Wenjiang Fu Associate Professor of Epidemiology Division of Biostatistics Ph.D., 1998 University of Toronto Michigan State University Department of Epidemiology B601 West Fee Hall East Lansing, Michigan 48824 Telephone: 517.353.8623 x113 Fax: 517.432.1130 E-mail: fuw@msu.edu www.msu.edu/~fuw Community of Science Expertise Profile

Research Interests

Statistical problems arise in many applied sciences, including public health science. Through the employment of statistical techniques, such as correlation and regression analysis, risk factors can be determined based on large quantity of data obtained in health studies. Dr. Fu is collaborating with many investigators on statistical and epidemiological research, including cancer studies, quality of life, age-period-cohort (APC) analysis of disease rates, collinearity problems in regression analysis, longitudinal models, statistical model selection. As principal investigator, Dr. Fu is currently leading a study on statistical analysis of cancer incidence and mortality rates funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) from 1999 to 2002 to investigate the trends of cancer rates in the age, period (calendar year) and cohort (birth cohort).  This study will lead to a resolution of a statistical identifiability problem in the APC studies and help determine the trends of the diseases under investigation. Dr. Fu is also interested in methodological research in statistical computing and clinical trials.