Weng Kee Wong

Professor of Biostatistics

Tel: (310) 206-9622		Room 51-239B CHS
Fax: (310) 267-2113		Department of Biostatistics
		UCLA School of Public Health
E-mail: wkwong(at)ucla.edu		Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772

Education

B.S. Honors Mathematics (1983) National University of Singapore

M.S. Mathematics (1985) University of Winsconsin-Milwaukee

M.S. Statistics (1989) University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St.Paul

Ph.D. Statistics (1990) University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St.Paul

Research & Interests

My general area of research is in optimal design of experiments with applications to clinical trials and non-linear models. I am particularly interested in the construction of multiple-objective designs. These designs are appealing because they are flexible and they capture the goals of the practitioners more accurately. My work is published in both theoretical and applied journals in statistics, including pharmaceutical sciences and theoretical biology.

In 1997, I won the First Independent Research Support and Transition Award from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. I participated in several rheumatoid arthritis (RA) studies, including "High versus Low Dose Pencillamine in Systemic Sclerosis" and "Long Term Observational Study of Early Severe RA Patients". Earlier on, I also served as the director of the "Multipurpose Arthritis Center Data Analysis Core" from 1995-1998. Currently, I am the biostatistician for the "Multi-Center Phase II Trial of Oral Type I Bovine Collagen in Scleroderma" supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). I have also participated in NIH-supported research work in dentistry and environment health science.

Courses

Biostat 200B	Winter 2001	Biostatistics
Biostat 200C	Spring 2005	Biostatistics
Biostat 240	Spring 2003, 04	MS Student Seminar
Biostat 245	Winter 2005	Advanced Seminar in Biostatistics
Biostat 250A	Fall 2000-04	Linear Statistical Models I
Biostat 251	Spring 2002-04	Multivariate Biostatistics
Biostat 279	Fall 2000, Winter 2005	Optimal Design Theory & Application

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