Dr. Xu is a Principal Biostatistician at the Princess Margaret Cancer Center, a Scientist at the Ontario Cancer Institute, and an Associate Professor of Biostatistics at Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. As Principal-Investigator or co-Investigator, he has been involved in study design, data administration, statistical modeling development and data analysis on different clinical research and human genetic studies. He has published over 250 peer-reviewed papers in the field of statistics, bioinformatics, medical science and human genetics.

Dr. Xu’s research interests focus on clinical trial design and methodology, biostatistics and bioinformatics methodology, statistical genetics, and cancer clinical and translational research.
Development and prospective evaluation of CAPLET, a cancer ambulatory patient physical function longitudinal evaluation tool for routine clinical practice.
Support Care Cancer. 2018 Jul 08;:
Hall E, Tam E, Liang M, Zhang Q, Liu L, Wong L, Sarabia S, Yeung S, Gill G, Eng L, Perez-Cosio A, Brown MC, Xu W, Li M, Mittmann N, Jones J, Howell D, Liu G
Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation of Extranodal Extension in Patients With Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity: Implications for Future Editions of the TNM Classification.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2018 May 17;:
Almulla A, Noel CW, Lu L, Xu W, O'Sullivan B, Goldstein DP, Hope A, Perez-Ordonez B, Weinreb I, Irish J, Gullane P, Chepeha D, Tong L, Yu E, Huang SH
Prevalence, prognosis, and treatment implications of retropharyngeal nodes in unknown primary head and neck carcinoma.
Oral Oncol. 2018 Jul;82:162-167
Horowitz G, Hosni A, Yu E, Xu W, Lu L, Au M, Dixon PR, Brown D, Chepeha DB, Gilbert RW, Goldstein DP, Gullane PJ, Irish JC, Bayley A, Cho J, Giuliani M, Huang SH, Hope A, Kim J, O'Sullivan B, Ringash J, Waldron J, Weinreb I, Perez-Ordonez B, Bratman SV...
Preclinical evaluation of the selective small-molecule UBA1 inhibitor, TAK-243, in acute myeloid leukemia.
Leukemia. 2018 Jun 08;:
Barghout SH, Patel PS, Wang X, Xu GW, Kavanagh S, Halgas O, Zarabi SF, Gronda M, Hurren R, Jeyaraju DV, MacLean N, Brennan S, Hyer ML, Berger A, Traore T, Milhollen M, Smith AC, Minden MD, Pai EF, Hakem R, Schimmer AD
Patterns, perceptions, and perceived barriers to physical activity in adult cancer survivors.
Support Care Cancer. 2018 May 29;:
Eng L, Pringle D, Su J, Shen X, Mahler M, Niu C, Charow R, Tiessen K, Lam C, Halytskyy O, Naik H, Hon H, Irwin M, Pat V, Gonos C, Chan C, Villeneuve J, Harland L, Shani RM, Brown MC, Selby P, Howell D, Xu W, Liu G, Alibhai SMH, Jones JM
The Chinese giant salamander exemplifies the hidden extinction of cryptic species.
Curr Biol. 2018 May 21;28(10):R590-R592
Yan F, Lü J, Zhang B, Yuan Z, Zhao H, Huang S, Wei G, Mi X, Zou D, Xu W, Chen S, Wang J, Xie F, Wu M, Xiao H, Liang Z, Jin J, Wu S, Xu C, Tapley B, Turvey ST, Papenfuss TJ, Cunningham AA, Murphy RW, Zhang Y, Che J
Stricturing and Fistulizing Crohn's Disease Is Associated with Anti-tumor Necrosis Factor-Induced Psoriasis in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Dig Dis Sci. 2018 May 08;:
Weizman AV, Sharma R, Afzal NM, Xu W, Walsh S, Stempak JM, Nguyen GC, Croitoru K, Steinhart AH, Silverberg MS
Partial Laryngeal IMRT for T2N0 Glottic Cancer: Impact of Image Guidance and Radiation Therapy Intensification.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2018 Mar 30;:
Rock K, Huang SH, Tiong A, Lu L, Xu W, Ringash J, Bratman SV, Tong L, Chan B, Cho J, Giuliani M, Hope A, Bayley A, Kim J, de Almeida JR, O'Sullivan B, Waldron J
Hedgehog inhibition mediates radiation sensitivity in mouse xenograft models of human esophageal adenocarcinoma.
PLoS One. 2018;13(5):e0194809
Teichman J, Dodbiba L, Thai H, Fleet A, Morey T, Liu L, McGregor M, Cheng D, Chen Z, Darling G, Brhane Y, Song Y, Espin-Garcia O, Xu W, Girgis H, Schwock J, MacKay H, Bristow R, Ailles L, Liu G
Perceptions of Continued Smoking and Smoking Cessation Among Patients With Cancer.
J Oncol Pract. 2018 Apr 20;:JOP1700029
Alton D, Eng L, Lu L, Song Y, Su J, Farzanfar D, Mohan R, Krys O, Mattina K, Harper C, Liu S, Yoannidis T, Milne R, Brown MC, Vennettilli A, Hope AJ, Howell D, Jones JM, Selby P, Xu W, Goldstein DP, Liu G, Giuliani ME

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Scientist, University Health Network

Principal Biostatistician, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, UHN
Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto