Rui Miao

NAIV

Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

NAIV

Neon AIVolution

Neon AIVolution (NAIV) is our research lab for building methods, systems, and open-source tools for trustworthy AI. We are committed to advancing theory and practice of AI.

Open-Source Projects

ShadOPE

ShadOPE Handles Absent-reward Data in Off-Policy Evaluation for MNAR MDPs.

TOPPO

TOPPO Optimizes Proximal Policy Optimization for multi-task reinforcement learning with critic balancing. (To be released)

Publications

Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Click the to cite. *: equal contribution; †: correspondence; underline: student author.

Methodology and Theory Research

Miao, R., Qi, Z., Shi, C., & Lin, L. (2023). Personalized Pricing with Invalid Instrumental Variables: Identification, Estimation, and Policy Learning. arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.12670
```
@misc{miao-2026-personalized-pricing-invalid-iv,
title = {Personalized Pricing with Invalid Instrumental Variables: Identification, Estimation, and Policy Learning},
author = {Miao, R. and Qi, Z. and Shi, C. and Lin, L.},
year = {2023},
eprint = {2302.12670},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/pdf/2302.12670}
}
```
Miao, R., Qi, Z., Shi, C., and Lin, L. (2026+). Personalized Pricing with Invalid Instrumental Variables: Identification, Estimation, and Policy Learning. Preprint
Li, Y., Lin, G., Qu, A., & Miao, R. (2026). TOPPO: Rethinking PPO for Multi-Task Reinforcement Learning with Critic Balancing. arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.11473
```
@misc{li-2026-toppo,
title = {TOPPO: Rethinking PPO for Multi-Task Reinforcement Learning with Critic Balancing},
author = {Li, Y. and Lin, G. and Qu, A. and Miao, R.},
year = {2026},
eprint = {2605.11473},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.11473}
}
```
Li, Y., Lin, G., Qu, A., and Miao, R.^† (2026+). TOPPO: Rethinking PPO for Multi-Task Reinforcement Learning with Critic Balancing. Preprint
Li, Y., Miao, R., Qi, Z., & Lan, T. (2026). ARISE: Agent Reasoning with Intrinsic Skill Evolution in Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning. arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.16060
```
@misc{li-2026-arise,
title = {ARISE: Agent Reasoning with Intrinsic Skill Evolution in Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning},
author = {Li, Y. and Miao, R. and Qi, Z. and Lan, T.},
year = {2026},
eprint = {2603.16060},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.16060}
}
```
Li, Y., Miao, R., Qi, Z., and Lan, T. (2026+). ARISE: Agent Reasoning with Intrinsic Skill Evolution in Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning. Preprint
Li, Y., Miao, R., Lan, T., & Qi, Z. (2026). OPPO: Bayesian Value Recursion for Token-Level Credit Assignment in Policy Optimization. arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.21851
```
@misc{li-2026-oppo,
title = {OPPO: Bayesian Value Recursion for Token-Level Credit Assignment in Policy Optimization},
author = {Li, Y. and Miao, R. and Lan, T. and Qi, Z.},
year = {2026},
eprint = {2605.21851},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.21851}
}
```
Li, Y., Miao, R., Lan, T., and Qi, Z. (2026+). OPPO: Bayesian Value Recursion for Token-Level Credit Assignment in Policy Optimization. Preprint
Lin, G., Miao, R., Sacheck, J., & Zhang, X. (2026). Precision Physical Activity Prescription via Reinforcement Learning for Functional Actions. arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.19208
```
@misc{lin-2026-physical-activity-rl,
title = {Precision Physical Activity Prescription via Reinforcement Learning for Functional Actions},
author = {Lin, G. and Miao, R. and Sacheck, J. and Zhang, X.},
year = {2026},
eprint = {2605.19208},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.19208}
}
```
Lin, G., Miao, R., Sacheck, J., and Zhang, X. (2026+). Precision Physical Activity Prescription via Reinforcement Learning for Functional Actions. Preprint
Wei, Z., Qu, A., & Miao, R. (2026). Off-Policy Evaluation for Missingness-Aware Policies in MDPs with Rewards Missing Not at Random. International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML). In press.
```
@inproceedings{wei-2026-missingness-aware-ope,
title = {Off-Policy Evaluation for Missingness-Aware Policies in MDPs with Rewards Missing Not at Random},
author = {Wei, Z. and Qu, A. and Miao, R.},
year = {2026},
booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}
}
```
Wei, Z., Qu, A., and Miao, R.^† (2026). Off-Policy Evaluation for Missingness-Aware Policies in MDPs with Rewards Missing Not at Random. International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML). In Press.
Miao, R., Shahbaba, B., & Qu, A. (2025). Reinforcement Learning for Individual Optimal Policy from Heterogeneous Data. Annals of Statistics, 53(4), 1513-1534. https://doi.org/10.1214/25-aos2512
```
@article{miao-2025-heterogeneous-rl,
title = {Reinforcement Learning for Individual Optimal Policy from Heterogeneous Data},
author = {Miao, R. and Shahbaba, B. and Qu, A.},
year = {2025},
journal = {Annals of Statistics},
volume = {53},
number = {4},
pages = {1513-1534},
doi = {10.1214/25-aos2512},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1214/25-aos2512}
}
```
Miao, R., Shahbaba, B., and Qu, A. (2025). Reinforcement Learning for Individual Optimal Policy from Heterogeneous Data. Annals of Statistics. 53(4): 1513-1534. DOI Preprint
Qi, Z., Miao, R., & Zhang, X. (2024). Proximal Learning for Individualized Treatment Regimes under Unmeasured Confounding. Journal of the American Statistical Association (Theory and Methods), 119(546), 915-928. https://doi.org/10.1080/01621459.2022.2147841
```
@article{qi-2024-proximal-learning,
title = {Proximal Learning for Individualized Treatment Regimes under Unmeasured Confounding},
author = {Qi, Z. and Miao, R. and Zhang, X.},
year = {2024},
journal = {Journal of the American Statistical Association (Theory and Methods)},
volume = {119},
number = {546},
pages = {915-928},
doi = {10.1080/01621459.2022.2147841},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/01621459.2022.2147841}
}
```
Qi, Z.*, Miao, R.*, and Zhang, X. (2024). Proximal Learning for Individualized Treatment Regimes under Unmeasured Confounding. Journal of the American Statistical Association (Theory and Methods). 119(546): 915-928. DOI Preprint
Miao, R., Zhang, X., & Wong, R. K. W. (2023). A Wavelet-Based Independence Test for Functional Data with an Application to MEG Functional Connectivity. Journal of the American Statistical Association (Theory and Methods), 118(543), 1876-1889. https://doi.org/10.1080/01621459.2021.2020126
```
@article{miao-2023-wavelet-independence-test,
title = {A Wavelet-Based Independence Test for Functional Data with an Application to MEG Functional Connectivity},
author = {Miao, R. and Zhang, X. and Wong, R. K. W.},
year = {2023},
journal = {Journal of the American Statistical Association (Theory and Methods)},
volume = {118},
number = {543},
pages = {1876-1889},
doi = {10.1080/01621459.2021.2020126},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/01621459.2021.2020126}
}
```
Miao, R., Zhang, X., and Wong, R. K. W. (2023). A Wavelet-Based Independence Test for Functional Data with an Application to MEG Functional Connectivity. Journal of the American Statistical Association (Theory and Methods). 118(543): 1876-1889. An early version received 2021 ICSA Student Paper Award. DOI Preprint
Miao, R., Xue, W., & Zhang, X. (2022). Average Treatment Effect Estimation in Observational Studies with Functional Covariates. Statistics and Its Interface, 15(2), 237-246. https://doi.org/10.4310/20-SII632
```
@article{miao-2022-functional-covariates-ate,
title = {Average Treatment Effect Estimation in Observational Studies with Functional Covariates},
author = {Miao, R. and Xue, W. and Zhang, X.},
year = {2022},
journal = {Statistics and Its Interface},
volume = {15},
number = {2},
pages = {237-246},
doi = {10.4310/20-SII632},
url = {https://doi.org/10.4310/20-SII632}
}
```
Miao, R., Xue, W., and Zhang, X. (2022). Average Treatment Effect Estimation in Observational Studies with Functional Covariates. Statistics and Its Interface. 15(2): 237-246. DOI Preprint
Miao, R., Qi, Z., & Zhang, X. (2022). Off-Policy Evaluation for Episodic Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes under Non-Parametric Models. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 35, 593-606. https://doi.org/10.52202/068431-0043
```
@inproceedings{miao-2022-pomdp-ope,
title = {Off-Policy Evaluation for Episodic Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes under Non-Parametric Models},
author = {Miao, R. and Qi, Z. and Zhang, X.},
year = {2022},
booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
volume = {35},
pages = {593-606},
doi = {10.52202/068431-0043},
url = {https://doi.org/10.52202/068431-0043}
}
```
Miao, R., Qi, Z., and Zhang, X. (2022). Off-Policy Evaluation for Episodic Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes under Non-Parametric Models. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS). 35: 593-606. DOI Preprint

Cross-Disciplinary Research

Lin, G., Tian, X., Asomaning, N., Conrey, A., Wu, C. O., Miao, R., & Thein, S. L. (n.d.). Advancing mortality risk prediction in sickle cell disease through multi-task deep learning. Manuscript.
```
@misc{lin-2026-sickle-cell-multitask,
title = {Advancing mortality risk prediction in sickle cell disease through multi-task deep learning},
author = {Lin, G. and Tian, X. and Asomaning, N. and Conrey, A. and Wu, C. O. and Miao, R. and Thein, S. L.},
howpublished = {Manuscript}
}
```
Lin, G., ..., Miao, R.^†, and Thein, S. L.^† (2026+). Advancing mortality risk prediction in sickle cell disease through multi-task deep learning.
Domanski, M. J., Wu, C. O., Tian, X., Shalhoub, R. S., Roney, P., Miao, R., Reis, J. P., Hasan, A., Bae, S., Davis, S. N., Lloyd-Jones, D., & Fuster, V. (n.d.). Independence of Diabetes Mellitus as a Risk Factor for Incident Cardiovascular Disease. Manuscript.
```
@misc{domanski-2026-diabetes-cardiovascular-disease,
title = {Independence of Diabetes Mellitus as a Risk Factor for Incident Cardiovascular Disease},
author = {Domanski, M. J. and Wu, C. O. and Tian, X. and Shalhoub, R. S. and Roney, P. and Miao, R. and Reis, J. P. and Hasan, A. and Bae, S. and Davis, S. N. and Lloyd-Jones, D. and Fuster, V.},
howpublished = {Manuscript}
}
```
Domanski, M. J., ..., Miao, R., ..., and Fuster, V. (2026+). Independence of Diabetes Mellitus as a Risk Factor for Incident Cardiovascular Disease.
Lee, N., Miao, R., & Young, N. S. (2026). Reframing-Renaming(?)-Myelodysplastic Syndromes/Neoplasms and Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential. Leukemia, 40, 468-480. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-026-02865-x
```
@article{lee-2026-reframing-mds-chip,
title = {Reframing-Renaming(?)-Myelodysplastic Syndromes/Neoplasms and Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential},
author = {Lee, N. and Miao, R. and Young, N. S.},
year = {2026},
journal = {Leukemia},
volume = {40},
pages = {468-480},
doi = {10.1038/s41375-026-02865-x},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-026-02865-x}
}
```
Lee, N., Miao, R., and Young, N. S. (2026). Reframing-Renaming(?)-Myelodysplastic Syndromes/Neoplasms and Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential. Leukemia. 40: 468-480. DOI
Gutierrez-Rodrigues, F., Groarke, E. M., Miao, R., Shalhoub, R., Alemu, L., Mizumaki, H., Rios, O., Glass, J., Durrani, J., Bazzo Catto, L. F., Arcuri, L., Kajigaya, S., Gao, S., Paul, S., Lack, J., Yoshida, M., Quinones Raffo, D., Lotter, J., Wu, C. O., Dunbar, C. E., Wlodarski, M., Young, N. S., & Patel, B. A. (2026). Long-Term Clonal Selection and Evolution after Treatment of Severe Aplastic Anemia. NEJM Evidence, 5(5), EVIDoa2500171. https://doi.org/10.1056/EVIDoa2500171
```
@article{gutierrez-rodrigues-2026-clonal-selection,
title = {Long-Term Clonal Selection and Evolution after Treatment of Severe Aplastic Anemia},
author = {Gutierrez-Rodrigues, F. and Groarke, E. M. and Miao, R. and Shalhoub, R. and Alemu, L. and Mizumaki, H. and Rios, O. and Glass, J. and Durrani, J. and Bazzo Catto, L. F. and Arcuri, L. and Kajigaya, S. and Gao, S. and Paul, S. and Lack, J. and Yoshida, M. and Quinones Raffo, D. and Lotter, J. and Wu, C. O. and Dunbar, C. E. and Wlodarski, M. and Young, N. S. and Patel, B. A.},
year = {2026},
journal = {NEJM Evidence},
volume = {5},
number = {5},
pages = {EVIDoa2500171},
doi = {10.1056/EVIDoa2500171},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1056/EVIDoa2500171}
}
```
Gutierrez-Rodrigues, F., Groarke, E. M., Miao, R., ..., and Patel, B. A. (2026). Long-Term Clonal Selection and Evolution after Treatment of Severe Aplastic Anemia. NEJM Evidence. 5(5): EVIDoa2500171. Highlighted with an invited Editorial. DOI
Da Cruz, R. S., Teague, H. L., Ramos-Benitez, M. J., Malavez-Cajigas, S. J., Williams, T., Miao, R., Tian, X., Lin, G., Busse, L. W., Khan, A., Moskowitz, A., Hager, D. N., Rice, T. W., Ginde, A. A., Iovine, N. M., Chen, P., Safdar, B., Gibbs, K. W., Javaheri, A., de Wit, M., Harkins, M., Hudock, K., Merck, L. H., Barksdale, A., Sturek, J. M., Schrager, H., Shapiro, N. I., Lanspa, M., Harris, E., Sellers, S., Goodwin, A. J., Tidswell, M. A., Filbin, M. R., Shotwell, M. S., Semler, M. W., Self, W. H., Collins, S. P., & Strich, J. R. (2026). Impact of Fostamatinib on Inflammatory Biomarkers in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19. Critical Care Exploration. In press.
```
@article{cruz-2026-fostamatinib-inflammatory-biomarkers,
title = {Impact of Fostamatinib on Inflammatory Biomarkers in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19},
author = {Da Cruz, R. S. and Teague, H. L. and Ramos-Benitez, M. J. and Malavez-Cajigas, S. J. and Williams, T. and Miao, R. and Tian, X. and Lin, G. and Busse, L. W. and Khan, A. and Moskowitz, A. and Hager, D. N. and Rice, T. W. and Ginde, A. A. and Iovine, N. M. and Chen, P. and Safdar, B. and Gibbs, K. W. and Javaheri, A. and de Wit, M. and Harkins, M. and Hudock, K. and Merck, L. H. and Barksdale, A. and Sturek, J. M. and Schrager, H. and Shapiro, N. I. and Lanspa, M. and Harris, E. and Sellers, S. and Goodwin, A. J. and Tidswell, M. A. and Filbin, M. R. and Shotwell, M. S. and Semler, M. W. and Self, W. H. and Collins, S. P. and Strich, J. R.},
year = {2026},
journal = {Critical Care Exploration}
}
```
Da Cruz, R. S., ..., Miao, R., ..., and Strich, J. R. (2026). Impact of Fostamatinib on Inflammatory Biomarkers in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19. Critical Care Exploration. In Press.
Ramos-Benitez, M. J., Miao, R., Rivera-Torres, A. P., Lacourt-Ventura, M., Malavez-Cajigas, S. J., Tian, X., Teague, H. L., De Jesus-Rojas, W., Reger, R., Suffredini, A. F., King, C., Nathan, S. D., Childs, R. W., & Strich, J. R. (2025). Surfactant Protein D and Club Cell Secretory Protein as Biomarkers of Disease Severity and Fostamatinib Efficacy in Severe COVID-19. Critical Care Exploration, 7(4), e1252. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCE.0000000000001252
```
@article{ramos-benitez-2025-surfactant-protein,
title = {Surfactant Protein D and Club Cell Secretory Protein as Biomarkers of Disease Severity and Fostamatinib Efficacy in Severe COVID-19},
author = {Ramos-Benitez, M. J. and Miao, R. and Rivera-Torres, A. P. and Lacourt-Ventura, M. and Malavez-Cajigas, S. J. and Tian, X. and Teague, H. L. and De Jesus-Rojas, W. and Reger, R. and Suffredini, A. F. and King, C. and Nathan, S. D. and Childs, R. W. and Strich, J. R.},
year = {2025},
journal = {Critical Care Exploration},
volume = {7},
number = {4},
pages = {e1252},
doi = {10.1097/CCE.0000000000001252},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1097/CCE.0000000000001252}
}
```
Ramos-Benitez, M. J., Miao, R., ..., and Strich, J. R. (2025). Surfactant Protein D and Club Cell Secretory Protein as Biomarkers of Disease Severity and Fostamatinib Efficacy in Severe COVID-19. Critical Care Exploration. 7(4): e1252. DOI
Zhu, F., Shearer, J. J., Joo, J., Miao, R., Wong, J. Y. Y., Goodney, G., Lim, J., Hashemian, M., Henriquez-Santos, G., Kim, J.-E., Khan, S. S., Greenland, P., & Roger, V. L. (2025). Sleep quality and outcomes in preclinical heart failure: a prospective UK Biobank cohort study. American Journal of Medicine, 138(12), 1652-1661. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2025.05.037
```
@article{zhu-2025-sleep-quality-heart-failure,
title = {Sleep quality and outcomes in preclinical heart failure: a prospective UK Biobank cohort study},
author = {Zhu, F. and Shearer, J. J. and Joo, J. and Miao, R. and Wong, J. Y. Y. and Goodney, G. and Lim, J. and Hashemian, M. and Henriquez-Santos, G. and Kim, J.-E. and Khan, S. S. and Greenland, P. and Roger, V. L.},
year = {2025},
journal = {American Journal of Medicine},
volume = {138},
number = {12},
pages = {1652-1661},
doi = {10.1016/j.amjmed.2025.05.037},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2025.05.037}
}
```
Zhu, F., Shearer, J. J., Joo, J., Miao, R., ..., and Roger, V. L. (2025). Sleep quality and outcomes in preclinical heart failure: a prospective UK Biobank cohort study. American Journal of Medicine. 138(12): 1652-1661. DOI

Allen, K. C., Warner, S., Teague, H. L., Ramos-Benitez, M. J., Miao, R., Tian, X., Reger, R., Burbelo, P. D., Pang, C. W. J., Kanthi, Y., Cohen, J. I., Gopalan, B. P., Suffredini, A. F., King, C., Nathan, S. D., Childs, R. W., Chertow, D. S., & Strich, J. R. (2025). SARS-CoV-2 Immune Complex Mediated Neutrophil Activation. Open Forum Infectious Disease, 12(4), ofaf199. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf199

@article{allen-2025-sars-cov-2-neutrophil-activation,
title = {SARS-CoV-2 Immune Complex Mediated Neutrophil Activation},
author = {Allen, K. C. and Warner, S. and Teague, H. L. and Ramos-Benitez, M. J. and Miao, R. and Tian, X. and Reger, R. and Burbelo, P. D. and Pang, C. W. J. and Kanthi, Y. and Cohen, J. I. and Gopalan, B. P. and Suffredini, A. F. and King, C. and Nathan, S. D. and Childs, R. W. and Chertow, D. S. and Strich, J. R.},
year = {2025},
journal = {Open Forum Infectious Disease},
volume = {12},
number = {4},
pages = {ofaf199},
doi = {10.1093/ofid/ofaf199},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf199}
}

Allen, K. C., ..., Miao, R., ..., and Strich, J. R. (2025). SARS-CoV-2 Immune Complex Mediated Neutrophil Activation. Open Forum Infectious Disease. 12(4): ofaf199. DOI

Domanski, M. J., Wu, C. O., Tian, X., Li, H., Shalhoub, R., Miao, R., Hasan, A. A., Huang, Y., Reis, J. P., Fleg, J. L., Rana, J. S., Zhang, K., Hicks, A., Allen, N. B., Ning, H., Bae, S., Jacobs, D. R., Lloyd-Jones, D. M., & Fuster, V. (2025). Association of Race with Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease, Coronary Heart Disease, Heart Failure, and Stroke. JACC: Advances. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2025.101811
```
@article{domanski-2025-race-cardiovascular-disease,
title = {Association of Race with Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease, Coronary Heart Disease, Heart Failure, and Stroke},
author = {Domanski, M. J. and Wu, C. O. and Tian, X. and Li, H. and Shalhoub, R. and Miao, R. and Hasan, A. A. and Huang, Y. and Reis, J. P. and Fleg, J. L. and Rana, J. S. and Zhang, K. and Hicks, A. and Allen, N. B. and Ning, H. and Bae, S. and Jacobs, D. R. and Lloyd-Jones, D. M. and Fuster, V.},
year = {2025},
journal = {JACC: Advances},
number = {6 Part 1},
doi = {10.1016/j.jacadv.2025.101811},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2025.101811}
}
```
Domanski, M. J., ..., Miao, R., ..., and Fuster, V. (2025). Association of Race with Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease, Coronary Heart Disease, Heart Failure, and Stroke. JACC: Advances. DOI
Lim, J., Chang, C.-J., White, A. J., Lo, S., Wang, H., Goodney, G. A., Miao, R., Barochia, A. V., Roger, V. L., Sandler, D. P., & Wong, J. Y. Y. (2025). Personal care product use and risk of adult-onset asthma: prospective cohort analyses of U.S. women from the Sister Study. Environment International, 202, 109681. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2025.109681
```
@article{lim-2025-personal-care-product-asthma,
title = {Personal care product use and risk of adult-onset asthma: prospective cohort analyses of U.S. women from the Sister Study},
author = {Lim, J. and Chang, C.-J. and White, A. J. and Lo, S. and Wang, H. and Goodney, G. A. and Miao, R. and Barochia, A. V. and Roger, V. L. and Sandler, D. P. and Wong, J. Y. Y.},
year = {2025},
journal = {Environment International},
volume = {202},
pages = {109681},
doi = {10.1016/j.envint.2025.109681},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2025.109681}
}
```
Lim, J., ..., Miao, R., ..., and Wong, J. Y. Y. (2025). Personal care product use and risk of adult-onset asthma: prospective cohort analyses of U.S. women from the Sister Study. Environment International. 202: 109681. DOI

Wigerblad, G., Warner, S. A., Ramos-Benitez, M. J., Kardava, L., Tian, X., Miao, R., Reger, R., Chakraborty, M., Wong, S., Kanthi, Y., Suffredini, A. F., Dell'Orso, S., Brooks, S., King, C., Shlobin, O., Nathan, S. D., Cohen, J., Moir, S., Childs, R. W., Kaplan, M. J., Chertow, D. S., & Strich, J. R. (2023). Spleen tyrosine kinase inhibition restores myeloid homeostasis in COVID-19. Science Advances, 9(1), eade8272. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ade8272

@article{wigerblad-2023-syk-myeloid-homeostasis,
title = {Spleen tyrosine kinase inhibition restores myeloid homeostasis in COVID-19},
author = {Wigerblad, G. and Warner, S. A. and Ramos-Benitez, M. J. and Kardava, L. and Tian, X. and Miao, R. and Reger, R. and Chakraborty, M. and Wong, S. and Kanthi, Y. and Suffredini, A. F. and Dell'Orso, S. and Brooks, S. and King, C. and Shlobin, O. and Nathan, S. D. and Cohen, J. and Moir, S. and Childs, R. W. and Kaplan, M. J. and Chertow, D. S. and Strich, J. R.},
year = {2023},
journal = {Science Advances},
volume = {9},
number = {1},
pages = {eade8272},
doi = {10.1126/sciadv.ade8272},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ade8272}
}

Wigerblad, G., ..., Miao, R., ..., and Strich, J. R. (2023). Spleen tyrosine kinase inhibition restores myeloid homeostasis in COVID-19. Science Advances. 9(1): eade8272. DOI

Domanski, M. J., Wu, C. O., Tian, X., Hasan, A. A., Ma, X., Huang, Y., Miao, R., Reis, J. P., Bae, S., Husain, A., Jacobs, D. R. Jr., Allen, N. B., Lee, M.-L. T., Hong, C. C., Farkouh, M., Lloyd-Jones, D. M., & Fuster, V. (2023). Association of Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Cumulative Exposure to Multiple Risk Factors. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 81(12), 1151-1161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.01.024
```
@article{domanski-2023-cumulative-risk-factors,
title = {Association of Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Cumulative Exposure to Multiple Risk Factors},
author = {Domanski, M. J. and Wu, C. O. and Tian, X. and Hasan, A. A. and Ma, X. and Huang, Y. and Miao, R. and Reis, J. P. and Bae, S. and Husain, A. and Jacobs, D. R. Jr. and Allen, N. B. and Lee, M.-L. T. and Hong, C. C. and Farkouh, M. and Lloyd-Jones, D. M. and Fuster, V.},
year = {2023},
journal = {Journal of the American College of Cardiology},
volume = {81},
number = {12},
pages = {1151-1161},
doi = {10.1016/j.jacc.2023.01.024},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.01.024}
}
```
Domanski, M. J., ..., Miao, R., ..., and Fuster, V. (2023). Association of Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Cumulative Exposure to Multiple Risk Factors. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 81(12): 1151-1161. Highlighted with an invited Editorial. DOI
Rogers, T., Greenbaum, A. B., Babaliaros, V. C., Foerst, J. R., Khan, J. M., Bruce, C., Stine, A. M., Satler, L. F., Perdoncin, E., Gleason, P. T., Lisko, J. C., Tian, X., Miao, R., Sachdev, V., Chen, M. Y., & Lederman, R. J. (2022). Transcatheter Mitral Cerclage Ventriculoplasty: From Bench to Beside. JACC: Cardiovascular Intervention, 15(12), 1249-1263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2022.04.013
```
@article{rogers-2022-mitral-cerclage,
title = {Transcatheter Mitral Cerclage Ventriculoplasty: From Bench to Beside},
author = {Rogers, T. and Greenbaum, A. B. and Babaliaros, V. C. and Foerst, J. R. and Khan, J. M. and Bruce, C. and Stine, A. M. and Satler, L. F. and Perdoncin, E. and Gleason, P. T. and Lisko, J. C. and Tian, X. and Miao, R. and Sachdev, V. and Chen, M. Y. and Lederman, R. J.},
year = {2022},
journal = {JACC: Cardiovascular Intervention},
volume = {15},
number = {12},
pages = {1249-1263},
doi = {10.1016/j.jcin.2022.04.013},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2022.04.013}
}
```
Rogers, T., ..., Miao, R., Sachdev, V., Chen, M. Y., and Lederman, R. J. (2022). Transcatheter Mitral Cerclage Ventriculoplasty: From Bench to Beside. JACC: Cardiovascular Intervention. 15(12): 1249-1263. DOI

Talks

Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

TOPPO: Rethinking PPO for Multi-Task Reinforcement Learning with Critic Balancing. 11/2026
INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (Invited Talk)
Precision Physical Activity Prescription via Reinforcement Learning for Functional Actions. 08/2026
Conference on Statistics and Trustworthy AI for Cross (X)-Domain Acceleration, Boston, MA (Refereed Poster)
Off-Policy Evaluation for Linear Episodic Heterogeneous MDPs by Hierarchical Bellman Residual Minimization. 08/2026
Conference on Statistics and Trustworthy AI for Cross (X)-Domain Acceleration, Boston, MA (Refereed Poster)
Off-Policy Evaluation for Missingness-Aware Policies in MDPs with Rewards Missing Not at Random. 07/2026
International Conference on Machine Learning, Seoul, South Korea (Refereed Poster)
Toward Unified Models for Explainable AI in Precision Medicine. 06/2026
Office of Biostatistics Research Seminar Series, NHLBI/NIH, Bethesda, MD (Invited Seminar)
Off-Policy Evaluation for Missingness-Aware Policies in MDPs with Rewards Missing Not at Random. 06/2026
International Workshop in Sequential Methodologies 2026, Washington, DC (Invited Talk)
Personalized Pricing with Invalid Instrumental Variables. 06/2026
ICSA 2026 Applied Statistics Symposium, Arlington, VA (Invited Talk)
Personalized Pricing with Invalid Instrumental Variables. 03/2026
ENAR 2026 Spring Meeting, Indianapolis, IN (Invited Talk)
Reinforcement Learning for Individual Optimal Policy from Heterogeneous Data. 12/2025
NeurIPS 2025, San Diego, CA (Refereed Poster)
Personalized Pricing with Invalid Instrumental Variables. 10/2025
Southern Methodist University, Department of Statistics and Data Science (Invited Seminar)
Reinforcement Learning under Heterogeneity. 06/2025
National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (Invited Seminar)
Reinforcement Learning under Heterogeneity. 03/2025
University of Texas at Dallas, Department of Mathematics (Invited Seminar)
Independence Test for Functional Data. 09/2024
Duke University, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics (Invited Seminar)
Off-Policy Evaluation for Episodic Partially Observable MDPs under Non-Parametric Models. 06/2023
2023 ICSA Applied Statistics Symposium, Ann Arbor, MI (Invited Talk)
Off-Policy Evaluation for Episodic Partially Observable MDPs under Non-Parametric Models. 12/2022
NeurIPS 2022, New Orleans, LA (Refereed Poster)
Proximal Learning for Individualized Treatment Regimes under Unmeasured Confounding. 05/2022
Office of Biostatistics Research Seminar Series, NHLBI/NIH, Bethesda, MD (Invited Seminar)
Proximal Learning for Individualized Treatment Regimes under Unmeasured Confounding. 04/2022
Conference on Advances in Bayesian and Frequentist Statistics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (Contributed Poster)
A Wavelet-based Independence Test for Functional Data. 09/2021
2021 ICSA Applied Statistics Symposium, Virtual (Invited Talk)
A Wavelet-based Independence Test for Functional Data. 03/2021
ENAR 2021 Spring Meeting, Virtual (Contributed Talk)
C-QTc Modeling on Crossover Design with Different Baselines: A Theoretical View. 10/2020
FDA/CDER/Office of Biostatistics Science Day, Virtual (Contributed Poster)
Multi-Scale B-spline Compressed Sensing and Sparse Approximation. 06/2014
National College Student Research Conference, Sichuan University, China (Contributed Talk)

Teaching

Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The University of Texas at Dallas

Instructor

STAT/BIMS 5304 Introduction to Human Health Research - Fall 2025, Spring 2026

The George Washington University

Instructor

STAT 2112 Business & Econ Statistics II - Summer 2022

Teaching Assistant: Graduate Level

STAT 6201 Mathematical Statistics I - Fall 2018
STAT 6202 Mathematical Statistics II - Spring 2020
STAT 6225 Survival Analysis - Spring 2021
STAT 6227 Longitudinal Data Analysis - Fall 2020
STAT 8262 Nonparametric Inference - Spring 2020
STAT 8263 Advanced Statistical Theory I - Fall 2019

Teaching Assistant: Undergraduate Level

STAT 1051 Introduction to Business & Econ Statistics - Fall 2018, Fall 2020, Spring 2021
STAT 1053 Introduction to Statistics in Social Science - Fall 2019
STAT 2112 Business & Econ Statistics II - Spring 2019
STAT 4198 Biostatistical Methods - Spring 2019