December 8 2017, My son, Will(iam) Muyi Du, was born in Balitmore

September 27 2017, Talk at ASA Biopharmaceutical Section Statistics Workshop, Washington DC

"Validation of Prediction Models."

August 30 2017, Talk at Joint Conference on Biometrics and Biopharmaceutical Statistics, Vienna, Austria

"Phase II Adaptive Enrichment Design to Select the Population for Phase III Trials, in Terms of Baseline Disease Severity."

May - August 2017, Biostat Summer Intern at Eli Lilly

In 2017 summer, I was doing internship at Eli Lilly, working with Dr. Alan Chiang and Dr. Yong Lin to establish a general framework for an adaptive seamless phase I/II/III trial design in oncology.

Mar 13 2017, Talk at ENAR 2017, Washington DC

On Mar 13 2017, I presented at Eastern North American Region (ENAR) 2017 Spring Meeting. The title of the presentation is "An Adaptive Multi-Stage Phase I Dose-finding Design Incorporating Continuous Efficacy and Toxicity Data from Multiple Treatment Cycles".

Jan 17 2017, Talk at The Informal Biostatistics Meeting, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

I was invited to give a talk at The Informal Biostatistics Meeting on Jan 17 2017, organized by The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. The title of the talk is "An Adaptive Multi-Stage Phase I Dose-finding Design Incorporating Continuous Efficacy and Toxicity Data from Multiple Treatment Cycles".

Dec 19 2016, Talk at 2016 International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA) Conference, Shanghai, China

On Dec 19 2016, I gave a talk at 2016 ICSA conference, Shanghai, China, whose title is "An Adaptive Multi-Stage Phase I Dose-finding Design Incorporating Continuous Efficacy and Toxicity Data from Multiple Treatment Cycles".

Nov 15 2016, Recipient of the June B. Culley Award

I am a co-recipient of 2016 June B. Culley Award, which honors outstanding achievement by a Biostatistics student on the preliminary school-wide examination paper.

May - August 2016, Biostat Summer Intern at Mayo Clinic

In 2016 summer, I was doing internship at Mayo Clinic, working with Dr. Jun Yin and Dr. Sumithra Mandrekar on phase 1 dose-finding design that incorporates toxicities over multiple cycles and an efficacy outcome.

Dec 9 2015, Awarded the title of CERSI Scholar

On Dec 9 2015, I was approved to be a FDA/JOHNS HOPKINS Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation(CERSI) Scholar.

Nov 17 2015, Nominated by Johns Hopkins Internal Review Committee for Howard Hughes Medical Institute 2016 International Student Fellowship

On Nov 12 2015, I was selected by the JHU internal review committee to be one of the seven students from a very competitive field to represent Johns Hopkins University for the HHMI 2016 International Student Fellowship.

Nov 12 2015, Talk at InHealth Methodology Group, Johns Hopkins University

On Nov 12 2015, I gave a talk at Individualized Health Initiative(InHealth) Methodology Group, Johns Hopkins University, regarding my ongoing research "Optimal Design in Planning Phase for Patient Population Recommendation".

Oct 24 2015, 4th Annual CSSA Basketball Tournament Champion Team

We won the 4th annual basketball tournament, hosted by Hopkins Chinese Student and Scholar Association.

Sep 2015, Best Performing Team in Prostate Cancer Dream Challenge

We(Bmore Biostat) are one of the best performers on subchallenge 1b at Prostate Cancer Dream Challenge.

Sep 2015, Facilitator at JHU Data Hackathon, hosted by Department of Biostatistics

I helped a team develop a shiny app that visualizes visits for Baltimore National Aquarium based on data collected from Instagram. The app can facilitate tourists to make visiting plans accordingly.

Aug 2015, Gave a Talk at Topic-Contributed Session, 2015 Joint Statistical Meeting

On August 11th 2015, I gave a talk at Topic-Contributed Session, Joint Statistical Meeting, Seattle, titled "Optimal Two-Stage Adaptive Enrichment Design for Patient Population Recommendation Based on an Ordinal Risk Score in Planning Phase."

Sep 2014-May 2015, Co-organizer of Computing Club, at Department of Biostatistics, JHU

I was co-organizer of computing club, at Department of Biostatistics, JHU for the academic year 2014-2015. Computing club is a place to learn, to share computing skills.

Sep 2014, First-year PhD Examination Award

I took the first prize in first-year PhD comprehensive exam.

May 2013, Professor Joel Dean Award for Excellence in Teaching

I won the award for excellence in teaching because I love teaching!