Lan Luo Joins Rutgers School of Public Health

Lan Luo, Ph.D., has joined the Rutgers School of Public Health’s Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology as an assistant professor.

“I am very excited to be part of the Rutgers School of Public Health,” says Luo. “This is a place with an exciting academic environment and great resources where I can continue to pursue my research interests in mobile health and epigenetic clocks. I look forward to collaborating with my wonderful colleagues at Rutgers and serving the Rutgers community.”

Luo’s research focuses on developing real-time analytics to meet the methodological requirements associated with the analysis of streaming data. These include large-scale databases that are periodically updated and mobile health data. In particular, Luo is interested in developing online analysis toolboxes with a main focus on statistical inference. Luo’s research pursuits also encompass adaptive experimental design, longitudinal mediation analysis, and epigenetic clocks.

“I am thrilled that Dr. Lan Luo has joined Rutgers School of Public Health,” says Jason Roy, professor and chair of the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology. “Dr. Luo is known for her pioneering work in the analysis of streaming data. Her work is of critical importance to public health researchers as it allows for more rapid translation of health-related data to knowledge. Dr. Luo also brings with her passion for teaching data science.”

Prior to joining Rutgers, Dr. Luo was an assistant professor in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Iowa. Dr. Luo did her Ph.D. in the Department of Biostatistics at University of Michigan, under the supervision of Professor Peter Song.