PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Ying Guo

Ying Guo is an Emory biostatistician whose work develops statistical methods for brain imaging and graph-based analysis of brain networks. She earned a bachelor's degree in statistics at Renmin University in 1998 and a PhD in biostatistics at Emory in 2004, then joined its faculty and directed the Center for Biomedical Imaging Statistics. Her research includes statistical models for advanced brain scans, BrainGB's benchmark for graph neural networks, and a 2026 framework for studying brain-network development through multisite imaging. She became a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2018 and received the Kutner Distinguished Alumni Award in 2023. She is a professor in Emory's Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics and directs CBIS; since 2025, she has served as an associate editor of the Journal of the American Statistical Association.

Badges

Timeline

  1. 1998–2004

    Statistics degrees at Renmin and Emory

    She earns a B.S. in statistics at Renmin University in 1998 and a PhD in biostatistics at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health in 2004.

  2. 2004–2019

    Emory faculty and CBIS leadership

    She joins Emory as a research assistant professor in 2004 and becomes an assistant professor in 2006. At the Center for Biomedical Imaging Statistics, she becomes acting director in 2014 and director in 2016; she becomes a professor in 2019.

  3. 2017

    Statistical models for brain scans

    In 2017, she and her CBIS team develop statistical models for data from advanced brain-scanning technologies.

  4. 2018

    An ASA fellowship

    She becomes a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2018.

  5. 2022

    BrainGB benchmark for brain networks

    In 2022, she coauthors BrainGB, a benchmark that standardizes construction pipelines for functional and structural brain networks and modularizes graph-neural-network designs.

  6. 2023

    The Kutner alumni award

    She receives the Michael H. Kutner Distinguished Alumni Award in 2023.

  7. 2026

    A neurodevelopment imaging framework

    In 2026, she coauthors a framework for investigating neurodevelopment of brain functional networks with multisite and longitudinal neuroimaging, published in the Annals of Applied Statistics.

  8. As of October 2026

    Professor and JASA associate editor

    She is a professor in Emory's Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics and directs the Center for Biomedical Imaging Statistics. She becomes an associate editor of the Journal of the American Statistical Association in 2025 and holds that role as of October 2026.

Career

  1. Since 2004Emory UniversityResearch Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor

Education

  1. 2004Emory UniversityPhD in Biostatistics
  2. 1998Renmin University of ChinaB.S. in Statistics

From the biography.

  1. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes Emory University. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.
  2. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes Emory University. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  3. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes Emory University. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.
  4. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labsIncludes Renmin University of China. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labs. We compare publishing careers, recent citations, dual appointments and job moves across 2,420 university researchers and 308 frontier-lab researchers.

Colleagues

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  1. Ying Guo yingguo.us. Checked 22 October 2026.
  2. Finding mental disorders with math news.emory.edu. Checked 22 October 2026.
  3. Rollins Biostatisticians awarded by the American Statistical Association news.emory.edu. Checked 22 October 2026.
  4. BrainGB: A Benchmark for Brain Network Analysis with Graph Neural Networks arxiv.org. Checked 22 October 2026.
  5. Ying Guo | Emory University - Rollins School of Public Health sph.emory.edu. Checked 22 October 2026.
  6. Ying Guo - Publications yingguo.us. Checked 22 October 2026.