(* denotes equal contribution)
2026
Disentangling Latent Risk Pathways via Bayesian Hypergraph Inference
Ding S., Gao H., Liu P., Tian X., & Zhao Y.
International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2026. Oral Presentation. OpenReview
A Bayesian deep learning framework for brain dynamic functional connectivity linked with cognition
Tian X., Guo Y., Ding S., Zhang Y., Esserman D., & Zhao Y.
In revision, Biometrics.
JSM Student Paper Award, Statistics in Imaging Section, ASA, 2026.
Intervention on modifiable lifestyle and physiological factors via variational autoencoder reveals changes in functional connectivity–mediated risk for Alzheimer’s disease
Orlichenko A., Ding S., Johns E., Gu Z., Tian X., Li X., & Zhao Y.
In revision, Imaging Neuroscience.
2025
Bayesian longitudinal network regression with application to brain connectome genetics
Li C.*, Tian X.*, Gao S., Wang S., Wang G., Zhao Y., & Zhao Y.
Statistics in Medicine, 44(8–9), e70069. DOI
Supervised brain node and network construction under voxel-level functional imaging
Xu W., Wang S., Gao S., Tian X., Tan C., Shen X., Luo W., Constable T., Li T., & Zhao Y.
Imaging Neuroscience, 3, IMAG.a.56. DOI
Neuroimaging connectivity analysis needs network science for brain–behavior linking
Wang S., Zhang X., Liu Y., Xu W., Tian X., & Zhao Y.
Nature Methods, in press.
2024
Pathway analysis over brain structural network with a survival outcome
Tian X., Li F., Shen L., Esserman D., & Zhao Y.
Biometrics, 80(4), ujae132. DOI
John Van Ryzin Award & Distinguished Student Paper Award, ENAR, 2023.
Bayesian semiparametric inference for clustered recurrent events with zero-inflation and a terminal event
Tian X., Ciarleglio M., Cai J., Greene E. J., Esserman D., Li F., & Zhao Y.
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C, 73(3), 598–620. DOI
JSM Student Paper Award, Section on Bayesian Statistical Science, ASA, 2023.
Bayesian mixed effect model inference for genetic association with brain network phenotype
Tian X.*, Wang Y.*, Wang S., Zhao Y., & Zhao Y.
Biostatistics, 25(4), 1195–1209. DOI
Sex-specific topological structure associated with dementia via latent space estimation
Wang S., Wang Y., Xu F., Tian X., Fredericks C., Shen L., & Zhao Y.
Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 20(12), 8387–8401. DOI