Lifeng Lin
University of Arizona · Pharmacology and Toxicology
Active 1991–2024
About
Dr. Lifeng Lin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Arizona, with a courtesy appointment in the Statistics and Data Science Graduate Interdisciplinary Program. His research focuses on developing and disseminating advanced statistical methodologies to enhance the validity, transparency, and robustness of evidence synthesis. His methodological expertise spans meta-analysis, network meta-analysis, Bayesian methods, multivariate modeling, fragility analysis, and the assessment of publication bias. In addition, Dr. Lin has made substantial contributions to biomedical research through collaborative applied statistical work in areas such as aging, mental health, and women’s health. His research has been supported by grants from the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Arizona Biomedical Research Centre. Dr. Lin has authored or co-authored over 140 peer-reviewed publications in leading journals across biostatistics, epidemiology, and clinical medicine. He is actively engaged in academic editorial service, serving as Associate Editor for Research Synthesis Methods and Epidemiologic Methods, Statistical Editor for Schizophrenia Bulletin and the Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice, and Assistant Editor for the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. He also serves as a statistical reviewer for JAMA Network Open. As a strong advocate for open science, Dr. Lin has developed several R packages to empower applied researchers in performing and interpreting meta-analyses with advanced statistical techniques, promoting reproducibility and user-friendly application of cutting-edge methods.
Research topics
- Medicine
- Computer science
- Statistics
- Econometrics
- Mathematics
Recent grants
Statistical Methods and Software for Multivariate Meta-analysis
NIH · $1.3M · 2019–2025
Joint modeling of continuous and binary data in meta-analysis
NIH · $146k · 2021–2024
Frequent coauthors
- 125 shared
Haitao Chu
- 46 shared
Chang Xu
Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital
- 37 shared
M. Hassan Murad
Damascus University
- 27 shared
Luis Furuya‐Kanamori
University of Queensland
- 25 shared
Rongyu Zang
Zhongshan Hospital
- 24 shared
Zhen Wang
Mayo Clinic in Arizona
- 23 shared
Reem A. Mustafa
University of Kansas Medical Center
- 20 shared
Yong Chen
Chongqing Normal University
Education
- 2017
PhD, Biostatistics
University of Minnesota
- 2013
BS, Statistics
University of Science and Technology of China
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