Dr Duolao Wang

Biography

Duolao Wang has been Professor and Chair in Biostatistics at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) since 2014. Prior to this, he served as a Lecturer and later Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

Professor Wang is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics and a Statistical Reviewer for The Lancet and its specialty journals. He also provides statistical consultancy for numerous clinical trials and serves as a Statistical Member on multiple Trial Steering Committees and Data Safety Monitoring Boards.

Research interests

Professor Wang’s research focuses on the design, analysis, and reporting of clinical trials and observational studies, encompassing both methodological innovation and applied collaborative research.

His methodological expertise includes win ratio approaches, Bayesian methods, non-parametric regression, controlling for confounders, and advanced modelling.

His applied work spans a broad spectrum of disease areas, including infectious diseases (HIV/AIDS, COVID-19, malaria), chronic non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus), neurological and psychiatric disorders (stroke, mental health disorders) respiratory diseases (COPD, pneumonia),global health (maternal and child health, nutrition, nursing care), and translational research (drug development, early phase trials).

Professor Wang has been awarded multiple research grants including from the Medical Research Council, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Research Council, European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership, National Institutes of Health, and Unitaid. He has an extensive publication record with over 400 peer-reviewed papers in leading international journals including The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, The Journal of the American Medical Association, British Medical Journal, and Nature Medicine.

He is also the co-author of the widely used textbook Clinical Trials: A Practical Guide to Design, Analysis, and Reporting.

Teaching

At LSTM, Professor Wang teaches the MSc module Applied Statistics for Health Research. Internationally, he directs the short course Design, Analysis, and Reporting of Clinical Research and is a sought-after speaker on methodological issues in design, analysis and reporting of clinical trials. Currently he is supervising two PhD students.

Selected research publications

Pro/synbiotics reduce systemic inflammation and improve gut health in Kenyan infants: an open label, randomised, 4-arm, phase II trial – Journal: Cell Reports Medicine – Published: 16th June 2026

Efficacy and safety of minocycline on patients with acute anterior circulation ischaemic stroke undergoing mechanical thrombectomy (MIST-A) a multicentre, prospective, randomised, open-label, blinded-endpoint, phase 2 trial – Journal: The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific – Published: 5th June 2026

Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Are Associated With Early Neurological Deterioration in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke Receiving Intravenous Thrombolysis: A Prospective Cohort Study – Journal: Journal of the American Heart Association – Published: 2nd June 2026

Brain Structure of South African Children Born to Mothers on Dolutegravir Versus Efavirenz-Based Antiretroviral Therapy – Journal: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society – Published: 31st May 2026

Effect of renin-angiotensin system inhibition on left ventricular mass regression after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a randomised controlled trial – Journal: Heart – Published: 28th May 2026

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