Shimin Zheng, Ph.D.

 

College of Public Health

Shimin Zheng, Ph.D.

Shimin Zheng, Ph.D.

Professor 
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
423-439-4327 / zhengs@etsu.edu
Lamb Hall 346

 

EDUCATION

M.S. in  Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ph.D. in  Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham
MS. in Mathematics, University of Alabama at Birmingham

COURSES TAUGHT

• Biostatistics (BSTA 5310)
• Intermediate Biostatistics (BSTA 5350)
• Categorical Data Analysis (BSTA 5370)
• Survival Analysis in Public Health (BSTA 5390)
• SAS Programming with Stat Apps (BSTA 6170)
• Advanced Multivariate Analysis (BSTA 6410)
• Applied Epidemiologic Analysis (EPID 6420)

HONORS AND AWARDS (since 2009)

  • Research incentive funds from CPH ETSU, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020.
  • Teaching incentive funds from CPH ETSU, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025.
  • 2009: Dept. of Family Med, University of Iowa, Work Performance Award.
  • 2013: Appalachian Student Research Forum, 3rd prize as sponsoring faculty
  • 2014: Appalachian Student Research Forum, 2nd prize as a co-author.
  • 2015: Appalachian Student Research Forum, 2nd prize as sponsoring faculty.
  • 2016: Appalachian Student Research Forum, 2nd prize as sponsoring faculty.
  • 2016: Foundation Teaching Award, College of Public Health, ETSU.
  • 2017: Nominated by CPH for Univ. distinguished teaching faculty awards.
  • 2017: Appalachian Student Research Forum, first prize as faculty sponsor.
  • 2017: Appalachian Student Research Forum, first prize as a biostatistician.
  • 2020: Dean’s Special Recognition Award for Research and Evaluation in Women’s Health.
  • 2022: Appalachian Student Research Forum, first prize as faculty sponsor.
  • 2022: Appalachian Student Research Forum, 2nd prize as faculty sponsor.
  • 2022: Appalachian Student Research Forum, 3rd prize as faculty sponsor.
  • 2023: Appalachian Student Research Forum, 1st prize as faculty sponsor.
  • 2023: Appalachian Student Research Forum, 2nd prize as faculty sponsor.
  • 2024: Appalachian Student Research Forum, won 1st prize 5 times as faculty sponsor or co-author.
  • 2025: Dr. Jay W. Boland Research Day oral presentation, won 1st prize as faculty sponsor.
  • 2026: Dr. Jay W. Boland Research Day oral presentation, won 1st prize as faculty coauthor.

RESEARCH FOCUS

  • Statistical distribution theory
  • Longitudinal data analysis
  • Categorical data analysis
  • Statistical simulation and computation
  • Multivariate analysis
  • Survival analysis
  • Sample size and power
  • Model selection
  • Cardiovascular disease, obesity, cancer, depression and substance abuse

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (selected from 153)

  1. N. Chernov, Shimin Zheng. Linearization of regression problems with optimal weights. Presentation at 2006 Hawaii International Conference on Statistics, Mathematics and Related Fields, January 16, 2006 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
  2. Rao U, Huang D, Shimin Zheng, Bidesi A: Effect of early adversity on hippocampal volume in depressed adolescents. Presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Boca Raton, FL, December 9-13, 2007.
  3. Huang D, Shimin Zheng, Bidesi A, Rao U: Hippocampal changes associated with adolescent depression. Presented at 46th Annual Medical Student Research Forum, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, January 22, 2008.
  4. Gerald Jogerst Gerald, Jogerst Mee, Young Kim, Shimin Zheng.  Predictors of Acceptable Treatments for Late-life Depression, accepted by the NAPCRG Program Committee for presentation at the 2009 NAPCRG Annual Meeting being held Nov 14-18, 2009 at Le Centre Sheraton Montreal Hotel, West Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  5. David Blackley, Shimin Zheng, and Winn Ketchum. (2012, April 5). Implementing A Spatial Smoothing Algorithm To Help Identify A Lung Cancer Belt In The United States. Poster session presented at the Appalachian Student Research Forum, Johnson City, TN.
  6. Yang Chen, Shimin Zheng, and Liang Wang. (2013, April 4). The relationship between Calcium Intake and Hypertension among Obese Adults. Oral presentation presented at the Appalachian Student Research Forum, Johnson City, TN. (won the 3rd prize)
  7. Joseph Ikekwere, Megan Quinn and Shimin Zheng*. (2014, April 2-3). Cancer of the urinary bladder: gender differences as predictors of tumor grade. Poster session presented at the Appalachian Student Research Forum, Johnson City, TN. (won the 2nd prize). 
  8. Shimin Zheng, Mogusu, E., & Kozinetz, C. (2015). Consequential Population Health Data: Making the Case for Prenatal Cigarette Smoking Cessation Interventions. Annals of Epidemiology, 25(9), 711. Poster presentation at the American College of Epidemiology ACE 2015 annual scientific session. The Courtyard Atlanta Decatur Downtown/Emory (September 26-29, 2015), Atlanta, Georgia.
  9. Shimin Zheng, Mogusu, E., & Kozinetz, C. (2015). Consequential Population Health Data: Making the Case for Prenatal Cigarette Smoking Cessation Interventions. Annals of Epidemiology, 25(9), 711. Poster presentation at the Tennessee Public Health Association 2015 TPHA annual educational conference, (September 9-11, 2015), Franklin, Tennessee.
  10. Mogusu, E., Shimin Zheng*, Veeranki, S.P., Kioko, D., & Quinn, M (2015, November). Association of vitamin D deficiency with high cholesterol levels. Poster presentation at the 143rd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (October 31-November 4, 2015), Chicago, Illinois. APHA. Also featured on the ETSU Center of Excellence for Inflammation, Infectious Disease and Immunity website http://www.etsu.edu/com/ciidi/ default.aspx.
  11. Shimin Zheng*, Mogusu, E., Veeranki, S.P., Cao, Y., & Quinn, M., (2015, November). Relationship between mean, median and mode with grouped data. Poster presentation at the 143rd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (October 31-November 4, 2015), Chicago, Illinois. APHA.
  12. Eunice Mogusu, Sreenivas, P Veeranki, Claudia Kozinetz, Yan Cao, Shimin Zheng*. (2015, April 8 – 9). Epidemiology of preterm births in the United States. Oral presentation presented at the Appalachian Student Research Forum, Johnson City, TN. (won the 2nd prize).
  13. Chukwuemeka Ogbu, Sheryl Strasser, Casey Morrell, Nicole Holt, Shimin Zheng*. (2016, April 7–8). Association between physical fighting and risk factors in middle school students in Tennessee: data from the 2013 Tennessee youth risk behavior survey. Poster presentation presented at the Appalachian Student Research Forum, Johnson City, TN. (won the 2nd prize).
  14. Panchal HB, Shimin Zheng, Abusara A, Mogusu E, Paul TK. National Trend in Hospitalization Cost for In-patient Single Vessel Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with and without Diabetes Mellitus in the United States: An Analysis from Nationwide Inpatient Sample from 2006-2011.Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutic (TCT) Scientific Conference, Washington DC 2016.
  15. Olamide Asifat, Adedeji Adenusi, Sheryl Strasser, Yan Cao, Shimin Zheng*. (2022, April 7).  Low Birth Weight and its Associated Risk Factors in The United States Using National Survey of Children Health Data 2016-2020. Poster presentation presented at the Appalachian Student Research Forum, Johnson City, TN. (won 1st prize).
  16. Adedeji Adenusi, Olamide Asifat, Sheryl Strasser, Yan Cao, Shimin Zheng*. (2022, April 7). Do heavy smoking and early onset of smoking and heavy alcohol intake increase the chance of heart condition? Poster presentation presented at the Appalachian Student Research Forum, Johnson City, TN. (won 2nd prize)
  17. Francis Onakpoma, Sheryl Strasser, Yan Cao, Shimin Zheng*. (2022, April 7). National and Tennessee Trends in the Prevalence of Obesity and Overweight among High School Students Using YRBS Data 1999-2019. Poster presentation presented at the Appalachian Student Research Forum, Johnson City, TN. (won 3rd prize).
  18. Olamide Asifat, Phani Veeranki, Hezborn Magacha, Gongjian Kan, Shimin Zheng*. (2023, April 25). Risk factors associated with Obesity among hospitalized patients in the United States. Poster presentation presented at the Appalachian Student Research Forum, Johnson City, TN. (won first prize).
  19. Oluseyi Aderinwale, Shimin Zheng*, Emmanuel A. Mensah, Ibrahim Boateng. Fatama Koroma, Rita Nwajiugo, Emeka Obi, Mercy Itopa. (2024, April 5). Sociodemo-graphic and behavioral determinants of cervical cancer screening among adult women in the United States. Poster presentation presented at the Appalachian Student Research Forum, Johnson City, TN. (won first prize).
  20. Oluwafunbi Adebayo, Shimin Zheng*, Yan Cao, Sheryl Strasser. (2024, April 5). The Impact of Bullying Behavior, Substance Use, and Their Association with Attempted Suicide among High School Students: Insights from YRBS 2021 Data. Poster presentation presented at the Appalachian Student Research Forum, Johnson City, TN. (won first prize).
  21. Nikita Cudjoe, Shimin Zheng*, Yan Cao, Sheryl Strasser. (2024, April 5). Prevalence and risk factors of obesity/overweight in Tennessee and non-Tennessee, using Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System data from 2014-2022. Poster presentation presented at the Appalachian Student Research Forum, Johnson City, TN. (won first prize).
  22. Tejan Mansaray, Elizabeth Erin Mauck, Shimin Zheng, Jodi Southerland*. (2024, April 5). Factors Associated with Sense of Community Among Older Adults Aging in Place in Northeast Tennessee: A Cross-Sectional Study. Poster presentation presented at the Appalachian Student Research Forum, Johnson City, TN. (won first prize).
  23. Nikita Cudjoe, Jodi L. Southerland, Shimin Zheng*. (2025, April 16).Understanding Treatment-Seeking Behaviors in Alcohol Use Disorder: An Analysis of NSDUH Data (2021–2023). Oral presentation presented at the 2025 Dr. Jay W. Boland Research Day - Appalachian Student Research Forum, Johnson City, TN. (won first prize).
  24. Derrick Nyantakyi Owusu, Shimin Zheng, Marten Whiteside, Bill Brooks*. (2026, April 15) Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer in Tennessee: Incidence Patterns, Survival Outcomes, and Mortality Risk Factors. 2025 Dr. Jay W. Boland Research Day. Oral presentation. (won first prize).
  1. *sponsoring faculty 
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PUBLICATIONS

RESEARCH PORTAL LINK

RESEARCH PROJECTS (2006-PRESENT, Selected from 20)

  1. Shimin Zheng (Co-I). Cardiovascular Conditioning in the Treatment of Vocal Fatigue. NIH R15 (8/1/2019-6/30/2023).
  2. Shimin Zheng (Co- I). Neuroinflammatory mediators of glutamatergic and GABAergic neuropathology in the anterior cingulate cortex of autism spectrum disorder. NIH R15 (4/10/2019–4/9/2022).
  3. Shimin Zheng (Co-I). Adverse Childhood Experiences at a HIV clinic in rural Appalachia: a pilot study to assess HIV/AIDs treatment barriers. ETSU RDC (7/1/2019-6/30/2020).
  4. Shimin Zheng (Co-I). Evaluation of the South Carolina Initiative to Reduce Unintended Pregnancy. Funding agency: Anonymous (Feb 2017 – Sept 2021).
  5. Shimin Zheng (Co-PI). TBR Diversity Research Grants. Characterization of the metabolic profile of Hispanic at-risk pediatric population in Northeast Tennessee (07/01/2014-06/30/2015).
  6. Shimin Zheng (Co-PI). TBR Diversity Research Grants. Distal Radius Bone Mineral Density (BMD): Diagnosis and Follow-up of Male Patients with Osteoporosis (07/01/2014-06/30/2016).
  7. Shimin Zheng (Subcontract PI). Georgia Substance Use Prevention Outcomes Project (GSUPOP). Funding agency: Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (11/1/2014 - 10/31/2015).
  8. Shimin Zheng (Statistician). Interventions to Improve Colon Cancer Screening in Poor Rural Iowa Counties. ACS (2008-2010).
  9. Shimin Zheng (Co-I). Comparative Effectiveness of FIT vs. colonoscopy for colon cancer screening. NIH R15 (2009-2010).
  10. Shimin Zheng (Statistician). Management by Primary Care Clinicians of Patients Suspected of Having Community-Acquired, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (CA-MRSA). AHRQ (Aug 2008-Aug 2010).
  11. Shimin Zheng (Statistician). Iowa Research Network (IRENE): A Rural Primary Care Practice Based Research Network. AHRQ (Aug 2008-Aug 2010).
  12. Shimin Zheng (Statistician). An evaluation of the Wise QI program screening. NIH R15 (2008-2009).
  13. Shimin Zheng (Statistician). Treatment prediction in adolescent and adult depression. NIH R15 (2006-2008).
  14. Shimin Zheng (Statistician). Stress response and smoking cessation in youth using a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled design. NIH R15 (2006-2008).
  15. Shimin Zheng (Statistician) Risk for substance abuse in depressed adolescents. NIH R01 (2006-2008).

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 American Statistical Association

PERSONAL INTERESTS

 Table Tennis, Reading, Music