Dr. Cao provides statistical support in designing, analyzing, and reporting studies/trials across the College of Nursing and conducts his own methodological research on analyzing high dimension genomic data in cohort studies. He also serves as course co-director of Biostats for Health Sci and help CON PhD students.
Dr. Cao is a member of American Statistical Association (ASA), International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA) and serve as treasurer of West Tennessee Chapter of American Statistical Association. He also serves as a member of editorial boards for 3 biology or biostatistics journals. He has authored or co-authored over 40 scientific papers and published 3 software packages in Bioconductor.