Publications

Preprints

• 2026
  Nonprobability samples for small area estimation: A review and comparative simulation study

  Sho Kawano, Daniel Vedensky, Qianyu Dong, Ethan Pawl, Qi Wang, Paul A Parker, Zehang Richard Li, Scott H Holan

  arXiv preprint paper code
• 2026
  Design-based cross-validation for comparing small area estimators

  Qianyu Dong, Zehang Richard Li

  arXiv preprint paper code

Published and accepted

• 2026
  A machine learning approach to identify the gender-specific risk and protective factors of loneliness among adults in Shanghai, China

  Xiang Qi, Qianyu Dong, Yaolin Pei, Gen Li, Weiming Tang, Brian J Hall, Bei Wu

  Discover Public Health paper
• 2026
  Small area estimation in low- and middle-income countries with the sae4health R Shiny application

  Yunhan Wu, Qianyu Dong, Victoria Knutson, Jieyi Xu, Zehang Richard Li, Jon Wakefield

  Scientific Reports paper arXiv
• 2026
  Toward a principled workflow for prevalence mapping using household survey data

  Qianyu Dong, Yunhan Wu, Zehang Richard Li, Jon Wakefield

  Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology paper arXiv code
• 2025
  Machine learning approaches to racial/ethnic differences in social determinants of mild cognitive impairment and its progression to dementia in the All of Us Research Program

  Qianyu Dong, Wenbo Wu, Yanping Jiang, Junyu Sui, Chenxin Tan, Xiang Qi

  The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences paper
• 2025
  Racial and ethnic disparities in the burden of non-obese type 2 diabetes using different anthropometric measurements

  Junyu Sui, Bei Wu, Yaguang Zheng, Zhiyue Mo, Qianyu Dong, Lan N Ðoàn, Stella S. Yi, Xiang Qi

  Obesity Medicine paper
• 2023
  A Bayesian spatio-temporal model to optimize allocation of Buprenorphine in North Carolina

  Qianyu Dong, David Kline, Staci A Hepler

  Statistics and Public Policy paper
• 2023
  A descriptive study on opioid misuse prevalence and office-based buprenorphine access in Ohio prior to the removal of the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 waiver

  Erin R McKnight, Qianyu Dong, Daniel L Brook, Staci A Hepler, David M Kline, Andrea E Bonny

  Cureus paper