry) and Bayesian statistical methods to examine intervention fit (with Dr. Ostroff, Psychiatry).
Publications by Yuelin Li
Selected Publications
- Li Y, Steinberg AG, Bain L, Yaeger D, Bieler A, Ewing R, Kaimal G, Krantz I. Assessing parental attitudes toward genetic testing for childhood hearing loss: Before and after genetic consultation. Am J Med Genet A. 2007; 143:1546-53.
- Li Y, Using the Open-Source Statistical Language R to Analyze the Rasch Model. Behavioral Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers. 2006; 38:532-541.
- Li Y, Krantz DH. Experimental Tests of Subjective Bayesian Methods. Psychological Record. 2005; 55:251-277.
- Li Y, Doukas DJ. Health motivation and emotional vigilance in genetic testing for prostate cancer risk. Clin Genet. 2004 Dec;66(6):512-6.
- Li Y, Womer RB, Silber JH. Predicting cisplatin ototoxicity in children: the influence of age and the cumulative dose. Eur J Cancer. 2004 Nov;40(16):2445-51.
