Yaping Shi, M.S.

Biostatistician III

E-mail: yaping.shi@vanderbilt.edu Phone: (615) 322-8269 Fax: (615) 343-4924 2525 West End, Ste. 1100 Department of Biostatistics Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Nashville,TN 37203

Curriculum Vitae

Education

MS in Statistics, May 2008
The University of Iowa

Work Experience

Biostatistician III October 2011 - Present
Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University

Biostatistician II October 2008 - September 2011
Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University

Teaching Asistant August 2006 - May 2008
Department of statistics and actuarial sciences, University of Iowa

Area of Interest

• Time to event analysis
• Prediction model
• Mixed effects model and longitudinal data analysis
• Power analysis and sample size justification (simulation based)

Peer-Reviewed Publications | PubMed

• Harder R, Malow BA, Goodpaster RL, Iqbal F, Halbower A, Goldman SE, Fawkes DB, Wang L, Shi Y, Baudenbacher F, Diedrich A.  Heart rate variability during sleep in children with autism spectrum disorder.  Clin Auton Res. 2016 Dec;26(6):423-432. doi: 10.1007/s10286-016-0375-5. Epub 2016 Aug 4.
• Billings FT 4th, Hendricks PA, Schildcrout JS, Shi Y, Petracek MR, Byrne JG, Brown NJ.  High-Dose Perioperative Atorvastatin and Acute Kidney Injury Following Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial.  JAMA. 2016 Mar 1;315(9):877-88. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.0548.
• Schildcrout JS, Shi Y, Danciu I, Bowton E, Field JR, Pulley JM, Basford MA, Gregg W, Cowan JD, Harrell FE Jr, Roden DM, Peterson JF, Denny JC.  A prognostic model based on readily available clinical data enriched a pre-emptive pharmacogenetic testing program.  J Clin Epidemiol. 2016 Apr;72:107-15. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.08.028. Epub 2015 Nov 25.
• McEvoy MD, Hand WR, Stiegler MP, DiLorenzo AN, Ehrenfeld JM, Moran KR, Lekowski R, Nunnally ME, Manning EL, Shi Y, Shotwell MS, Gupta RK, Corey JM, Schell RM.  A Smartphone-based Decision Support Tool Improves Test Performance Concerning Application of the Guidelines for Managing Regional Anesthesia in the Patient Receiving Antithrombotic or Thrombolytic Therapy.  Anesthesiology. 2016 Jan;124(1):186-98. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000885.
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• Watkins SC, Anders S, Clebone A, Hughes E, Zeigler L, Patel V, Shi Y, Shotwell MS, McEvoy M, Weinger MB.  Paper or plastic? Simulation based evaluation of two versions of a cognitive aid for managing pediatric peri-operative critical events by anesthesia trainees: evaluation of the society for pediatric anesthesia emergency checklist.  J Clin Monit Comput. 2016 Jun;30(3):275-83. doi: 10.1007/s10877-015-9714-7. Epub 2015 Jun 12.
• Wanderer JP, Shi Y, Schildcrout JS, Ehrenfeld JM, Epstein RH.  Supervising anesthesiologists cannot be effectively compared according to their patients' postanesthesia care unit admission pain scores.  Anesth Analg. 2015 Apr;120(4):923-32. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000480.
• Laccheo I, Sonmezturk H, Bhatt AB, Tomycz L, Shi Y, Ringel M, DiCarlo G, Harris D, Barwise J, Abou-Khalil B, Haas KF.  Non-convulsive status epilepticus and non-convulsive seizures in neurological ICU patients.  Neurocrit Care. 2015 Apr;22(2):202-11. doi: 10.1007/s12028-014-0070-0.
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• Goldman SE, Adkins KW, Calcutt MW, Carter MD, Goodpaster RL, Wang L, Shi Y, Burgess HJ, Hachey DL, Malow BA.  Melatonin in children with autism spectrum disorders: endogenous and pharmacokinetic profiles in relation to sleep.  J Autism Dev Disord. 2014 Oct;44(10):2525-35. doi: 10.1007/s10803-014-2123-9.
• Delaney JT, Muhammad R, Shi Y, Schildcrout JS, Blair M, Short L, Roden DM, Darbar D.  Common SCN10A variants modulate PR interval and heart rate response during atrial fibrillation.  Europace. 2014 Apr;16(4):485-90. doi: 10.1093/europace/eut278. Epub 2013 Sep 26.
• Bick JS, Demaria S Jr, Kennedy JD, Schwartz AD, Weiner MM, Levine AI, Shi Y, Schildcrout JS, Wagner CE.  Comparison of expert and novice performance of a simulated transesophageal echocardiography examination.  Simul Healthc. 2013 Oct;8(5):329-34. doi: 10.1097/SIH.0b013e31829068df.
• Peltier AC, Myers MI, Artibee KJ, Hamilton AD, Yan Q, Guo J, Shi Y, Wang L, Li J.  Evaluation of dermal myelinated nerve fibers in diabetes mellitus.  J Peripher Nerv Syst. 2013 Jun;18(2):162-7. doi: 10.1111/jns5.12027.
• Gupta RK, Lane J, Allen B, Shi Y, Schildcrout JS.  Improving needle visualization by novice residents during an in-plane ultrasound nerve block simulation using an in-plane multiangle needle guide.  Pain Med. 2013 Oct;14(10):1600-7. doi: 10.1111/pme.12160. Epub 2013 Jun 11.
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• Ramirez AH, Shi Y, Schildcrout JS, Delaney JT, Xu H, Oetjens MT, Zuvich RL, Basford MA, Bowton E, Jiang M, Speltz P, Zink R, Cowan J, Pulley JM, Ritchie MD, Masys DR, Roden DM, Crawford DC, Denny JC.  Predicting warfarin dosage in European-Americans and African-Americans using DNA samples linked to an electronic health record.  Pharmacogenomics. 2012 Mar;13(4):407-18. doi: 10.2217/pgs.11.164. Epub 2012 Feb 13.
• Jeskey M, Card E, Nelson D, Mercaldo ND, Sanders N, Higgins MS, Shi Y, Michaels D, Miller A.  Nurse adoption of continuous patient monitoring on acute post-surgical units: managing technology implementation.  J Nurs Manag. 2011 Oct;19(7):863-75. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2011.01295.x. Epub 2011 Sep 6.
• Peltier AC, Bagai K, Artibee K, Diedrich A, Garland E, Elasy T, Shi Y, Wang L, Feldman EL, Robertson D, Malow BA.  Effect of mild hyperglycemia on autonomic function in obstructive sleep apnea.  Clin Auton Res. 2012 Feb;22(1):1-8. doi: 10.1007/s10286-011-0131-9. Epub 2011 Jul 28.
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• Peterson JF, Shi Y, Denny JC, Matheny ME, Schildcrout JS, Waitman LR, Miller RA.  Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Discrepancies within Three Computerized Pre-Admission Medication Lists.  AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2010 Nov 13;2010:642-6.
• Zhang F, Shi Y, Wang L, Sriram S.  Role of HDAC3 on p53 expression and apoptosis in T cells of patients with multiple sclerosis.  PLoS One. 2011 Feb 8;6(2):e16795. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016795.
• Azar NJ, Pitiyanuvath N, Vittal NB, Wang L, Shi Y, Abou-Khalil BW.  A structured questionnaire predicts if convulsions are epileptic or nonepileptic.  Epilepsy Behav. 2010 Nov;19(3):462-6. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.08.027.
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Course Work / Continuing Education

• Modeling Ordinal Categorical Responses, with Examples Using R. Continuing Education Course, JSM, Dr. Alan Agresti, 2015
• Successful Data Mining in Practice. Continuing Education Course, JSM, Dr. Richard De Veaux, 2015
• Joint Modeling of Longitudinal and Survival Data. Continuing Education Course, JSM, 2015
• Measures of Classification Accuracy for the Prediction of Survival Times. Continuing Education Course, JSM, 2013
• Causal Inference and Its Application in Health Sciences. Continuing Education Course, JSM, Dr. Miguel A. Hernan, Dr. Dylan S Small, 2013
• Generalized Linear Models and Longitudinal Data Analysis. Graduate Course (Audit only), Biostatistics Program, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Dr. Jonathan Schildcrout, 2013
• Absolute Risk Prediction. Conference on Risk Assessment and Evaluation of Predictions, Silver Spring, MD. Dr. Mitchell H. Gail, Dr. Ruth Pfeier, Oct. 2011
• Current Methods for Evaluating Prediction Performance of Biomarkers and Tests. Conference on Risk Assessment and Evaluation of Predictions, Silver Spring, MD. Dr. Margaret S. Pepe, Oct. 2011
• Compiling Programs. ACCRE Training Course IV, Feb. 2011
• Job Scheduler Details. ACCRE Training Course III, Feb. 2011
• Introduction to the Computer Cluster. ACCRE Training Course II, Feb. 2011
• Introduction to Unix/Linux. ACCURE Training Course I, Jan. 2011
• Introduction to Statistical Computing. Vanderbilt University, Dr. Christopher J Fonnesbeck, Sep. 2011
• A Gentle Introduction to Bayesian Biostatistics. Vanderbilt University, Dr. Christopher J Fonnesbeck, Oct. 2010
• Data Visualization Using ggplot2. One-day Short Course, Vanderbilt University, Dr. Hadley Wickham, Jul. 2010
• Fundamental Statistics Concepts in Presenting Data: Principles for Constructing better Graphics. 2010
• Effective Scientific Writing. Three Half-day Short Course, Vanderbilt University, Dr. Judith Swan, Jun. 2010
• Introduction to Biostatistics, 2010
• Regression Modelling Strategies. Five Half-day Short Course, Vanderbilt University, Dr. Frank Harrell, Feb. 2009
• Clinical Trials. Graduate Course (Audit only), MPH Program, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Dr. Yu Shyr, 2008

Services

Membership

American Statistical Association

International Biometric Society (ENAR)