Yuming Ning

Associate Research Scientist
Section of Geriatrics

Research Interests

Dr. Ning is a member of the biostatistics staff of the Program on Aging. His research interests include: statistical computing and simulation, mixture models, structural equations models, data mining, and applied statistics in medicine.

Selected Recent Publications

• Fagan, P., Brook, J. S., Rubenstone, Fagan, P., Brook, J. S., Rubenstone, E., and Ning, Y. M. (2009) “Longitudinal Precursors of Adolescent and Young Adult Light Smoking Among African Americans and Puerto Ricans”, Nicotine and Tobacco Research, to appear.
• Brook, J. S., Saar, N. S., Ning, Y. M., and Brook, D. W. (2009) “Developmental Pathways to Childhood Academic Achievement”; Journal of Child and Family Studies, to appear.
• Brook, J. S., Brook, D. W., Duan, T., and Ning, Y. M. (2007) “Pathways to Nicotine Dependence in African American and Puerto Rican Young Adults”, The American Journal on Addictions, 16, 450-456.
• Marcus, S. E., Pahl, K., Ning, Y. M., and Brook, J. S. (2007) “Pathways to Smoking Cessation among African American and Puerto Rican Young Adults”, American Journal of Public Health, 97, 1444-1448.
• Brook, J. S., Balka, E. B., Ning, Y. M., and Brook, D. W (2007) “Trajectories of Cigarette Smoking among African Americans and Puerto Ricans from Adolescence to Young Adulthood: Associations with Dependence on Alcohol and Illegal Drugs”, The American Journal on Addictions, 16, 195-201.
• Brook, J. S., Ning, Y. M., Balka, E. B., Brook, D. W., Lubliner, E. H., and Rosenberg, G., (2007) “Grandmother and Parent Influences on Child Self-Esteem”, Pediatrics, 119, e444-e451.
• Brook, J. S., Pahl, K. and Ning, Y. M. (2006) “Peer and Parental Influences on Longitudinal Trajectories of Smoking among African Americans and Puerto Ricans”, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 8, 639-651.
• Brook, J. S., Balka, E. B., Ning, Y. M., Whiteman, M., and Finch, S. J., (2006) “Smoking Involvement during Adolescence among African Americans and Puerto Ricans: Risks to Psychological and Physical Well-Being in Young Adulthood”, Psychological Reports, 99, 421-438.
• Brook, J. S., Brook D. W., Ning, Y. M., Whiteman, M., and Finch, S. J. (2006) “The Relationship of Personality and Behavioral Development from Adolescence to Young Adulthood and Subsequent Parenting Behavior”, Psychological Reports, 99, 3-19.
• Brook, J. S., Ning, Y. M., and Brook D. W. (2006) “Personality Risk Factors Associated with Trajectories of Tobacco Use”, The American Journal on Addictions, 15, 426-433.
• Ning, Y. M. and Finch, S. J. (2004) “The Likelihood Ratio Test with the Box-Cox Transform for the Normal Mixture Problem: Power and Sample Size Analysis”, Communications in Statistics: Simulation and Computation, 33, 553-565.
• Yoo, Y. J., Huo, Y. L., Ning, Y. M., Gordon, D., Finch, S. J., and Mendell, N. R. (2003) “Power of Maximum HLOD Tests to Detect Linkage to Obesity Genes”, Genetic Epidemiology, 25, S12-S13.
• Ning, Y. M. and Finch, S. J. (2000) “The Null Distribution of the Likelihood Ratio Test for a Mixture of Two Normals after a Restricted Box-Cox Transformation”, Communications in Statistics: Simulation and Computation, 29, 449-461.

Education:	BA, Fu Jen Catholic University, 1984 MS, Northern Illinois University, 1988 PhD, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1995
Training:	Postdoc: Statistical Sciences Institute, Academia Sinica, Tiawan, 1996-1997

Contact

Mailing Address
Section of Geriatrics
Department of Internal Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
20 York Street
New Haven, CT 06510

E-mail
yuming.ning@yale.edu

Office Phone
203-737-1953

Fax
203-785-4823