Brian Kwan

Brian Kwan, Ph.D.

Dr. Brian Kwan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Science at California State University, Long Beach. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Biostatistics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). His interests include teaching and research in the areas of biostatistics, data analytics, and data science.

Dr. Kwan strives to create learning environments that provide students with opportunities to uncover and understand the ubiquitous nature of statistics and data in everyday life, while helping them discover the applications that are of most interest to them.

His research includes the development and implementation of novel statistical and data analytic methods for functional data with practical applications, particularly in public health and medicine. Beyond functional data, his research activities involve developing prognostic models and biomarker discovery in the areas of mental health, kidney disease, and reproductive health.

  • Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
  • B.S. in Mathematics from the University of California, Irvine (UCI)

  • Kwan B, Fuhrer T, Montemayor D, Fink JC, He J, Hsu C, Messer K, Nelson RG, Pu M, Ricardo AC, Rincon-Choles H, Shah VO, Ye H, Zhang J, Sharma K, and Natarajan L. A generalized covariate-adjusted top-scoring pair algorithm with applications to diabetic kidney disease stage classification in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study. BMC Bioinformatics. 2023; 24(57).
  • Zhou B, Kwan B, Desai MJ, Nalawade V, Ruddy KJ, Nathan PC, Henk HJ, Murphy JD, Whitcomb BW, and Su HI. Long-term antimüllerian hormone patterns differ by cancer treatment exposures in young breast cancer survivors. Fertility and Sterility. 2022; 117(5):1047-1056.
  • Zhang J, Fuhrer T, Ye H, Kwan B, Montemayor D, Tumova J, Darshi M, Afshinnia F, Scialla JJ, Anderson A, Porter AC, Taliercio JJ, Rincon-Choles H, Rao P, Xie D, Feldman H, Sauer U, Sharma K, Natarajan L. High-Throughput Metabolomics and Diabetic Kidney Disease Progression: Evidence from the Chronic Renal Insufficiency (CRIC) Study. American Journal of Nephrology. 2022; 53:215-225.
  • Zhou B, Joudeh A, Desai MJ, Kwan B, Nalawade V, Whitcomb BW, and Su HI. Trends in Infertility Care Among Commercially Insured US Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Network Open. 2021; 4(10):e2128520.
  • Kwan B, Fuhrer T, Zhang J, Darshi M, Van Espen B, Montemayor D, de Boer IH, Dobre M, Hsu C, Kelly TN, Raj DS, Rao PS, Saraf SL, Scialla J, Waikar SS, Sharma K, and Natarajan L; on behalf of the CRIC Study Investigators. Metabolomic Markers of Kidney Function Decline in Patients With Diabetes: Evidence From the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2020; 76(4):511-520.
  • Su HI, Kwan B, Whitcomb BW, Shliakhsitsava K, Dietz AC, Stark SS, Martinez E, Sluss PM, Sammel MD, and Natarajan L. Modeling variation in the reproductive lifespan of female adolescent and young adult cancer survivors using AMH. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 2020; 105(8):dgaa172.

  • Leadership Award by the UCSD Division of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics for extraordinary dedication and service as co-founder of the UCSD American Statistical Association Student Chapter in promoting the practice and profession of statistics within the student community.
  • Lester R. Curtin Award by the American Statistical Association (ASA) for being a promising young health statistician who would obtain the skills and training needed to make significant contributions in my area of study at the ASA Conference on Statistical Practice.
  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship by the National Science Foundation (NSF).