Ming Ji

Phone:	(619) 594-3454
Office:	HT 230
Office Hours:	Tu Thur 1pm to 4pm
Email:	mji@mail.sdsu.edu

Education:

• Ph.D. Statistics, University of California-Davis (1999)
• M.S. Mathmatics, Kansas State University-Manhattan (1995)
• M.S. Control Theory, East China Normal University (1988)
• B.S. Mathmatics, East China Normal University (1985)

Professional Memberships/Affiliations:

• American Statiatical Association

Scholarly Areas:

Longitudinal Data Analysis, Missing Data Analysis, Microarray Data Analysis, Medical Screening Tests, Causal Inference, Bootstrap Method, General Biostatistics Methods.

Statistical Consulting - Dr. Ming Ji provides statistical consultation for study design, statistical data analysis and grants and contracts development (on sample size and analysis plan). He has consulted for the Navy Health Research Center, the Scripps Memorial Hospital, the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at UCSD and various local pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies.

Biography:

Dr. Ming Ji is an Associate Professor in the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. He received his doctorate in Statistics from the University of California, Davis and a Master of Science in Mathematics from the University of Kansas. He joined the GSPH faculty in the fall of 2001. Dr. Ji has research interests in longitudinal & missing data as well as medical screening tests and microarray data.

Selected Publications:

• Xiong, C., Zhu, K., and Ji, M. (2006) Analysis of a Very Simple Step-Stress Life Testing with a Random Stress-Change Time. IEEE Transactions on Reliability. 55: 67-74.

• Ji, M., Gilick, R., and Bender, S. (2006) Trend in helmet use and head injuries in San Diego county: the effect of the bicycle helmet legislation. Accident Analysis & Prevention. 38: 128-134.

• Ji, M., Bekele, N., Huster, W., Johnson, W., and Rocke, D. (2006) External validation bias in the Tenenbein’s Double Sampling Estimator of Prevalence. Far East Journal of Theoretical Statistics. 16: 177-204.

• Ming, J., Hofstetter, R., Hovell, M., Cramer, V., Yoon, J.S., and Lee, J. (2005) Smoking Cessation Patterns and Predictors among Adult Californians of Korean Descent. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 7: 59-69.

• Benoit, S., Ji, M., Flemming, R., and Philis-Tsimikas, A. (2005) Predictors of Glycemic control among patients with Type 2 diabetes: A Longitudinal Study. BMC Public Health. 5: 0-0.

• Donna, R.J., Wingard, D.L., Morton, D., Nicoles, J.F., Ji, M., Shafer, R.A., and Macera, C.A. (2005) The value of self-assessed fitness and exercises parameters in predicting objective physical fitness. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 37: 827-831.

• Bousman, C.A., Blumberg, E.J., Shllington, A.M., Hovell, H.F., Ji, M., Lehman, S., and Clapp, J. (2005) Predictors of substances use among homeless youth in San Diego. Addictive Behaviors. 30: 1100-1110.

• Wessel, J., Topol, E., Ming, J., Meyer, J., and McCarthy, J. (2004) Replication of the association between the Thrombospondin-4 A387P Polymorphism and Myocardial Infarction: Importance of Waist-to-hip Ratio as a Confounding Variable. American Heart Journal. 147: 905-909.

• Benoit, S., Ji, M., Flemming, R., and Philis-Tsimikas, A. (2004) Predictors of Dropouts from a San Diego Diabetes Program: A Case Control Stud. Preventing Chronic Disease. 1: 0-0.

• Xiong, C., Philip, M.J., Yan, Y., and Ji, M. (2004) Effect of a guarantee time on sample size for testing the ratio of means from two lifetime distributions. Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics. 14: 177-188.

• Xiong, C., and Ji, M. (2004) Analysis of Grouped and Censored Data from Step-Stress Life Testing.. IEEE Transactions on Reliability. 51: 22-28.

• Ming, J., Xiong, C., and Grundman, M. (2003) Hypothesis testing of a change point during cognitive decline among Alzheimer's disease patients. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 5: 375-382.

• Xiong, C., Yan, Y., and Ji, M. (2003) Test of homogeneity for umbrella alternatives for dose-response relationship for Poisson variables. Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods. 2: 389-399.

• Xiong, C., Yan, Y., and Ji, M. (2003) Sample Sizes for Comparing Means of Two Lifetime Distributions with Type II Censored Data. Controlled Clinical Trials. 24: 283-293.

• Wilder, R.B., Hsiang, J.Y., Ji, M., Earle, J.D., and White, R.D. (2000) Preliminary Results of Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy as Salvage Treatment for a Rising Prostate-Specific Antigen Level Postprostatectomy. American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 23: 176-180.

• Wilder, R.B., Chou, R.H., Ryu, J.K., Stern, R.L., Wong, M.S., Ji, M., Roach, M., and White, R.D. (2000) Potency Preservation Following Three Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer: Preliminary Analysis. American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 23: 330-333.

• Chou, R.H., Widler, R.B., Ji, M., Ryu, J.K., Leigh, B.R., Earle, J.D., Kubo, H.D., Roach, M., and White, R.D. (2000) Acute Toxicity of Three Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy (3D-CRT) in Prostate Cancer Patients Eligible for Implant. Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics. 47: 115-119.