Yueh-Yun Chi

Professor of Research Pediatrics and Population & Public Health Sciences

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Overview

Dr. Yueh-Yun Chi is the Director of the Biostatistics Core for the Cancer and Blood Disease Institute (CBDI) at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and Professor of Research Pediatrics and Population and Public Health Sciences at Keck School of Medicine of USC.

Dr. Chi provides leadership for biostatistical support for faculty, trainees, and staff of the CBDI. Under her leadership, the CBDI Biostatistics Core has doubled in size and capacity in 2022. Dr. Chi also provides statistical oversight for the Therapeutic Advances in Childhood Leukemia and Lymphoma (TACL) and the New Approaches to Neuroblastoma Therapy (NANT) consortia, in which she has been able to refine and improve study design and conduct for existing and new trials. Prior to joining USC/CHLA, she was a faculty member at the University of Florida and served as the lead statistician for the Renal Tumors and Soft Tissue Committees of the Children’s Oncology Group, the world’s largest research organization dedicated exclusively to pediatric cancer research.

Publications

  • Clinical characteristics of tumor-induced osteomalacia lesions in the neurocranium and intracranial structures. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2026 Jul 07; 21(1).. View in PubMed
  • Cost-effectiveness thresholds for initiating osteoporosis treatment in postmenopausal women in China: a microsimulation analysis based on real-world data. Arch Osteoporos. 2026 06 22; 21(1).. View in PubMed
  • Ixazomib with chemotherapy for childhood relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a TACL consortium report. Blood Neoplasia. 2026 Aug; 3(3):100247.. View in PubMed
  • A Split sfGFP-Based Signal-Amplified Reporter System for Enhanced Detection of Promoter Activity. Biotechnol J. 2026 May; 21(5):e70244.. View in PubMed
  • Elevated calcitonin gene-related peptide expression through prostaglandin E2-EP4 receptor pathway in promoting proliferative periosteum formation in primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. J Orthop Translat. 2026 May; 58:101096.. View in PubMed
  • Association of serum periostin with bone microarchitecture, muscle mass and function in Chinese postmenopausal women. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2026; 17:1808866.. View in PubMed
  • A multi-institutional report of children with atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor treated with intensive multimodal therapy. Neurooncol Pract. 2026 Aug; 13(4):807-815.. View in PubMed
  • Denosumab in pediatric patients with fibrous dysplasia/McCune-Albright syndrome: a single-center, open-labeled study. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2026; 17:1762370.. View in PubMed
  • Relationship Between Serum Nell-1 Level and Bone Geometry, Bone Microarchitecture in Chinese Postmenopausal Women. Int J Endocrinol. 2026; 2026:9977862.. View in PubMed
  • Association of body fat distribution with bone mineral density: evidence from observational and mendelian randomization analyses. Bone. 2026 03; 204:117742.. View in PubMed