Kung-Yee Liang

Kung-Yee Liang
梁賡義
Alma materNational Tsing Hua University (BS)
University of South Carolina (MS)
University of Washington (PhD)
Known forGeneralized estimating equation
Scientific career
FieldsBiostatistics
InstitutionsJohns Hopkins University
National Yang-Ming University
National Health Research Institutes
Feng Chia University
Thesis The Asymptotic Equivalence of Conditional and Unconditional Inference Procedures  (1982)
Doctoral advisorNorman Breslow

Kung-Yee Liang (Chinese: 梁賡義; pinyin: Liáng Gēng yí) is a Taiwanese biostatistician known for his work on generalized estimating equations, which he introduced together with Scott Zeger in 1986.[1][2] He is Distinguished Chair Professor at Feng Chia University and chairman of OBI Pharma, Inc.

From 1982 to 2010, Liang was a professor at the department of biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. In 2010, Liang returned to Taiwan and moved towards administrative roles, serving first as the president of the National Yang-Ming University from 2010 to 2017 and then as the president of the National Health Research Institutes from 2017 to 2022.

Education and career

Liang earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from National Tsing Hua University in 1973 before coming to the U.S., where he received a master's degree in statistics from the University of South Carolina in 1979. In 1982, Liang completed his PhD in biostatistics at the University of Washington under the supervison of Norman Breslow. His dissertation was titled The Asymptotic Equivalence of Conditional and Unconditional Inference Procedures.[3]

That same year, he joined the biostatistics department faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health where he became a full professor in 1991 and stayed until he returned to Taiwan in 2010.[4]

Returning to his home country, Liang moved from conducting research towards administrative and leadership roles. In August 2010, Liang became president of National Yang-Ming University, a position he remained in until November 2017.[5]

From December 2017 to December 2022, he was the president of the National Health Research Institutes.[6][4] During his time as a vice president of the organisation (2003–2006), he had already served as the acting president of the organisation between January and June 2006.[7][8]

Since February 2023, Liang has been Distinguished Chair Professor at Feng Chia University.[9][4][10]

On December 29, 2023, he was elected as chairman of OBI Pharma, Inc.[11]

Awards and recognition

Liang has received multiple awards for his work, including the Snedecor Award from the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies in 1987,[12][13] the Rema Lapouse Award from the American Public Health Association in 2010,[14] and the International Statistical Institute's Karl Pearson Prize in 2015.[15][16]

In 1995, Liang was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[17] He was elected as an academician of the Academia Sinica in 2002[4] and as a member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2015.[18]

References

  1. ^ Kung-Yee Liang; Scott Zeger (1986). "Longitudinal data analysis using generalized linear models". Biometrika. 73 (1): 13–22. doi:10.1093/biomet/73.1.13.
  2. ^ Ziegler, Andreas (2011). Generalized estimating equations. New York: Springer. p. vii. ISBN 978-1-4614-0498-9.
  3. ^ Kung-Yee Liang at the Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d "Academicians Directory: Kung-Yee Liang". Academia Sinica. Archived from the original on April 24, 2024. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  5. ^ "People News for January 2010". Amstat News. American Statistical Association. January 1, 2010. Retrieved April 24, 2024. Liang will begin his appointment August 1.
  6. ^ "Dr. Kung-Yee Liang inaugurated as the President of NHRI". NHRI Communications. National Health Research Institutes. March 6, 2018. Archived from the original on April 24, 2024. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  7. ^ "Curriculum Vitae". National Health Research Institutes. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  8. ^ "Distinguished Achievement Award 2011". International Chinese Statistical Association. Archived from the original on May 27, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  9. ^ "2023通識教育學會年會 逢甲大學梁賡義春雨講座主講「變局中的通識教育」" (in Chinese). Feng Chia University. March 24, 2023. Archived from the original on September 24, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  10. ^ "Distinguished alumni Kung-Yee Liang visits UW". Department of Biostatistics. University of Washington. April 16, 2024. Archived from the original on April 24, 2024. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  11. ^ "Kung-Yee Liang, PH.D. was elected as the chairman of OBI Pharma, Inc". OBI Pharma, Inc. December 29, 2023. Archived from the original on January 26, 2024. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
  12. ^ "George W. Snedecor Award". Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies. Archived from the original on August 15, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  13. ^ "Snedecor Award: Past Award Recipients" (PDF). National Institute of Statistical Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 1, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  14. ^ "Kung-Yee Liang Recipient of 2010 Rema Lapouse Award". Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. August 17, 2010. Archived from the original on November 20, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  15. ^ "Former Karl Pearson Prize". International Statistical Institute. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  16. ^ "Academician Kung-Yee Liang receives 2015 Karl Pearson Prize". NHRI Communications (in Chinese). National Health Research Institutes. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  17. ^ "ASA Fellows". American Statistical Association. Archived from the original on September 27, 2023. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  18. ^ "Prof. Kung-Yee Liang". National Academy of Medicine. National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on April 22, 2024. Retrieved April 22, 2024.