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Yuan Wu

Associate Professor in Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Division of Biostatistics
Duke Box 2721, Durham, NC 27710
2424 Erwin Road, 11101 Hock Plaza Suite 1102, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Kidney Cancer Research Program Clinical Consortium Duke University Clinical Trial Site Award

ResearchBiostatistician · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2024 - 2026

Innovations in Shock Wave Lithotripsy Technology

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 1997 - 2026

Next-gen stealth polymer for biofilm-resistant orthopedic implant coatings

ResearchBiostatistician · Awarded by American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand · 2023 - 2025

Kidney Cancer Research Program Clinical Consortium Duke University Clinical Trial Site

ResearchBiostatistician Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2021 - 2025

Point-of-care cellular and molecular pathology of breast tumors on a cell phone

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Sieve spline based likelihood approach for the Cox proportional hazards model with small sample size studies

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Cancer Institute · 2023 - 2025

Integrated Acoustofluidic Plasmonic Molecular Diagnostic System for Detecting MicroRNA Biomarkers

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2024

Immune correlates of immunotherapy responses in renal cell carcinoma

ResearchBiostatistician II · Awarded by Kidney Cancer Association · 2019 - 2021

Carbohydrate and Prostate Study 1 and 2

ResearchStatistician · Awarded by Institute for Medical Research, Inc. · 2020 - 2021

Defining the Relevant Immune Checkpoints Expressed on Metastatic Prostate Cancer Circulating Tumor Cells

ResearchStatistician · Awarded by Janssen Research & Development, LLC · 2016 - 2021

A Limited-angle Intra-fractional Verification (LIVE) System for SBRT Treatments

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2020

Therapeutic targeting of B7-H3 to reverse prostate cancer treatment resistance.

ResearchBiostatistician · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2016 - 2020

PSA for Taofik Oyekunle

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Institute for Medical Research, Inc. · 2017 - 2020

PSA for Lauren Howard

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Institute for Medical Research, Inc. · 2014 - 2020

Developing knowledge models to enable rapid learning in radiation therapy

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2020

PSA - Lauren Howard - A Retrospective Description of Patient Characteristics, Management, and Outcomes

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Institute for Medical Research, Inc. · 2017 - 2020

Statistical/Computational Methods for Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2015 - 2020

Innovative Biomarker-Integrated Clinical Trial Design and Analysis

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2015 - 2020

Bayer-Exini Radium-223 Retrospective Study

ResearchStatistician · Awarded by Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc · 2016 - 2019

Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Carbohydrate Restriction Among Men Initiating Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - Los Angeles · 2017 - 2019

Novel Immune Modulating Cellular Vaccine for Prostate Cancer Immunotherapy

ResearchBiostatistician · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2013 - 2017

A Pilot Study on H.O.P.E: Helping Ovarian Cancer Patients Cope with Disease Recurrence

ResearchStatistician · Awarded by Foundation for Women's Cancer · 2014 - 2016