Qi Long PhD

Dr. Long’s research purposefully includes novel statistical research and impactful biomedical research, each of which reinforces the other. Its thrust is to develop statistically and machine learning, bioinformatics, and data mining methods and tools for advancing precision medicine and population health with keen interests in the use of big biomedical data including, but not limited to, -omics data, electronic health records (EHRs) data, and mobile health (mHealth) data.

Specifically, he has developed methods for analysis of big biomedical data, predictive modeling, missing data, causal inference, Bayesian methods, and clinical trials. He also has made significant contributions to biomedical research areas such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, mental health, and stroke.

Dr. Long’s research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the American Heart Association (AHA).

He was a member of the Emory Winship Cancer Institute, a senior statistician at the Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute, and a statistician at the Atlanta Veterans Administration Medical Center. He has directed the statistical and data coordinating centers of multiple NIH/AHA-supported studies—including multi-center clinical studies—supervising a team of database administrators and programmers, application developers, and statistical analysts.