Yi-Hsin Sam Lu

Research Assistant at Tzu Chi Hospital, specializing in survival analysis, statistical modeling for medical data, and bioinformatics. Master’s graduate in Applied Mathematics, currently researching improvements to survival models like Cox regression for medical data while deepening expertise in VCF file processing and variant annotation workflows.

SKILLS

R

Bash

Python

PostgreSQL


Data cleaning (dplyr), organization, visualization (ggplot2 and plotly), and analysis—with over eight years of R coding experience applied to survival analysis (survival and survminer) plus genomic data visualization. Annotating VCF files using ANNOVAR with ClinVar to support variant interpretation and genomic analysis.

WORK HISTORY

Researcher

10/2024 - Present
University of Alabama at Birmingham / Case Western Reserve University
Adviser: Dr. Chen-Han Wilfred Wu

Bioinformatics, Statistical analysis in UK Biobank, Whole genomic sequencing annotation (ANNOVAR and ClinVar).

Research Assistant

Division of Urology

06/2024 - Present
Taipei Tzu-Chi Hospital
Adviser: Dr. Yao-Chou Tsai

Statistical analysis, Survival analysis, Taiwanese UTUC database.

Research Assistant

Institute of Information Science

09/2019 - 01/2020
Academia Sinica
Adviser: Prof. Jan-Ming Ho

Data analysis, Database for macroeconomics variables

Statistical analysis, Survival analysis in UTUC database.

EDUCATION (2)

Master, Applied Mathethatics, National Dong Hwa University.

  • Thesis Title: Visualization for Jazz Musicians
  • Adviser: Prof. Chen-Hai Andy Tsao
  • Date: 02/2021 - 06/2023

Bachelor, Statistcal Science, National Dong Hwa University.

  • Date: 09/2014 - 09/2019

TECH EXPERIENCES (5)

Impact of Kidney Stone History on Survival Outcomes in Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: A Multi-Institutional Propensity Score Weighted Analysis

Bor-En Jong, MD; Hsi-Chin Wu, MD, MS; Wen-Chi Chen, MD, PhD; Wen-Jeng Wu, MD, PhD; Ching-Chia Li, MD, PhD; Yi-Hsin Lu, MS; Chen-Han Wilfred Wu, MD, PhD; Yao-Chou Tsai, MD, PhD.

Data Visualization for Jazz Musicians (Thesis)

  • Adviser: Prof. Chen-Hai Andy Tsao
  • Date: 06/2021 - 06/2023
  • Location: National Dong-Hwa University
  • Links: PDF, Maps for Jazz Musicians

Volleyball Matches/Players Visualization (Interest-Driven Project)

  • Date: 10/2023 - Present
  • Links: [Maps Webpage](https://yihsinlu.github.io/yhlu.io/TVL/matches_options.html

Music Feature (Statistical Machine Learning)

  • Adviser: Prof. Chen-Hai Andy Tsao
  • Date: 09/2022 - 01/2023
  • Location: National Dong-Hwa University
  • Links: PDF

S&P Global Rating Xpress Dataset (Dataset Management)

  • PI: Prof. Chih-Kang Chu
  • Date: 08/2022 - 01/2023
  • Location: National Dong-Hwa University