Research Professor of Biostatistics in Medicine, Academic Institute
Full Research Member, Research Institute
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College
After serving as a Research Assistant in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Waterloo, Dr. Xu received her academic appointment in 2003 as an Assistant Professor in the Center of American Indian Health Research of the College of Public Health at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She joined Houston Methodist Research Institute in 2007. Dr. Xu is an Associate Research Professor of Biostatistics in the Center for Outcomes Research and Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center at Houston Methodist Research Institute.
Dr. Xu’s biostatistics work has primarily focused on cardiovascular disease (CVD), diabetes, renal disease, and cancer. She was the biostatistician for the NIH-funded Strong Heart Study, the largest and longest longitudinal study of cardiovascular disease and its risk factors in American Indians.
Dr. Xu’s current biostatistics studies include NIH and DoD-funded studies in brain metastatic tumors and breast cancer.