Daoyuan Lai

Daoyuan Lai

Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Email: dl3743 [at] cumc [dot] columbia [dot] edu
Office: 650 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, United States
About me

I am a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, jointly appointed in the Departments of Nephrology and Biostatistics under the mentorship of Professors Krzysztof Kiryluk and Iuliana Ionita-Laza. I also collaborate closely with Dr. Tian Gu (Columbia) and Dr. Oscar Hernan Madrid Padilla (UCLA). I earned my Ph.D. in Statistics from the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at The University of Hong Kong, where I was advised by Dr. Yan Dora Zhang and Prof. Pak-Chung Sham. My research interests span statistical genetics, high-dimensional statistics, bioinformatics, and epidemiology. I am actively seeking professional opportunities in both academia and industry.

Research Interests
  • High-dimensional statistics
  • Statistical genetics
  • Data integration
    • Education
  • Ph.D. in Statistics, University of Hong Kong (HKU)
  • B.S. in Statistics, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)
    • Awards and Honors
  • IMS New Researcher Travel Award, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
  • Biopharmaceutical Section Student Paper Award, American Statistical Association
  • Poster Award, International Chinese Statistical Association China Conference
  • Early Career Travel Award, American Statistical Association
  • Early Career Travel Award, Chinese Statistical Association of Young Scholars
  • Hung Hing Ying Scholarship, HKU
  • Reaching Out Award, Hong Kong Government Scholarship Fund
  • Excellent Research Award, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, HKU
  • Outstanding Graduates Honor, Department of Statistics and Data Science, SUSTech
  • Outstanding Undergraduate Scholarship of SUSTech, SUSTech
    • Work Experience
    [columbia]
    Department of Nephrology and Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University
    Postdoctoral Research Scientist
    New York, USA
    [columbia]
    Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University
    Visiting Student
    New York, USA
    [columbia]
    Global Statistics and Data Science Department, BeiGene Inc.
    Research Intern
    Shanghai, China
    Research
    [TL]
    Under Minor Revision at Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2026+
    Daoyuan Lai, Oscar Hernan Madrid Padilla, Xiang Li, Tian Gu*
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    [genetics]
    American Journal of Human Genetics, 2025
    Daoyuan Lai, Han Wang, Tian Gu, Siqi Wu, Dajiang J. Liu, Pak Chung Sham, Yan Dora Zhang*
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    [COVID-19 related]
    Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2024
    Daoyuan Lai, Junfeng Lu, Dickson Lim, Han Wang, Tao Huang, Yan Dora Zhang*
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    [COVID-19 related]
    BMJ Global Health, 2022
    Daoyuan Lai, Yuxi Cai, Tsai Hor Chan, Dailin Gan, Amber N Hurson, Yan Dora Zhang*
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    [COVID-19 related]
    Vaccines, 2022
    Daoyuan Lai, Yan Dora Zhang, and Junfeng Lu*
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    [COVID-19 related]
    Frontiers in Genetics, 2022
    Han Wang, Xin Wang, Teng Li, Daoyuan Lai, Yan Dora Zhang*
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    [Prostheses]
    IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2019
    Kuangen Zhang, Caihua Xiong, Wen Zhang, Haiyuan Liu, Daoyuan Lai, Yiming Rong, Chenglong Fu*
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    Talks and Posters
  • Joint Statistical Meeting (JSM)
  • International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA) China Conference
  • Eastern North American Region (ENAR) International Biometric Society Spring Meeting
  • American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Annual Meeting
  • BeiGene Intern Tech Talk
  • 12th International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA) International Conference