Mandi Yu

Mandi Yu, PhD is a Mathematical Statistician and Program Director in the Statistical Research & Applications Branch (SRAB) within the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Dr. Yu leads a team on acquiring, augmenting, and releasing population and mortality data for producing cancer incidence and mortality statistics. She is a Program Director and the Chair of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program Custom Data Committee, which reviews and approves requests from researchers within and outside the NCI for special SEER data items. Dr. Yu received a PhD in Survey Methodology from the University of Michigan. Dr. Yu’s research interests include statistical methods for analyzing cancer registry data and complex survey data, missing data models, and statistical disclosure control methods.