Lili Tian
PhD
Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Chair
Professor
Research Topics
Statistical Sciences (Statistics/Biostatistics): classification metrics development, biomarker/medical device evaluation methods, statistical methods for diagnostic studies, classification algorithms, exact and computationally efficient statistical procedures for reliability measures and other essential measures used in applied fields; general statistical methodology with applications in public health and medical science. Interdisciplinary: medical device, clinical trials, biomedical research, cancer research, epidemiology, public health, biobehavioral research, nursing.
Summary
Lili Tian, PhD, earned her PhD and MA in statistics from University of Rochester. She also holds a MA degree in theoretical physics from Shandong University, China, and a MA degree in physics from University of Rochester.
Tian joined the Department of Biostatistics at UB in 2005 as associate professor and was awarded tenure in 2007. She was promoted to full professor in 2013.
She is affiliated with Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Institute as adjunct full professor of Biostatistics and Oncology.
Honors and Service
- Member of Regional advisory board (RAB) (2025-2027),
- Eastern North American Region (ENAR), International Biometric Society
- Elected fellow of American Statistical Association (ASA)
- Editor-in-Chief (with Marta Garcia-Finana & Chris Metcalfe), Statistical Methods in Medical Research 2021- present
- Statistical advisory panel member, Nature Medicine, 2024-present
- President of ASA Buffalo/Niagara chapter, 2023-present
- Committee of Applied Statistics, ASA , 2019-2025
- Associate editor, Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 2019-2020.
- Editorial Board, Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 2013-2018.
- Editorial Board, Biological Research for Nursing, May 2002-2008.