Peihua Qiu is Dean’s Professor and Founding Chair of the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Florida. He received his PhD in statistics from the Department of Statistics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1996. He then worked as a senior research consulting statistician for the Biostatistics Center at the Ohio State University during 1996-1998, and as an Assistant Professor (1998-2002), Associate Professor (2002-2007), and Full Professor (2007-2013) of the School of Statistics at the University of Minnesota during 1998-2013. He was recruited to the University of Florida to develop its new Department of Biostatistics in 2013. Qiu has made substantial contributions in the research areas of jump regression analysis, image processing, statistical process control, survival analysis, dynamic disease screening, and spatio-temporal disease surveillance. So far, he has published two research monographs and over 160 research papers in refereed journals in these areas. He is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an elected fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA), an elected fellow of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), an elected fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS), and an elected member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI). He served as associate editor for several top statistical journals, including Journal of the American Statistical Association, Biometrics, and Technometrics. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the flagship statistical journal Technometrics during 2014-2016.
""One of the book’s key strengths is its introduction of statistical process control (SPC) charts, specifically designed for sequential decision-making. These charts make effective use of historical data, enabling them to handle the complexities inherent in disease screening and surveillance. . . this book explains complex methods without requiring advanced knowledge of mathematics or statistics. In conclusion, StatisticalMethods forDynamicDisease Screening and Spatio-TemporalDisease Surveillance is a comprehensive and practical book. Dr. Qiu’s clear explanations and deep expertise make it an invaluable resource for graduate students in biostatistics, public health, environmental studies, and statistics. I highly recommend this book as a textbook for a onesemester graduate-level course or for anyone seeking to deepen their understanding of these critical public health topics."" ~Jong-Min Kim, Journal of Applied Statistics