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Hong Xian, Ph.D.

Professor; Biostatistics
College for Public Health and Social Justice

Courses Taught

Multilevel and Longitudinal Data Analysis; Categorical Data Analysis; Statistical Programming and Study Planning: SAS; Theory of Biostatistics; Design and Analysis in Public Health; Capstone in Biostatistics

Education

  • Ph.D., Mathematics, Washington University in St. Louis
  • M.S., Mathematics, Western Illinois University

Research Interests

Clinical and psychiatric epidemiology; biometrical genetic modeling of twin or other family data; longitudinal data and latent variable analysis.

Publications and Media Placements

  1. Lew, Daphne & Xian, Hong & Loux, Travis & Shacham, Enbal & Scharff, Darcell. (2022). The Longitudinal Impact of Maternal Depression and Neighborhood Social Context on Adolescent Mental Health. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 10. 854418. 10.3389/fped.2022.854418.
  2. Xian H, Boutwell B, Reynolds CA, Lew D, Loque M, Gustavson DE, Kavish N, Matthew S. Panizzon MS, Tu X, Toomey R, Puckett OK, Elman JA, Jacobson KC, Lyons MJ, Kremen WS and Franz CE. Genetic underpinnings of increased BMI and its association with late midlife cognitive abilities. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine. 2020 Jan-Dec; 6: 2333721420925267
  3. Williams M, Baskin-Sommers AR, Xian H, Wirth L, Scherrer JF, Volberg RA, Slutske WS, Kraus SW, Eisen SA, Potenza MN. Examining relations between obsessive-compulsive features, substance-use disorders, and antisocial personality disorder in the Vietnam Era Twin Cohort. Int J Ment Health Addiction (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-020-00299-9
  4. Tutlam N, Flick LH, Matsuo H, Xian H, Glowwinski A, Biel N. Trauma Associated Psychiatric Disorders Among South Sudanese Dinka and Nuer Women Resettled in the United States (In Press). Glob Soc Welf 7, 189鈥�199 (2020).

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Honors and Awards

  • Grantwinner Award for Excellence in Research (2014), Saint Louis University
  • Research Award for Achievement in Research and Scholarship (2014), Saint Louis University College for Public Health & Social Justice
  • Research Award for Achievement in Research and Scholarship (2015), Saint Louis University College for Public Health & Social Justice
  • Research Award for Achievement in Research and Scholarship (2018), Saint Louis University College for Public Health & Social Justice

Professional Organizations and Associations

  • Behavior Genetics Association
  • The Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
  • American Statistical Association

Community Work and Service

Xian has been working closely with the VA St. Louis Health Care System (VASTLHCS) over two decades to conduct rigorous studies that are relevant to the health and health care of Veterans, and to provide support for patient-oriented research with proposal development, research design, data management, and data analysis.