My research develops statistical methodology for reliable inference and uncertainty quantification in complex biomedical data, where distribution shift, outcome heterogeneity, and imperfect measurements are unavoidable. I focus on methods that are robust, interpretable, and computationally scalable, motivated by problems in statistical genetics and genomics, epidemiology, and electronic health records.
My current research program is organized around two main methodological themes, together with a bridging line of work on scalable inference for biobank-scale studies. Selected papers are listed below. For a complete and up-to-date list of publications, please refer to the Publications page.
underline indicates a student co-author under my (co)supervision, with ♦ denoting an undergraduate student mentee; ✉ indicates the corresponding author.
Distribution shift, robust learning, and uncertainty quantification
- Wang, T.✉ (2026+). “Optimal conformalized quantile regression via adaptive quantile selection”. under review.
- Wang, T.✉ (2026+). “Support-constrained quantile alignment for learning Berkson measurement error models”. under review.
- Zhao, H. and Wang, T.✉ (2026+). “Augmented transfer regression learning for handling completely missing covariates”. under review.
- Zhao, H. and Wang, T.✉ (2024). “A high-dimensional calibration method for log-contrast models subject to measurement errors”, Biometrics, 80(4), ujae153.
- Zhou, S., Pati, D., Wang, T., Yang, Y., and Carroll, R. J. (2023). “Gaussian Processes with Errors in Variables: theory and computation”, Journal of Machine Learning Research, 24, 1–53.
Quantile-based modeling and heterogeneity in statistical genetics
- Wang, T.✉, Ionita-Laza, I., and Wei, Y. (2025). “A unified quantile framework for nonlinear heterogeneous transcriptome-wide associations”, Annals of Applied Statistics, 19(2): 967–985.
- Wang, T.✉, Ionita-Laza, I., and Wei, Y. (2022). “Integrated Quantile RAnk Test (iQRAT) for gene-level associations”, Annals of Applied Statistics, 16(3), 1423–1444.
- Wang, T.✉, Ma, Y., and Wei, Y. (2026+). “Time-varying Quantile Regression with Multi-outcome Latent Groups”. under review.
- Wang, Z., Ling, W., and Wang, T.✉ (2025). “A Semiparametric Quantile Regression Rank Score Test for Zero-inflated Data”, Biometrics, 81(2), ujaf050.
Bridge: Scalable inference for biobank-scale association studies
This line of work develops general-purpose, scalable inference tools for large biobank studies. These papers complement my two main themes by providing robust and computationally efficient building blocks for association analysis at population scale.
- Liu, Y. and Wang, T.✉ (2025). “A powerful transformation of quantitative responses for biobank-scale association studies”, Journal of the American Statistical Association, 1–12.
- Wang, C., Wang, T., Kiryluk, K., Wei, Y., Aschard, H., and Ionita-Laza, I. (2024). “Genome-wide discovery for biomarkers using quantile regression at biobank scale”, Nature Communications, 15(1), 6460.
- Wang, F., Wang, C., Wang, T., Masala, M., Fiorillo, E., Devoto, M., Cucca, F., and Ionita-Laza, I. (2025). “Computationally efficient whole-genome quantile regression at biobank scale”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(50), e2513007122.