Yi-An Ko
Asst Professor
Research Assistant Professor
Faculty, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
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My work focuses on the development, application, and interpretation of a variety of statistical methods in biomedical research. Most of it concentrates on study of biomarkers and risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. My research interest involves gene-environment interactions, analysis of high-dimensional data, and developing novel analytical strategies to understand the etiology and pathogenesis of complex diseases.
Contact Information
1518 Clifton Rd
Atlanta , GA 30322
1518-002-3AA (SPH: Biostatistics)
Phone: 404-727-8128
Email: yi-an.ko@emory.edu
Areas of Interest
- Biomarkers
- Biostatistics
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Genetic Epidemiology
- Statistical Modeling
Education
- PhD 2014, University of Michigan
- MS 2009, University of Michigan
- MS 2007, University of Southern California
- BS 2004, National Taiwan University
Courses Taught
- BIOS 507: Applied Regression Analysis
- BIOS 581: Statistical Practice II
Publications
- Ko YA, Hayek S, Sandesara P, Samman Tahhan A, Quyyumi A., 2017, Cohort profile: the Emory Cardiovascular Biobank (EmCAB), BMJ Open, 7, e018753
- Ko YA, Hayek S, Sandesara P, Samman Tahhan A, Quyyumi A., 2017, Cohort profile: the Emory Cardiovascular Biobank (EmCAB), BMJ Open, ,
- Hayek SS, Ko YA, Awad M, Del Mar Soto A, Ahmed H, Patel K, Yuan M, Maddox S, Gray B, Hajjari J, Sperling L, Shah A, Vaccarino V, Quyyumi AA, 2017, Depression and chest pain in patients with coronary artery disease, Int J Cardiol, ,
- Al Mheid I, Hayek SS, Ko YA, Akbik F, Li Q, Ghasemzadeh N, Martin GS, Long Q, Hammadah M, Maziar Zafari A, Vaccarino V, Waller EK, Quyyumi AA, 2016, Age and human regenerative capacity impact of cardiovascular risk factors, Circ Res, 119, 801-9
- Ko YA, Mukherjee B, Smith JA, Kardia SL, Allison M, Diez Roux AV, 2016, Classification and clustering methods for multiple environmental factors in gene-environment interaction: application to the multi-Ethnic study of atherosclerosis, Epidemiol, 27, 870-8
- Tsai LC, Ko YA, Hammond KE, Xerogeanes JW, Warren GL, Powers CM, 2016, Increasing hip and knee flexion during a drop-jump task reduces tibiofemoral shear and compressive forces: implications for ACL injury prevention training, J Sports Sci, ,
- Hayek SS, Sever S, Ko YA, Trachtman H, Awad M, Wadhwani S, Altintas MM, Wei C, Hotton AL, French AL, Sperling LS, Lerakis S, Quyyumi AA, Reiser J, 2015, Soluble urokinase receptor and chronic kidney disease, N Engl J Med, 373, 1916-25
- Ko YA, Song PX, Clark NM, 2014, Declines with age in childhood asthma symptoms and health care use. An adjustment for evaluations, Ann Am Thorac Soc, 11, 54-62
- Ko YA, Mukherjee B, Smith JA, Park SK, Kardia SL, Allison MA, Vokonas PS, Chen J, Diez-Roux AV, 2014, Testing departure from additivity in Tukey's model using shrinkage: application to a longitudinal setting, Stat Med, 33, 5177-91