Bo Lu, PhD
Professor
Biostatistics
“My passion in biostatistics is not only to solve the methodological riddles, but also to develop practical tools to improve understanding on how policies may change people’s health and wellbeing.”
Education
- Ph.D.
- Statistics, University of Pennsylvania, 2002
- M.A.
- Statistics, University of Pennsylvania, 1999
- B.S.
- Probability and Statistics, Peking University, 1997
Research interests
Causal inference, Observational study, Matched designs for complex data structure, Sensitivity analysis for unmeasured confounding, Bayesian Modeling for causal effects, Survey sampling methodology, Small area estimation, Large population survey analysis, Statistical methods for observational studies in population health, health outcome research and social sciences
- Zhao Z., Ni A., Xu X., Donneyong M., and Lu B. “M-learning for Individual Treatment Rule with Survival Outcomes”, accepted, Statistics in Medicine, 2025.
- Zhao R. and Lu B. “Flexible Template Matching for Observational Study Design”, Statistics in Medicine, 2023, 42(11): 1760-1778.
- Nattino G., Lu B., Shi J., Lemeshow S., Xiang H. “Triplet Matching for Estimating Causal Effects with Three Treatment Arms: A Comparative Study of Mortality by Trauma Center Level”, Journal of American Statistical Association, 2021, 116(533): 44-53.
- Hade E., Nattino G., Frey H. and Lu B. “Propensity Score Matching for Treatment Delay Effects with Observational Survival Data”, Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 2020, 29(3):695-708.
- Nattino G. and Lu B. “Model Assisted Sensitivity Analyses for Hidden Bias with Binary Outcomes”, Biometrics, 2018, 74(4):1141-1149.
- Lu B. and Ashmead R. “Propensity Score Matching Analysis for Causal Effect with MNAR Covariates”, Statistica Sinica, 2018, 28: 2005-2025.
- Lu B., Greevy R., Xu X. and Beck C. “Optimal Nonbipartite Matching and its Statistical Applications”, The American Statistician, 2011, 65(1): 21-30.
- Lu B. “Propensity Score Matching with Time Dependent Covariates”, Biometrics, 2005; 61: 721-728.
- Lu B., Rosenbaum P. “Optimal Pair Matching with Two Control Groups”, Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, 2004; 13: 422-434.
- Lu B., Zanutto E., Hornik R., Rosenbaum P. “Matching with Doses in an Observational Study of a Media Campaign against Drug Abuse”, Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2001; 96: 1245-1253.