Dr. Ronghui Xu

Assistant Professor

Build a Statement of Purpose

Generate a tailored SOP for Dr. Ronghui Xu. Improve your application with a focused, well-structured draft.

Biography

Ronghui (Lily) Xu received her Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics in 1995 and her Ph.D. in Mathematics in 1996 from the University of California, San Diego. She worked for a year as a postgraduate researcher at the UCSD Cancer Center in the Department of Mathematics before taking up an Assistant Professorship in 1997 at the Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, and the Department of Biostatistical Science at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA. In 2004, she returned to UCSD as an Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine and the Department of Mathematics. Her research interests encompass various domains including Survival Analysis, Random Effects Models, Machine Learning Methods, Clinical Trials, and Causal Inference.

Research Interests

Survival Analysis Random Effects Models Machine Learning Clinical Trials Causal Inference

Experience

Assistant Professor

— Present

Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health & Dana-Farber Cancer Institute • Boston, MA

Assistant Professor conducting research in statistical methods for clinical trials.

Associate Professor

— Present

Department of Family and Preventive Medicine & Department of Mathematics, UCSD • La Jolla, CA

Associate Professor involved in research and teaching in areas related to biostatistics and mathematics.

Requirements for University of California, San Diego

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:85
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in physical, biological, or earth sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Differential and integral calculus. One year of calculus-based physics with laboratory. One year of chemistry with laboratory.
Application Checklist
  • Statement of Purpose (max 2 pages)
  • Unofficial transcripts
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Application fee ($135 domestic / $155 international)
Specialization Notes

Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).