Wei Wei, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)Cards
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Assistant Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
Interim Director of Biostatistics Shared Resource, Yale Cancer Center
Biography
Wei Wei is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the Yale School of Public Health. He received his Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the Medical University of South Carolina and joined the Department of Biostatistics at YSPH in 2017 as an associate research scientist. Dr. Wei's research area focuses on development of early phase clinical trial designs, with particular interest in cancer targeted and immunotherapeutic agents. In addition to his research in cancer clinical trials, Wei’s research expertise also includes statistical genomics, biomarker discovery and neurophysiology.
Appointments
Medical Oncology and Hematology
Assistant ProfessorPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Internal Medicine
- Medical Oncology & Hematology
- Medical Oncology and Hematology
- Yale Cancer Center
Education & Training
- PhD
- Medical University of South Carolina, Biostatistics (2016)
Research
Overview
Public Health Interests
Clinical Trials; Cancer; Biomarkers
Publications
2025
Phase II Trial of Pembrolizumab in Combination With Bevacizumab for Untreated Melanoma Brain Metastases.
Weiss SA, Djureinovic D, Wei W, Tran T, Austin M, Markowitz J, Eroglu Z, Khushalani NI, Hegde U, Cohen J, Sznol M, Anderson G, Johnson B, Piteo C, Mahajan A, Adeniran A, Jilaveanu L, Goldberg S, Chiang V, Forsyth P, Kluger HM. Phase II Trial of Pembrolizumab in Combination With Bevacizumab for Untreated Melanoma Brain Metastases. J Clin Oncol 2025, JCO2402219. PMID: 40048689, DOI: 10.1200/JCO-24-02219.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStatistical considerations for evaluating treatment effect under various non-proportional hazard scenarios.
Zhang X, Greene EJ, Blaha O, Wei W. Statistical considerations for evaluating treatment effect under various non-proportional hazard scenarios. Stat Methods Med Res 2025, 9622802241313297. PMID: 39930911, DOI: 10.1177/09622802241313297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBayesian model averaging for randomized dose optimization trials in multiple indications.
Wei W, Lin J. Bayesian model averaging for randomized dose optimization trials in multiple indications. J Biopharm Stat 2025, 1-13. PMID: 39930766, DOI: 10.1080/10543406.2025.2450325.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Bayesian model averaging for dose optimization in multiple indications.
Wei Wei, Jianchang Lin. Bayesian model averaging for dose optimization in multiple indications. Accepted by Journal of Biopharmaceutical StatisticsPeer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdverse cardiovascular events and cardiac imaging findings in patients on immune checkpoint inhibitors
Kwan J, Shen M, Akhlaghi N, Hu J, Mora R, Cross J, Jiang M, Mankbadi M, Wang P, Zaman S, Lee S, Im Y, Feher A, Liu Y, S. S, Tao W, Wei W, Baldassarre L. Adverse cardiovascular events and cardiac imaging findings in patients on immune checkpoint inhibitors. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0314555. PMID: 39621799, PMCID: PMC11611253, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0314555.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse cardiovascular eventsICI therapyCardiac magnetic resonanceIncreased risk of mortalityICI initiationIncreased riskRisk of mortalityCentral nervous systemVentricular dysfunctionCancer patients treated with ICIsCardiovascular eventsLeft ventricular late gadolinium enhancementMortality benefitCardiovascular riskAbnormal left ventricular ejection fractionPatients treated with ICIsLeft ventricular ejection fractionCentral nervous system malignanciesRisk of adverse cardiovascular eventsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsRight ventricular dysfunctionGlobal longitudinal strainVentricular ejection fractionLeft ventricular dysfunctionMultimodality cardiac imagingCirculating tumor-reactive KIR+CD8+ T cells suppress anti-tumor immunity in patients with melanoma
Lu B, Lucca L, Lewis W, Wang J, Nogueira C, Heer S, Rayon-Estrada V, Axisa P, Reeves S, Buitrago-Pocasangre N, Pham G, Kojima M, Wei W, Aizenbud L, Bacchiocchi A, Zhang L, Walewski J, Chiang V, Olino K, Clune J, Halaban R, Kluger Y, Coyle A, Kisielow J, Obermair F, Kluger H, Hafler D. Circulating tumor-reactive KIR+CD8+ T cells suppress anti-tumor immunity in patients with melanoma. Nature Immunology 2024, 26: 82-91. PMID: 39609626, DOI: 10.1038/s41590-024-02023-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCD8+ T cellsAnti-tumor immunityRegulatory T cellsT cellsSubpopulation of CD8+ T cellsCytotoxic CD8+ T cellsHuman CD8+ T cellsTumor antigen-specific CD8Impaired anti-tumor immunityTumor antigen-specificPoor overall survivalTumor rejectionKIR expressionOverall survivalTumor antigensImmune evasionCellular mediatorsHuman cancersCD8MelanomaTumorTranscriptional programsFunctional heterogeneityImmunityPatientsPropensity score weighted multi‐source exchangeability models for incorporating external control data in randomized clinical trials
Wei W, Zhang Y, Roychoudhury S, Initiative T. Propensity score weighted multi‐source exchangeability models for incorporating external control data in randomized clinical trials. Statistics In Medicine 2024, 43: 3815-3829. PMID: 38924575, DOI: 10.1002/sim.10158.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA Bayesian platform trial design with hybrid control based on multisource exchangeability modelling
Wei W, Blaha O, Esserman D, Zelterman D, Kane M, Liu R, Lin J. A Bayesian platform trial design with hybrid control based on multisource exchangeability modelling. Statistics In Medicine 2024, 43: 2439-2451. PMID: 38594809, PMCID: PMC11325877, DOI: 10.1002/sim.10077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchrBMA: A robust Bayesian Model Averaging Method for phase II basket trials based on informative mixture priors
Wang X, Wei W. rBMA: A robust Bayesian Model Averaging Method for phase II basket trials based on informative mixture priors. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2024, 140: 107505. PMID: 38521384, DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2024.107505.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhase II basket trialRobust Bayesian modelBasket trial designBiomarker-defined subgroupsMixture priorsBinary endpointsModel averaging methodPosterior distributionBayesian modelBasket trialsSimulation studyEra of targeted therapyDevelopment of targeted agentsPriorsAverage methodGenomic alterationsPatient populationNovel treatmentAntitumor activityPosterior weightsEarly phase oncology trialsStatistical powerOncology trialsTrial designTrials
2023
A multicenter phase Ib trial of the histone deacetylase inhibitor entinostat in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes/neoplasms or acute myeloid leukemia refractory to hypomethylating agents
Bewersdorf J, Shallis R, Sharon E, Park S, Ramaswamy R, Roe C, Irish J, Caldwell A, Wei W, Yacoub A, Madanat Y, Zeidner J, Altman J, Odenike O, Yerrabothala S, Kovacsovics T, Podoltsev N, Halene S, Little R, Piekarz R, Gore S, Kim T, Zeidan A. A multicenter phase Ib trial of the histone deacetylase inhibitor entinostat in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes/neoplasms or acute myeloid leukemia refractory to hypomethylating agents. Annals Of Hematology 2023, 103: 105-116. PMID: 38036712, DOI: 10.1007/s00277-023-05552-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDose-limiting toxicityAcute myeloid leukemiaMarrow complete remissionPhase Ib trialAdverse eventsIb trialDose escalationNCI Cancer Therapy Evaluation ProgramAcute myeloid leukemia refractoryHematologic adverse eventsProtocol-defined responseDose level 1Anti-PD1 therapyAnti-PD1 antibodyDose-escalation designLimited clinical efficacySystems immunology approachHistone deacetylase inhibitor entinostatLeukemia refractoryMCR patientsComplete remissionRespiratory failureSuppressor cellsEscalation designClinical efficacy
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Yunhe Liu
Graduate student at YSPH2022 - PresentYunxuan Zhang
Graduate student at YSPH2022 - 2023Xueting (Leona) Wang
Graduate student at YSPH2022 - 2024Yihan Liu
Graduate student at YSPH2022 - 2023
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