Heping Zhang is Susan Dwight Bliss Professor of Biostatistics, Professor of Child Study, and Professor of Statistics and Data Science at Yale University. He has published over 350 research articles and monographs in theory, methodology, and applications of statistics. He is particularly interested in biomedical research including epidemiology, genetics, child and women health, mental health, and substance use. He directs the Collaborative Center for Statistics in Science that coordinates major national research networks to understand the etiology of pregnancy outcomes and to evaluate treatment effectiveness for infertility.
Zhang is a fellow of the American Statistical Association, a fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and ICSA President of 2019. He was named the 2008 Myrto Lefkopoulou distinguished lecturer by Harvard School of Public Health and a 2011 IMS Medallion Lecturer. Dr. Zhang was the founding Editor-in-Chief of Statistics and Its Interface and is the past coordinating Editor of the Journal of the American Statistical Association.
Heping Zhang’s Neyman Lecture was given at the IMS Annual Meeting in London, June 27–30, 2022. Please refer to the link for details.