Biography:Kung-Yee Liang

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Kung-Yee Liang
梁賡義
Born (1951-09-07) September 7, 1951 (age 74)
Alma mater
Known forGeneralized estimating equation
Scientific career
FieldsBiostatistics
Institutions
ThesisThe Asymptotic Equivalence of Conditional and Unconditional Inference Procedures (1982)
Doctoral advisorNorman Breslow

Kung-Yee Liang (Chinese: 梁賡義; pinyin: Liáng Gēng yí; born September 7, 1951[1][2]) is a Taiwanese biostatistician known for his work on generalized estimating equations, which he introduced together with Scott Zeger in 1986.[3][4] He is a distinguished chair professor at Feng Chia University and the chairman of OBI Pharma, Inc.

From 1982 to 2010, Liang was a professor at the department of biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. In 2010, Liang returned to Taiwan, where he was the president of National Yang-Ming University from 2010 to 2017 and the president of the National Health Research Institutes from 2017 to 2022.

Education and career

Liang earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from National Tsing Hua University in 1973 before coming to the U.S., where he received a master's degree in statistics from the University of South Carolina in 1979. In 1982, Liang completed his PhD in biostatistics at the University of Washington under the supervision of Norman Breslow. His dissertation was titled The Asymptotic Equivalence of Conditional and Unconditional Inference Procedures.[5]

That same year, he joined the biostatistics department faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health where he became a full professor in 1991 and stayed until he returned to Taiwan in 2010.[6]

Returning to his home country, Liang moved from conducting research towards administrative and leadership roles. In August 2010, Liang became president of National Yang-Ming University, a position he remained in until November 2017.[7]

From December 2017 to December 2022, he was the president of the National Health Research Institutes.[8][6] During his time as a vice president of the organisation (2003–2006), he had already served as the acting president of the organisation between January and June 2006.[9][10]

Since February 2023, Liang has been Distinguished Chair Professor at Feng Chia University.[11][6][12]

On December 29, 2023, he was elected as chairman of OBI Pharma, Inc.[13]

Awards and recognition

Liang has received multiple awards for his work, including the Snedecor Award from the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies in 1987,[14][15] the Rema Lapouse Award from the American Public Health Association in 2010,[16] and the International Statistical Institute's Karl Pearson Prize in 2015.[17][18] In 2025, he received the Presidential Science Prize of Taiwan (zh), the country's highest honor for scientific research.[19][20]

In 1995, Liang was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[21] He was elected as an academician of the Academia Sinica in 2002,[6] as a fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2012,[22][1] and as a member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2015.[23]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Members Elected 2012". The World Academy of Sciences. September 18, 2012. http://twas.ictp.it/mbrs/members-by-year/members-elected-2012. 
  2. ↑ "《人物專訪》難忘師恩 梁賡義力倡導師制" (in zh). Liberty Times. October 17, 2010. https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/paper/436013. 
  3. ↑ Kung-Yee Liang; Scott Zeger (1986). "Longitudinal data analysis using generalized linear models". Biometrika 73 (1): 13–22. doi:10.1093/biomet/73.1.13. 
  4. ↑ Ziegler, Andreas (2011). Generalized estimating equations. New York: Springer. p. vii. ISBN 978-1-4614-0498-9. 
  5. ↑ Kung-Yee Liang at the Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Academicians Directory: Kung-Yee Liang". Academia Sinica. https://academicians.sinica.edu.tw/index.php?r=academician-n%2Fshow&id=134&_lang=en. 
  7. ↑ "People News for January 2010". American Statistical Association. January 1, 2010. https://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2010/01/01/peoplenewsjan10/. "Liang will begin his appointment August 1." 
  8. ↑ "Dr. Kung-Yee Liang inaugurated as the President of NHRI". National Health Research Institutes. March 6, 2018. https://enews.nhri.edu.tw/en/dr-kung-yee-liang-inaugurated-as-the-president-of-nhri/. 
  9. ↑ "Curriculum Vitae". National Health Research Institutes. https://www.nhri.edu.tw/eng/About/more?id=004d2f47060a48199e4a3abad6642cab. 
  10. ↑ "Distinguished Achievement Award 2011". International Chinese Statistical Association. https://www.icsa.org/distinguished-achievement-award-2011/. 
  11. ↑ "2023通識教育學會年會 逢甲大學梁賡義春雨講座主講「變局中的通識教育」" (in Chinese). Feng Chia University. March 24, 2023. https://www.fcu.edu.tw/news/2023032402/. 
  12. ↑ "Distinguished alumni Kung-Yee Liang visits UW". University of Washington. April 16, 2024. https://www.biostat.washington.edu/news/stories/distinguished-alumni-kung-yee-liang-visits-uw. 
  13. ↑ "Kung-Yee Liang, PH.D. was elected as the chairman of OBI Pharma, Inc.". OBI Pharma, Inc.. December 29, 2023. https://www.obipharma.com/news/kung-yee-liang-ph-d-was-elected-as-the-chairman-of-obi-pharma-inc/. 
  14. ↑ "George W. Snedecor Award". Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies. https://community.amstat.org/copss/awards/snedecor. 
  15. ↑ "Snedecor Award: Past Award Recipients". National Institute of Statistical Sciences. http://nisla05.niss.org/copss/PastAwardsSnedecor.pdf. 
  16. ↑ "Kung-Yee Liang Recipient of 2010 Rema Lapouse Award". Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. August 17, 2010. https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2010/liang-rema-lapouse-award. 
  17. ↑ "Former Karl Pearson Prize". International Statistical Institute. https://isi-web.org/awards-prizes/former-karl-pearson-prize. 
  18. ↑ "賀本院諮詢委員梁賡義院士榮獲「2015 年Karl Pearson獎」" (in Chinese). National Health Research Institutes. http://enews2.nhri.org.tw/enews_list_new2_more.php?volume_indx=623&showx=showarticle&article_indx=10740. 
  19. ↑ "Feng Chia University Chun-Yu Chair Professor Kung-Yee Liang Receives Taiwan's Highest Scientific Research Honor: The 2025 Presidential Science Prize". Feng Chia University. October 9, 2025. https://www.fcu.edu.tw/en/news/2025100902/. 
  20. ↑ "「2024-2025年總統科學獎」得獎名單" (in zh). Office of the President (Taiwan). October 8, 2025. https://www.president.gov.tw/News/39520. 
  21. ↑ "ASA Fellows". American Statistical Association. https://ww2.amstat.org/fellows/. 
  22. ↑ "Liang, Kung-Yee". The World Academy of Sciences. https://twas.org/directory/liang-kung-yee. 
  23. ↑ "Prof. Kung-Yee Liang". National Academy of Sciences. https://nam.edu/member/?member_id=8%2BkrfZCvx%2FxdR9b%2BV3o%2B1w%3D%3D. 



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