Lexie Zidanyue Yang
Biostatistician II
Education: Masters Degree, Biostatistics. Duke University School of Medicine. 2018
Overview: Lexie collaborates with doctors, residents, and fellows in the Department of Neurosurgery and Department of Pharmacy. She has strong experience in data management with large databases, such as MarketScan and HCUP. She has also worked with EHR data and CRDM. Her statistical interests include longitudinal analysis, mediation analysis, survival analysis and latent class analysis.
Educational Background
Master of Biostatistics
Duke University (Durham, NC, USA) 2016-2018
Bachelor of Science
Mathematics, Statistics
University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI, USA) 2013-2016
Shandong University (Shandong, China) 2011-2013
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Biostatistician II, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Basic Science Departments
Contact Information
- 1309 Soaring Silo Way, Apex, NC 27502
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lexie.yang@duke.edu
+1 919 668 7523
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LinkedIN
- Research
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Selected Grants
- Addressing Bias from Missing Data in EHR Based Studies of CVD awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2023
- Chronic Refractory Low Back Pain (CRLBP) awarded by Mainstay Medical Ltd. 2021 - 2023
- Nevro HF10 Outcomes Analysis awarded by Nevro Corp 2020 - 2022
- IPA Lexia Zidanyue Yang awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center 2020 - 2021
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Academic Articles
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Venkatraman, Vishal, Alexander D. Suarez, Elayna P. Kirsch, Helen Heo, Kevin A. Wu, Katherine E. McDaniel, Lexie Z. Yang, et al. “Quantifying the Opportunity Cost of Neurosurgical Resident Education.” World Neurosurg, April 6, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2023.04.005.Full Text Link to Item
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Venkatraman, Vishal, Charis A. Spears, Brittany G. Futch, Lexie Z. Yang, Beth A. Parente, Hui-Jie Lee, and Shivanand P. Lad. “Assessment of Health Care Costs and Total Baclofen Use Associated With Targeted Drug Delivery for Spasticity.” Neuromodulation, March 6, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurom.2023.01.017.Full Text Link to Item
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Rajkumar, Shashank, Vishal Venkatraman, Lexie Zidanyue Yang, Beth Parente, Hui-Jie Lee, and Shivanand P. Lad. “Short-Term Health Care Costs of High-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Treatment of Postsurgical Persistent Spinal Pain Syndrome.” Neuromodulation, March 3, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurom.2023.01.016.Full Text Link to Item
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Magid, Mackenzie, Scott Sanoff, Hui-Jie Lee, Zidanyue Yang, and Jennifer Byrns. “Evaluation of Weight-Based Dose During Transition From Immediate-Release to Extended-Release Tacrolimus in Kidney Transplant Recipients.” J Pharm Pract 36, no. 1 (February 2023): 39–45. https://doi.org/10.1177/08971900211021054.Full Text Link to Item
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Abdelgadir, Jihad, Aden P. Haskell-Mendoza, Amanda R. Magno, Alexander D. Suarez, Prince Antwi, Alankrita Raghavan, Patricia Nelson, Lexie Zidanyue Yang, Sin-Ho Jung, and Ali R. Zomorodi. “Revisiting flow augmentation bypass for cerebrovascular atherosclerotic vaso-occlusive disease: Single-surgeon series and review of the literature.” Plos One 18, no. 5 (January 2023): e0285982. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285982.Full Text
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Rajkumar, Shashank, Lexie Zidanyue Yang, Vishal Venkatraman, Lefko Charalambous, Beth Parente, Hui-Jie Lee, and Shivanand P. Lad. “Health Care Resource Utilization of High-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation for Treatment of Chronic Refractory Low Back Pain.” Neuromodulation 26, no. 1 (January 2023): 115–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurom.2022.03.013.Full Text Link to Item
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Garcia, Alessandra N., Corey B. Simon, Zidanyue Lexie Yang, Donna Niedzwiecki, Chad E. Cook, and Oren Gottfried. “Classification of older adults who underwent lumbar-related surgery using pre-operative biopsychosocial predictors and relationships with surgical recovery: An observational study conducted in the United States.” Health Soc Care Community 30, no. 5 (September 2022): e1570–84. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13584.Full Text Link to Item
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Magid, Mackenzie, Jennifer Byrns, Jennifer Gommer, Zidanyue Yang, Hui-Jie Lee, and Matt Harris. “Early versus delayed initiation of cytomegalovirus prophylaxis after liver transplant.” Pharmacotherapy 42, no. 8 (August 2022): 634–40. https://doi.org/10.1002/phar.2714.Full Text
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Williamson, Theresa L., Syed M. Adil, Chidyaonga Shalita, Lefko T. Charalambous, Taylor Mitchell, Zidanyue Yang, Beth A. Parente, et al. “Palliative Care Consultations in Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Who Receives Palliative Care Consultations and What Does that Mean for Utilization?” Neurocrit Care 36, no. 3 (June 2022): 781–90. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-021-01366-2.Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
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Semmes, Eleanor C., Shuk Hang Li, Jillian H. Hurst, Zidanyue Yang, Donna Niedzwiecki, Genevieve G. Fouda, Joanne Kurtzberg, Kyle M. Walsh, and Sallie R. Permar. “Congenital Human Cytomegalovirus Infection Is Associated With Decreased Transplacental IgG Transfer Efficiency Due to Maternal Hypergammaglobulinemia.” Clin Infect Dis 74, no. 7 (April 9, 2022): 1131–40. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab627.Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
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Foster, Norah, Christopher Shaffrey, Avery Buchholz, Raymond Turner, Lexie Zidanyue Yang, Donna Niedzwiecki, and Allen Goode. “Image Quality and Dose Comparison of 3 Mobile Intraoperative Three-Dimensional Imaging Systems in Spine Surgery.” World Neurosurg 160 (April 2022): e142–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2021.12.103.Full Text Link to Item
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Nanni, Alexis N., Matthew Harris, Mara Watson, Zidanyue Yang, Hui-Jie Lee, Adam D. DeVore, and James B. Henderson. “Association of tacrolimus time-to-therapeutic range on renal dysfunction and acute cellular rejection after orthotopic heart transplantation in a high use basiliximab population.” Clin Transplant 36, no. 3 (March 2022): e14542. https://doi.org/10.1111/ctr.14542.Full Text Link to Item
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Bhavsar, Nrupen A., Clemontina A. Davenport, Lexie Zidanyue Yang, Sarah Peskoe, Julia J. Scialla, Rasheeda K. Hall, Crystal C. Tyson, et al. “Psychosocial determinants of cardiovascular events among black Americans with chronic kidney disease or associated risk factors in the Jackson heart study.” Bmc Nephrology 22, no. 1 (November 2021): 375. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-021-02594-6.Full Text
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Turner, Elizabeth L., Alyssa C. Platt, John A. Gallis, Kaitlin Tetreault, Christina Easter, Joanne E. McKenzie, Stephen Nash, Andrew B. Forbes, Karla Hemming, and Karla CRT Binary Outcome Reporting Group. “Completeness of reporting and risks of overstating impact in cluster randomised trials: a systematic review.” Lancet Glob Health 9, no. 8 (August 2021): e1163–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00200-X.Full Text Link to Item
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Williamson, Theresa, Sarah Hodges, Lexie Zidanyue Yang, Hui-Jie Lee, Mostafa Gabr, Beatrice Ugiliweneza, Maxwell Boakye, et al. “Impact of US hospital center and interhospital transfer on spinal cord injury management: An analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank.” J Trauma Acute Care Surg 90, no. 6 (June 1, 2021): 1067–76. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000003165.Full Text Link to Item
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Ohman, Kelsey L., Jennifer M. Schultheis, Shawn J. Kram, Christopher E. Cox, Daniel L. Gilstrap, Zidanyue Yang, and Bridgette L. Kram. “Effectiveness of Quetiapine as a Sedative Adjunct in Mechanically Ventilated Adults Without Delirium.” Ann Pharmacother 55, no. 2 (February 2021): 149–56. https://doi.org/10.1177/1060028020944409.Full Text Link to Item
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Park, Christine, Lefko T. Charalambous, Zidanyue Yang, Syed M. Adil, Sarah E. Hodges, Hui-Jie Lee, Laura Zitella Verbick, Aaron R. McCabe, and Shivanand P. Lad. “Inpatient mortality and healthcare resource utilization of nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage complications in the US.” J Neurosurg 135, no. 4 (January 22, 2021): 1081–90. https://doi.org/10.3171/2020.8.JNS201839.Full Text Link to Item
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Monuszko, Karen, Michael Malinzak, Lexie Zidanyue Yang, Donna Niedzwiecki, Herbert Fuchs, Carrie R. Muh, Krista Gingrich, Robert Lark, and Eric M. Thompson. “Image quality of EOS low-dose radiography in comparison with conventional radiography for assessment of ventriculoperitoneal shunt integrity.” J Neurosurg Pediatr 27, no. 4 (January 8, 2021): 375–81. https://doi.org/10.3171/2020.8.PEDS20428.Full Text Link to Item
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Adil, Syed M., Lefko T. Charalambous, Charis A. Spears, Musa Kiyani, Sarah E. Hodges, Zidanyue Yang, Hui-Jie Lee, et al. “Impact of Spinal Cord Stimulation on Opioid Dose Reduction: A Nationwide Analysis.” Neurosurgery 88, no. 1 (December 15, 2020): 193–201. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuros/nyaa353.Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
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Adil, Syed M., Sarah E. Hodges, Ryan M. Edwards, Lefko T. Charalambous, Zidanyue Yang, Musa Kiyani, Alexis Musick, et al. “Health care resource utilization and treatment of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis in the United States.” Neurooncol Pract 7, no. 6 (December 2020): 636–45. https://doi.org/10.1093/nop/npaa041.Full Text Link to Item
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Spears, Charis A., Sarah E. Hodges, Musa Kiyani, Zidanyue Yang, Ryan M. Edwards, Alexis Musick, Christine Park, Beth Parente, Hui-Jie Lee, and Shivanand P. Lad. “Health Care Resource Utilization and Management of Chronic, Refractory Low Back Pain in the United States.” Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 45, no. 20 (October 15, 2020): E1333–41. https://doi.org/10.1097/BRS.0000000000003572.Full Text Link to Item
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Kiyani, Musa, Zidanyue Yang, Lefko T. Charalambous, Syed M. Adil, Hui-Jie Lee, Siyun Yang, Promila Pagadala, Beth Parente, Susan E. Spratt, and Shivanand P. Lad. “Painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy: Health care costs and complications from 2010 to 2015.” Neurol Clin Pract 10, no. 1 (February 2020): 47–57. https://doi.org/10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000671.Full Text Link to Item
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Galan, Diego, Karen Monuszko, Eric W. Sankey, Rasheedat Zakare-Fagbamila, Zidanyue Yang, Donna Niedzwiecki, Oren Gottfried, Carlos A. Bagley, and Max O. Krucoff. “Fibrin glue as an adjuvant dural sealant reduces the rate of perioperative complications in posterior fossa decompression with duraplasty: A single center experience in 165 adult Chiari I patients.” J Clin Neurosci 68 (October 2019): 80–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2019.07.036.Full Text Link to Item
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Griffin, Andrew, Vanessa Reese, Zeynep Hüseyinoglu, Donna Niedzwiecki, Lexie Yang, Andrew Cutler, L Fernando Gonzalez, Ali Zomorodi, Tony Smith, and Erik F. Hauck. “Predictors of Clinical Outcome After Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms with the Pipeline Embolization Device.” World Neurosurg 130 (October 2019): e666–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2019.06.185.Full Text Link to Item
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Charalambous, Lefko T., Syed M. Adil, Zidanyue Yang, Christine Park, Sarah E. Hodges, Laura Zitella Verbick, Aaron McCabe, Beth Parente, Hui-Jie Lee, and Shivanand P. Lad. “Healthcare Resource Utilization of Complications of Intracerebral Hemorrhage.” Neurosurgery 66, no. Supplement 1 (September 2019): 310–661. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuros/nyz310_661.Full Text
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Conference Papers
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Ohman, Kelsey, Bridgette Kram, Jennifer Schultheis, Jana Sigmon, Safa Kaleem, Zidanyue Yang, Hui-Jie Lee, Cory Vatsaas, and Jordan Komisarow. “Evaluation of Levetiracetam Dosing Strategies for Seizure Prophylaxis Following Traumatic Brain Injury.” In Neurocrit Care, 38:345–55, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-022-01599-9.Full Text Link to Item
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