Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Faculty and Staff
Yan Ma, Ph.D., M.A., M.S., is an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics in the Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology in the Department of Public Health at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and Assistant Professor of Biostatistics in the Research Division at the Hospital for Special Surgery. He received his Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Rochester in 2008.
Dr. Ma’s research interests in statistical methodology center on inference for instrument reliability and rater agreement, nonparametric estimation and inference, observational studies, causal inferences, meta-analysis, complex survey data analysis, longitudinal data analysis, and missing data problems.
Dr. Ma’s areas of applications include HIV/AIDS, psychiatry, orthopedics, and anesthesiology. He has been collaborating with investigators across the departments at the Hospital for Special Surgery, providing statistical consulting assistance in study design, grant proposal, and data analysis utilizing rigorous statistical methods.