Mentoring Overview
Dr. Yau is a biostatistician and bioinformaticist focused on the analysis of high dimensional biological data to further our understanding of the mechanisms driving cancer prognosis and treatment. She developed a multigene expression-based prognostic signature for triple negative breast cancers. She is leading the I-SPY 2 statistical team on developing molecular predictors of breast cancer treatment response and risk of recurrence, as well as on innovation in clinical trial design. Dr Yau has mentored 10 pre- or post- doctoral researchers during her career, 7 of whom has continued on to medical school or to careers in translational biomarker research.
For trainees that are interested in big data, bioinformatics, and novel trial design, Dr. Yau can serve as a bioinformatics and statistical mentor, and give all trainees the opportunity to learn to use R statistical software. Residents can also work on novel study designs and ways to leverage existing (high dimensional) datasets to address clinical/translational questions of interest.