Heping Zhang named the Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Biostatistics

Heping Zhang, recently appointed as the Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Biostatistics in the School of Public Health, specializes in research on substance use, statistical methods in genetic studies of substance use, and research training in mental health epidemiology. Zhang, who received his Ph.D. from Stanford University, has developed statistical methods and software to analyze data related to a broad range of health outcomes including pregnancy outcome, mental health, and substance use. He has published over 170 research articles in top science and statistical journals. In 2005, Zhang founded the Yale Collaborative Center for Statistics in Science (C2S2) to foster collaboration on statistical methods and technologies, particularly for understanding understand the etiology of pregnancy outcomes and to evaluate treatment effectiveness for infertility. In only a few years, his center has emerged as a major national resource for reproductive sciences. He directs a training program for pre- and postdoctoral students, which is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, and is a fellow of the American Statistical Association and of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.