Lu Chen is a postdoctoral fellow for NISS, working with the National Agricultural Statistical Service (NASS). She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics in Nankai University, China and Master of Science in Finance degree in Clark University. She earned her Ph.D. of Statistics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Lu's research interests include:
- Bayesian Statistics;
- Small Area Estimation;
- High Performance Computing in Bayesian Statistics.
Selected Publications
Chen, L. and Nandram, B. (2018). Bayesian Logistic Regression Model for Sub-Areas. In JSM Proceedings, Bayesian Statistical Science Section. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association, 966-994.
Chen, L. and Lisic, J. (2018). cdlTools: Tools to Download and Work with USDA Cropscape Data. R package, version 0.14
Ma, J-H, Sedransk, J., Nandram, B. and Chen, L. (2018). Bayesian Predictive Inference For Finite Population Quantities Under Informative Sampling. Statistics and Application, 1, 207‒226.
Munyangi, J., Cornet-Vernet, L., Idumbo, M., Chen, L., Lutgen, P., Perronne, C., Ngombe, N., Bianga, J., Mupenda, B., Lalukala, P. and Mergeai, G. (2019). Artemisia Annua and Artemisia Afra Tea Infusions vs. Artesunate-Amodiaquine (ASAQ) in Treating Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria in a Large Scale, Double Bind, Randomized Clinical Trial. Phytomedicine, 57, 49-56.
Munyangi, J., Cornet-Vernet, L., Idumbo, M., Chen, L., Lutgen, P., Perronne, C., Ngombe, N., Bianga, J., Mupenda, B., Lalukala, P. and Mergeai, G. (2018). Effect of Artemisia Annua and Artemisia Afra Tea Infusions on Schistosomiasis in a large Clinical Trial. Phytomedicine, 51, 233-240.
Nandram, B., Chen, L., Fu, S-T. and Manandhar, B. (2018). Bayesian Logistic Regression for Small Areas with Numerous Households. Statistics and Application, 1, 171‒205.
Nandram, B and Chen, L. (2018). Bayesian Analysis of Multinomial Counts from Small Areas and Sub-areas. In JSM Proceedings, Survey Research Methods Section. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association, 1140-1162.