Professional Memberships
INFORMS/Applied Probability Society 2017-05-27 - PresentInstitute of Mathematical Statistics 2017-05-27 - PresentInternational Chinese Statistical Association 2017-05-27 - PresentInternational Society of Bayesian Analysis 2017-05-27 - PresentInternational Biometrics Society (ENAR) 2014-03-01 - PresentAmerican Statistical Assoiation 2009-09-01 - PresentAwards and Honors
Bentley Research Council Grant (with Prof. Tony Ng), Bentley UniversityNomination for Cronin Award for Excellence in Academic Advising and Mentoring, Bentley UniversityBentley Research Council Grant (with Prof. Jennifer Xu), Bentley UniversityFaculty Affairs Committee (FAC) Grant, Bentley UniversitySeed Funds, Bentley Health Thought Leadership Network2018, 2019, 2020, Summer Research Grant, Bentley UniveristyThe Graduate School Travel Grant, USC-ColumbiaBoyd Harshbarger Travel Award, SRCOS Summer Research ConferenceTravel Grant, Dept. of Statistics, USC-ColumbiaOutstanding Graduate Assistant Award, Dept. of Statistics, USC-ColumbiaTravel Grant, The 3rd Workshop on Biostatistics and Bioinformatics WorkshopThe Graduate School Travel Grant, USC-ColumbiaTravel Grant, Dept. of Statistics, USC-ColumbiaCitizenship Award, Dept. of Statistics, USC-ColumbiaThank-a-Teacher Letter Recognition, The University of IowaStarr Cross-Cultural Scholarship (Full Scholarship for Four Years), The Starr FoundationScholarly Contributions and Creative Productions
Journal Articles
Tong, L., Liu, P., Edsel A. Peña, E. (2025). Joint dynamic models and statistical inference for recurrent competing risks, longitudinal marker, and health status. Electronic Journal of Statistics Edwards, D., Liu, P., Delage, A. (2023). Model-Based Stratification of Payment Populations in Medicare Integrity Investigations. Survey Methodology, (49) 2 607-626. Li, M., Lo, V., Liu, P., Smith, E. (2022). The impact of Timothy’s Law on hospitalization among patients with mental health conditions in New York State. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, (16) 25Li, M., Lo, V., Liu, P., Smith, E. (2022). The impact of Timothy's Law on hospitalization among patients with mental health conditions in New York State. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, (16) Issue 1 (Link)Bhaduri, M., Dery, J., Haughton, D. M., Li, T., Liu, P., Nan, W. (2021). Dynamics of Reward- Based Crowdfunding: Kickstarter Rock Music Projects. Chance, (34) 1Watson, S., Cooper, K., Liu, P., Gharraee, N., Du, L., Han, S., Peña, E., Sutton, M., Eberth, J., Lessner, S. (2021). Diet alters age-related remodeling of aortic collagen in mice susceptible to atherosclerosis. American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, (320) Issue 1 (Link)Watson, S., Cooper, K., Liu, P., Gharraee, N., Du, ., Han , S., Peña, E., Sutton, M., Eberth, J., Lessner, S. (2020). Diet Alters Age-related Remodeling of Aortic Collagen in Mice Susceptible to Atherosclerosis. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, (320) Oliver, D., Ji, H., Liu, P., Gasparian , A., Gardiner, E., Lee, S., Zenteno, A., Prinskaya, L. O., Chen, M., Buckhaults, P., Broude, E., Wyatt, M. D., Valafar, H., Peña, E., Shtutman, . (2017). Identification of novel cancer therapeutic targets using a designed and pooled shRNA library screen. Scientific Reports/Nature Research Journals 7 (Link)Chumanevich, A., Chaparala, A., Witalison, E., Tashkandi, H., Hofseth, A., Lane, C., Pena, E., Liu, P., Pittman, D., Nagarkatti, P., Nagarkatti, M., Hofseth, L., Chumanevich, A. (2017). Looking for the best anti-colitis medicine: A comparative analysis of current and prospective compounds. Oncotarget, (8) Issue 1 (Link)Liu, P., Peña, E. A. (2016). Sojourning with the Homogeneous Poisson Process. The American Statistician, (70) 4 413-423. (Link)Watson, S. R., Liu, P., Peña, E. A., Sutton, M. A., Eberth, J. E., Lessener, S. M. (2016). Comparison of Aortic Collagen Fiber Angle Distribution in Mouse Models of Atherosclerosis Using Second-Harmonic Generation (SHG) Microscopy. Microscopy and microanalysis, (22) 1 55-62. Book Chapters
Liu, P., Peña, E. A. (2016). Dynamic Modeling & Analysis of Recurrent Competing Risks and a Terminal Event Statistical, Stochastic and Data Analysis Methods and Applications. ISAST: International Society for the Advancement of Science and Technology, 2015Conference Proceedings
Xu, J., Liu, P., Adeborna, E., Motiwalla, L. (2026). “Constructing Baselines for Popularity Bias in Recommender Systems: A Simulation Approach” Peña, E., Liu, P. (2019). “Joint Modeling of Discrete-valued Marker Process, Competing Recurrent Events Process, and Discrete-value Health Status Process.” ISI World Congress 2019 Conference Proceedings, Special Topic SessionLiu, P., Peña, E. (2015). “Joint Dynamic Modeling of Recurrent Competing Risks and a Terminal Event” Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Mathematical Methods in ReliabilityWatson, S., Liu, P., Peña, E. A., Sutton, M., Eberth, J., Lessner, S. (2015). “Diet-induced Vascular Remodeling Produces a Shift in Collagen Fiber Angle Distribution in a Mouse Model of Atherosclerosis” The FASEB Journal 29.1_supplement (2015): 719-9Other Scholarly Work
The Institutional Medical Mistrust Scale: An Institutional-Level Approach to Mistrust. Forthcoming.Presentations
Xu, J., Liu, P., Adeborna, E., Motiwalla, L. (2026). “Constructing Baselines for Popularity Bias in Recommender Systems: A Simulation Approach” Presented at the the 24th Workshop on e-Business (WeB 2025) (1964). “Model-Based Stratification of Payment Populations in Medicare Integrity Investigations” Presented at the The American Statistical Association Joint Statistical Meetings Toronto, Canada (1964). “Model-Based Stratification of Payment Populations in Medicare Integrity Investigations” Presented at the International Statistical Institute World Statistics Congress (ISI - WSC) Toronto, Canada Li, M., Lo, V., Liu, P., Smith, E. (2021). “How did the Timothy's Law impact on hospitalization among mental patients in New York State? A causal approach on a mental disparity policy.” Presented at the American Statistics Association Joint Statistical Meeting virtual Liu, P. (2020). “HPP-based Recurrent Event Models and Joint Modeling of Recurrent Competing Risks and Terminal Event” Presented at the International Conference in Mathematics and Applications (ICMA-MU) Thailand, Bangkok (virtual) Liu, P. (2020). “Predictive Accuracy Gains in Joint Dynamic Modeling of Recurrent Competing Risks and Terminal Event” Presented at the American Statistical Association Joint Statistical Meeting Virtual Liu, P. (2019). “A Simulation Approach to Predicting Time to Terminal Event in Joint Dynamic Modeling” Presented at the American Statistical Association Joint Statistical Meeting Denver, CO Liu, P. (2019). “Joint Dynamic Modeling of Longitudinal Marker, Recurrent Competing Risks and Terminal Event” Presented at the The Lifetime Data Science Section of ASA 2019 Conference on Lifetime Data Science: Foundations and Frontiers Pittsburgh, PA Liu, P. (2017). “Thinking about Music Statistically” Presented at the Bentley University Bentley University DART Seminar CMT, Bentley University Liu, P., Peña, E. A. (2016). “Sojourning With the Homogeneous Poisson Process” Presented at the Bentley University 4th Annual Research Showcase Poster Session and Reception Bentley University Liu, P., Peña, E. (2016). “Model Diagnostics of a Class of Joint Dynamic Models of Recurrent Competing Risks and Terminal Event” Presented at the American Statistical Associatioin Joint Statistical Meeting Chicago, IL Liu, P., Peña, E. (2015). “Joint Dynamic Modeling of Recurrent Competing Risks and a Terminal Event,” Presented at the Joint Statistical Meeting Seattle, WA Liu, P., Peña, E. (2015). “Joint Dynamic Modeling of Recurrent Competing Risks and a Terminal Event,” Presented at the NISS/SAMSI SRCOS Summer Research Conference Wilmington, NC Liu, P., Peña, E. (2015). “Joint Dynamic Modeling of Recurrent Competing Risks and a Terminal Event,” Presented at the Dept. of Statistics, USC-Columbia Research Seminar Columbia, SC Liu, P., Peña, E. (2014). “Distributional Properties and Peculiarities of HPP-Based Recurrent Event Models” Presented at the NSF, IMS, ICSA, the GSU Research Foundation, and the Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics in the GSU. 3rd Workshop on Biostatistics And Bioinformatics Atlanta, Geogia Liu, P., Peña, E. (2014). “Distributional Properties and Peculiarities of HPP-Based Recurrent Event Models” Presented at the ENAR Conference Baltimore, MD Service
Service: Department
Committee Member for P & T 7/1/23 - Present for MS in Business Analytics Program Internship Coordinator 6/1/19 - PresentCommittee Member for Data Analytics Major Curriculum Committee 1/1/19 - Present for Social Committee 1/1/19 - 5/31/19Committee Member for Graduate (MS/PhD) Curriculum Committee 1/1/16 - PresentService: Professional
Reviewer for Journal of Applied Statistics 2024-08-01 - 2024-08-31Webmaster for Boston Chapter of American Statistical Association (BCASA) 1/1/21 - 12/31/23Committee Member for Analytics Without Borders Conference Organizing Committee 9/1/20 - 3/31/21Publications Officer for Section on Risk Analysis, the American Statistical Association 1/1/20 - 12/31/21Committee Member for Analytics Without Borders Conference Organizing Committee 9/1/19 - 3/31/20Committee Member for Bernard Harris Memorial Symposium: Risk in the 21st Century, ASA Section on Risk Analysis 5/10/18 - 5/11/18Service: University
Primary Liaison Contact for National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) 1/1/25 - PresentUniversity Senate for Faculty Senate 9/1/24 - PresentCo-affiliate Liaison Contact for National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) 9/1/18 - Present for Bentley Health Thought Leadership Network 1/1/18 - 1/31/19Advisor for LSM Concentration - Quantitative Perspectives 1/1/17 - 5/31/18
