Guoqing Diao

Dr. Guoqing Diao is a tenured Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics. Prior to joining GWU in August 2020, he was a tenured professor in the Department of Statistics at George Mason University where he served on the faculty for 14 years. Dr. Diao received his Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Diao's research focuses on developing new statistical methodologies and novel computational tools for solving critical scientific problems arising in biomedical studies. His research interests include semiparametric models, precision medicine, survival analysis, longitudinal data analysis, statistical genetics, high-dimensional data analysis, diagnostic medicine, clinical trial designs, and computational probability. Dr. Diao also has an extensive collaborative record working with researchers in infectious diseases, cancer, eye diseases, ultrasound, neuro-imaging, etc. Dr. Diao’s research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and industry. 

Dr. Diao served as the Program Chair-Elect, Program Chair, and Past Program Chair for the American Statistical Association Lifetime Data Science Section (LiDS) during 2018-2020. He was the Chair of the Organizing Committee of the International Chinese Statistical Association 2021 Applied Statistics Symposium. Along with his collaborators at UNC, NCI, and Merck, Dr. Diao won the ASA Statistical Partnerships Among Academe, Industry, and Government (SPAIG) Award in 2023. Dr. Diao is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, and he currently serves as an Associate Editor for Biometrics, Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research, Statistics in Biosciences, and Statistical Communications in Infectious Diseases.