Name: Wanzhu Tu, Ph.D.
Phone Number: (317) 278-6451
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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr. Tu's primary research interest is to develop new statistical methods for clinical and epidemiological studies.  He is interested in the multiple comparison of clinical treatments and statistical modeling of infectious diseases, especially sexually transmitted diseases. He also conducts research in re-sampling based statistical methods.

POSITION/TITLE

Associate Professor

EDUCATION/TRAINING
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE YEAR FIELD OF STUDY
Luoyang Foreign Language University, China   B.A. 1983 Mathematics
University of Tennessee, Knoxville M.S. 1993 Statistics
University of South Carolina Ph.D. 1997 Statistics
Indiana University School of Medicine Postdoc Fellow 1997 - 1999 Biostatistics

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

1984 - 1987 Computer Programmer, Guangzhou Computing Center, Guangzhou, China
1987 - 1991 Data Analyst, State Bureau of Seismology, Research Center of Geophysics, China
1991 - 1993 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Statistics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
1993 - 1997 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Statistics, University of South Carolina
1997 - 1999 Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine
1999 - 2005   Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Medicine
2005 - Present Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Medicine
1999 - Present   Research Scientist, Regenstrief Institute for Health Care, Indianapolis, IN
1999 - Present   Center Scientist, Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Indianapolis, IN

HONORS AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

1991 - 1992 College of Business Administration Scholarship, University of Tennessee
1994 - Present   Mu Sigma Rho, National Statistical Honor Society.
1996 - 1997 South Carolina Chapter Treasurer, Mu Sigma Rho, National Statistical Honor Society.
2004 - Present Deputy Editor, Journal of General Internal Medicine

CURRENT AND RECENT FUNDING

RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS

  1. Lin D, Tu W. Dual response surface optimization. J Qual Technology 1995;27(1):34-39.
  2. Murray MD, Loos B, Tu W, Eckert GJ, Zhou XH, Tierney WM. Effects of computer-based prescribing on pharmacist work patterns. J Am Med Inform Assoc 1998;5(6):546-53.
  3. Tu W, Zhou XH. A Wald test comparing medical costs based on log-normal distributions with zero valued costs. Stat Med 1999;18(20):2749-61
  4. Zhou XH, Tu W. Comparison of several independent population means when their samples contain log-normal and possibly zero observations. Biometrics 1999;55(2):645-51.
  5. Swindle R, Harris L, Tu W, Zhou XH. A primary care model of depression screening, physician intervention and outcomes monitoring feedback: intervention process, three month symptoms and service utilization. International Journal in Psychiatry in Medicine 1999;28(4):403-404.
  6. Murray MD, Loos B, Tu W, Eckert GJ, Zhou XH, Tierney WM. Work patterns of ambulatory care pharmacists with access to electronic guideline-based treatment suggestions. Am J Health Syst Pharm 1999;56(3):225-32
  7. Tu W, Piegorsch WW. Parametric empirical Bayes estimation for a class of extended log-linear regression models. Environmetrics 2000; 11(3):271-285.
  8. Tu W, Zhou XH. Pairwise multiple comparison of the means of skewed data. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 2000; 88(1):59-74.
  9. Perkins SM, Tu W, Murray MD, Underhill MG, Zhou XH. The use of propensity scores in pharmacoepidemiologic studies. Pharmacoepideniology and Drug Safety 2000;9(1):93-101.
  10. Zhou XH, Tu W. Confidence intervals for the differences of the log-normal means. To appear in Computational Statistics and Data Analysis 2000.
  11. Zhou XH, Tu W. Confidence intervals for the mean of diagnostic test charge data containing zeros. Biometrics 2000;56(4):1118-25.
  12. Katz BP, Fortenberry JD, Tu W, Harezlak J, Orr DP. Sexual behavior among adolescent women at high risk for sexually transmitted infections. Sex Transm Dis 2001 May;28(5):247-51.
  13. Swindle R, Harris L, Kroenke K, Tu W, Zhou X. Can mental health treatment be effectively delivered in primary care? A primary for employee benefit design, decision makers, and an outcome research example. The Social and Economic Benefits of Health Care Innovation. 14:343-375. Elsevier Science Ltd, Amsterdam. 2001.
  14. Fortenberry JD, Tu W, Harezlak J, Katz BP, Orr DP. Condom use as a function of time in new and established adolescent sexual relationships. Am J Public Health 2002;92(2):211-3
  15. Chui MA, Deer M, Bennett SJ, Tu W, Oury S, Brater DC, Murray MD. Association between adherence to diuretic therapy and health care utilization in patients with heart failure. Pharmacotherapy 2003;23(3):326-32.
  16. Khan AA, Khan A, Harezlak J, Tu W, Kroenke K. Somatic symptoms in primary care: etiology and outcome. Psychosomatics. 2003 Nov-Dec;44(6):471-8.
  17. Clark DO, Tu W, Weiner M, Murray MD. Correlates of health-related quality of life among lower-income, urban adults with congestive heart failure. Heart Lung. 2003;32(6):391-401
  18. Murray MD, Young JM, Morrow DG, Weiner M, Tu W, Hoke SC, Clark DO, Stroupe KT, Wu J, Deer MM, Bruner-England TE, Sowinski KM, Smith FE, Oldridge NB, Gradus-Pizlo I, Murray LL, Brater DC, Weinberger M. Methodology of an ongoing, randomized, controlled trial to improve drug use for elderly patients with chronic heart failure. Am J Geriatri Pharmacother 2004;2(1):53-65.
  19. Murray MD, Morrow DG, Weiner M, Clark DO, Tu W, Deer MM, Brater DC, Weinberger M. A conceptual framework to study medication adherence in older adults. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 2004;2(1):36-43.
  20. Williams LS, Brizendine EJ, Plue L, Bakas T, Tu W, Hendrie H, Kroenke K. Performance of the PHQ-9 as a screening tool for depression after stroke . Stroke. 2005 Mar;36(3):635-8.
  21. Tu W, Morris AB, Li J, Young J, Brater DC, Murray MD. Association between adherence measurements of metoprolol and health care utilization in older adult patients with heart failure . Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2005 Mar;77(3):189-201.
  22. Williams LS, Brizendine EJ, Plue L, Bakas T, Tu W, Hendrie H, Kroenke K. Performance of the PHQ-9 as a screening tool for depression after stroke . Stroke. 2005 Mar;36(3):635-8.
  23. Subramanian U, Weiner M , Gradus-Pizlo I, Wu J, Tu W , Murray MD. Patient perception and provider assessment of severity of heart failure as predictors of hospitalization . Heart Lung. 2005 Mar-Apr;34(2):89-98.
  24. Stroupe KT, Teal EY, Tu W, Weiner M, Murray MD. Association of refill adherence and health care use among adults with hypertension in an urban health care system. Pharmacotherapy. 2006 Jun;26(6):779-89.
  25. Williams LS, Bakas T, Brizendine E, Plue L, Tu W, Hendrie H, Kroenke K. How valid are family proxy assessments of stroke patients' health-related quality of life? Stroke. 2006 Aug;37(8):2081-5.
  26. Morrow D, Clark D, Tu W, Wu J, Weiner M, Steinley D, Murray MD.  Correlates of health literacy in patients with chronic heart failure.  Gerontologist 2006 Oct;46(5):669-76.
  27. Williams LS, Kroenke K, Bakas T, Plue LD, Brizendine E, Tu W, Hendrie H. Care management of poststroke depression: a randomized, controlled trial. Stroke. 2007 Mar;38(3):998-1003.
  28. Murray MD, Young J, Hoke S, Tu W, Weiner M, Morrow D, Stroupe KT, Wu J, Clark D, Smith F, Gradus-Pizlo I, Weinberger M, Brater DC. Pharmacist intervention to improve medication adherence in heart failure: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med. 2007 May 15;146(10):714-25.
  29. Counsell SR, Callahan CM, Clark DO, Tu W, Buttar AB, Stump TE, Ricketts GD. Geriatric care management for low-income seniors: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2007 Dec 12;298(22):2623-33.
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