Lili Ding, PhD

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

lili.ding@cchmc.org

About

Biography

I’m a statistician working to develop and apply statistical methods to accelerate the translational impact of biomedical data. I became interested in this work through collaborations with researchers with overlapping projects. I have more than 10 years of statistical research and consulting experience in pediatric biomedical research areas. I’ve provided statistical support for numerous observational and intervention studies and have a history of successful collaboration with both clinical and basic science investigators.

My methodology and collaborative research areas are statistical genetics, design and analysis of pediatric population pharmacokinetic studies, cancer prevention behaviors and sexually transmitted infections in adolescents, HPV vaccination and its impact on the epidemiology of HPV and pain management in pediatric populations.

Some of my groundbreaking discoveries include the following:

Studying different measures of marker informativeness for ancestry and admixture mapping
Rank-based analysis of multiple genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of childhood asthma among human populations
Identifying the association between African ancestry and cluster-based childhood asthma subphenotypes

I’m honored to have received many awards, including:

Young Investigator Award (co-author, oral presentation), SPA/AAP Pediatric Anesthesiology meeting Phoenix, AZ, (2018)
First place winner (co-author), International Conference of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ICPAN), Luna Park, Sydney, Australia (2017)
First prize winner (co-author) of the American Academy of Pediatrics John J. Downes Resident Research Award, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia/American Academy of Pediatrics (SPA/AAP) Pediatric Anesthesiology (2013)
First place Abstract Award (co-author) International Assembly for Pediatric Anesthesia, Washington DC (2012)

I’m an associate editor for Frontiers in Genetics and a reviewer for many other scholarly journals. I’ve been a presenter at national and international conferences and served as a co-investigator and biostatistician for several National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants. I started working at Cincinnati Children’s in 2010.

Interests

Bayesian statistics; statistical genetics; population PK/PD study design and modeling

Research Areas

Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Publications

Development and Evaluation of an Electronic Health Record-Generated Clinical Coverage Scoring System Compared to Human Decision-Making in Pediatric Surgical Patients: A Single Center Experience. Ngamprasertwong, P; Amin, AR; Lee, J; Ding, L; Das, BR; Kandil, AI; Likitabhorn, T; Coleman, M; Venkatraman, S; Wilhelm, S; Sutthipongkiat, E; Busso, VO. Pediatric Anesthesia. 2025; 35:511-519.

Sugar Low When NPO? Patient Variables Associated With Pediatric Preoperative Hypoglycemia. Rogers, G; Beitz, J; Griffin, S; Neeplo, M; Sturm, C; Lee, J; Ding, L; Dunn, K. Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing. 2025; 40:701-704.

Combined effects of life course maternal psychosocial experiences on perinatal mental health. Bowers, K; Ammerman, RT; Ding, L; Yolton, K; Frey, JR; Folger, AT. Public Health. 2025; 242:244-249.

Total Serum IgE in a Cohort of Children With Food Allergy. Assa'ad, AH; Ding, L; Duan, Q; Mersha, TB; Warren, C; Bilaver, L; Ullrich, M; Wlodarski, M; Jiang, J; Choi, JJ; Tobin, MC; Mahdavinia, M; Sharma, H; Gupta, RS. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: in Practice. 2025; 13:803-813.e3.

Abstract WMP36: Reliability of ICD-10 codes for Stroke in a Representative US Population. Gutierrez Quiceno, L; Robinson, D; Ferioli, S; Wechsler, P; Stanton, R; Aziz, Y; Laporta, J; Menzies, L; Felipe, DL R L R; Stamm, B; Ding, L; Kleindorfer, D; Woo, D; Kissela, B. Stroke. 2025; 56:awmp36.

Abstract WMP38: Racial disparities in functional outcome after ischemic stroke. Robinson, D; Sucharew, H; Ding, L; Haverbusch, M; Stanton, R; Madsen, T; Menzies, L; LaPorta, J; Wechsler, P; Wright, S; Woo, D; Ferioli, S; Kleindorfer, D; Kissela, B. Stroke. 2025; 56:awmp38.

Abstract DP24: Trends in Stroke Incidence Over Time by Sex in the Greater Cincinnati Northern Kentucky Stroke Study (GCNKSS). Madsen, T; Demel, S; Ding, L; Adeoye, O; Broderick, J; Flaherty, M; ferioli, s; Haverbusch, M; Jasne, A; Khatri, P; Walsh, K; Woo, D; Kissela, B; Kleindorfer, D. Stroke. 2025; 56:adp24.

Abstract 54: Stroke Incidence by Race in a Large, Biracial Population Over Time: 2020 Update. Stanton, R; Robinson, D; Ding, L; Menzies, L; Wechsler, P; LaPorta, J; Aziz, Y; Slavin, S; Wright, S; Nobel, L; Woo, D; Broderick, J; Kissela, B; Kleindorfer, D. Stroke. 2025; 56:a54.

Abstract WP297: Sex-specific Trends in the Prevalence of Stroke Risk Factors and Medication Use in the GCNKSS. Madsen, T; Ding, L; Robinson, D; Stanton, R; Khoury, J; Rademacher, E; Anderson, A; Broderick, J; Kissela, B; Kleindorfer, D. Stroke. 2025; 56:awp297.

Abstract WP98: Temporal Trends and Predictors of Door-in-Door-out Times for Interhospital Stroke Transfers in the Greater Cincinnati Northern Kentucky Stroke Study. Stamm, B; Royan, R; Ding, L; Robinson, D; Haverbusch, M; Ferioli, S; Stanton, R; Aziz, Y; LaPorta, J; Woo, D; Madsen, T; Broderick, J; Kissela, B; Kleindorfer, D. Stroke. 2025; 56:awp98.