Hudson Faculty Member Named Associate Editor of Leading Statistics Journal

Dr. Sixia Chen, associate professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the Hudson College of Public Health, has been selected to serve as an associate editor of The American Statistician.

Published by the American Statistical Association, The American Statistician is a respected, peer-reviewed journal featuring research on statistical methods, applications, education and professional practice. Its international readership includes statisticians, researchers and practitioners from a range of disciplines.

As an associate editor, Chen will help oversee peer review, assess the quality and significance of submitted manuscripts, and contribute to editorial decisions. The appointment recognizes his expertise and service in the field and offers an opportunity to increase the visibility of the college and university among statistical researchers.

Chen’s research spans survey sampling, missing data analysis, data integration, machine learning and causal inference, among other areas. He has more than 18 years of research experience and over 130 peer-reviewed publications, including more than 40 articles as first or senior author. His work also includes research on tobacco and Native American health disparities.

He holds the Presbyterian Health Foundation Presidential Professorship and is an elected fellow of the American Statistical Association and an elected member of the International Statistical Institute. Recently, Dr. Chen has been awarded the 2026 Hukum Chandra Memorial Prize by the International Statistical Institute (ISI), an international award recognizing outstanding contributions by mid-career researchers in survey sampling, small area estimation, official statistics, and related fields. Before joining OU, Chen served as a senior sampling statistician at Westat, a research organization specializing in survey methods.

Chen currently serves as an associate editor for several other statistical journals and directs the Novel Methodologies Unit within the Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design Core of the Oklahoma Shared Clinical and Translational Resources and Neurosurgery Biostatistics Unit. Previously, He served as the president of the American Statistical Association’s Oklahoma Chapter and vice chair of its District 4. In 2026, Dr. Chen was elected to serve as the program chair of Survey Research Methods Section.