Yuru Zhu

Yuru Zhu

University of Pennsylvania

Publications

* means equal contribution.

Published Articles

  • W. Huang, Y. Zhu, S. E. Kimmel, M. M. Ahmed, S. M. Smith, Y. A. Lee, C. Yang, J. Bian, Y. Chen, and J. Guo. 2025. “Neighborhood Deprivation and Racial Disparities in Heart Failure Outcomes: A Counterfactual Approach.” JACC: Advances 4:101808
  • Y. Zhu, J. Gu, Y. Qiu, and S. X. Chen. 2023a. “Estimating COVID-19 Vaccine Protection Rates via Dynamic Epidemiological Models—A Study of 10 Countries.” The Annals of Applied Statistics 17 (4): 3324–3348
  • Y. Zhu, J. Gu, Y. Qiu, and S. X. Chen. 2023b. “Real-World COVID-19 Vaccine Protection Rates against Infection in the Delta and Omicron Eras.” Research 6:0099
  • S. Luo, Y. Zhu, and S. X. Chen. 2022. “Episode Based Air Quality Assessment.” Atmospheric Environment 285:119242
  • Y. Zhu, Y. Liang, and S. X. Chen. 2021. “Assessing Local Emission for Air Pollution via Data Experiments.” Atmospheric Environment 252:118323
  • H. Yan, Y. Zhu, J. Gu, Y. Huang, H. Sun, X. Zhang, Y. Wang, Y. Qiu, and S. X. Chen. 2021. “Better Strategies for Containing COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study of 25 Countries via a vSIADR Model.” Proceedings of the Royal Society A 477 (2248): 20200440
  • J. Gu*, H. Yan*, Y. Huang*, Y. Zhu*, H. Sun*, Y. Qiu, and S. X. Chen. 2020. “Comparing Containment Measures among Nations by Epidemiological Effects of COVID-19.” National Science Review 7 (12):1847–1851
  • H. Sun, Y. Qiu, H. Yan, Y. Huang, Y. Zhu, J. Gu, and S. X. Chen. 2020. “Tracking Reproductivity of COVID-19 Epidemic in China with Varying Coefficient SIR Model.” Journal of Data Science 18 (3):455–472

Pre-Preints

  • Y. Zhu, H. Wang, H. Chu, Y. Qiu, and Y. Chen. 2025+. “Collaborative Indirect Treatment Comparisons with Multiple Distributed Single-arm Trials.” Under review
  • Y. Zhu, W. Hu, B. Zhang, Y. Lei, Y. Qiu, and Y. Chen. 2025+. “Robust Bias Calibration for Causal Inference under Unmeasured Confounding.” Under review
  • Y. Zhu, H. Chu, and Y. Chen. 2025+. “A Weighted Win Ratio Statistic for Indirect Treatment Comparisons Leveraging External Aggregated Data.” Under review