PI: An-Shun Tai (戴安順)

PI: An-Shun Tai (戴安順)

Assistant Professor at Institute of Statistics and Data Science, NTHU.

Publications

Published or in press

† indicates co-first author; * indicates corresponding author.

  1. An-Shun Tai, Yu-Cheng Chu, and Sheng-Hsuan Lin* (2026). Causal mediation analysis of non-mortality outcomes with follow-up truncated by death: Survivor natural direct and indirect effect. Biometrical journal.
  2. Han-Chi Peng, Woojoo Lee, An-Shun Tai* (2026). Robust estimation of population attributable fractions in the presence of multiple ordered mediators. Statistics in Medicine. 45, no. 13-14 (2026): e70636, https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.70636.
  3. Pei-Hsuan Hsia, An-Shun Tai, Shih-Chen Fu, Sheng-Hsuan Lin* (2025). On identification and estimation for sufficient cause interaction through a quasi-instrumental variable. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 34(12), 2237-2248.
  4. Jiwoong Yu and Chanhee Kim and Jaeseong Oh and An-Shun Tai and Woojoo Lee* (2025). On the robustness of truncated negative binomial regression model: application to field epidemiology. Journal of Applied Statistics.1-19.
  5. Hyunman Sim, An-Shun Tai, Whanhee Lee, Woojoo Lee* (2025). Sensitivity analysis for attributable fraction in the presence of unmeasured confounding. American Journal of Epidemiology. kwae409. (Q1, IF=5.0, Rank=34/408, Category: PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH) Link
  6. Pei-Hsuan Hsia, An-Shun Tai, Chu-Lan Michael Kao, Yu-Hsuan Lin, Sheng-Hsuan Lin* (2025). Causal mediation analysis for difference-in-difference design and panel data. Epidemiologic Methods, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 20240025. https://doi.org/10.1515/em-2024-0025. Link
  7. Yan-Lin Chen, Yan-Hong Chen, Pei-Fang Su, Huang-Tz Ou, and An-Shun Tai* (2024). Robust inference for causal mediation analysis of recurrent event data. Statistics in Medicine. 43(16): 3020-3035. doi: 10.1002/sim.10118. (Q1, IF=1.8, Rank=32/168, Category: STATISTICS & PROBABILITY) Link
  8. An-Shun Tai and Sheng-Hsuan Lin* (2024). Multiply robust estimation of natural indirect effects with multiple ordered mediators. Statistics in Medicine. 43(4):656-673. doi: 10.1002/sim.9977 (Q1, IF=1.8, Rank=32/168, Category: STATISTICS & PROBABILITY) Link R code
  9. Pei-Shan Chien, Tzu-Jung Wong, An-Shun Tai, Yau-Huo Shr, Tsung Yu* (2024). Examining the causal association between moderate alcohol consumption and cardiovascular risk factors in the Taiwan Biobank: a Mendelian randomization analysis. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 11, 1456777. (Q2, IF=2.8, Rank=79/222, Category: CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS) Link
  10. Yi-Hsuan Lin, Chia-Hung Lin, Yu-Chih Lin, Yu-Yao Huang, An-Shun Tai, Shih-Chen Fu, Sheng-Hsuan Lin* (2024). Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors Reduce the Risk of Hospitalization for Heart Failure and Amputation Rate Compared with Incretin-Based Therapy in Patients With Diabetic Foot Disease: A Nationwide Population-Based Study. Endocrine Practice, 30.5: 424-430 (Q2, IF=3.7, Rank=62/186, Category: ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM) Link
  11. An-Shun Tai and Sheng-Hsuan Lin* (2023). Complete effect decomposition for an arbitrary number of multiple ordered mediators with time-varying confounders: A method for generalized causal multi-mediation analysis. Statistical Methods in Medical Research. 32(1), 100-117. (Q1, IF=1.6, Rank=38/168, Category: STATISTICS & PROBABILITY) Link
  12. An-Shun Tai, Sheng-Hsuan Lin*, Yu-Cheng Chu, Tsung Yu, Milo A. Puhan, and Tyler VanderWeele (January 2023). Causal mediation analysis with multiple time-varying mediators. Epidemiology. 34(1):p 8-19 (Q1, IF=4.7, Rank=41/408, Category: PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH) Link
  13. An-Shun Tai and Sheng-Hsuan Lin* (2022) Book review: “Fundamentals of Causal Inference With R” by Babette A. Brumback. Biometrics. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003146674 Link
  14. An-Shun Tai, Ro-Ting Lin*, Yi-Chun Lin, Chung-Hsing Wang, Sheng-Hsuan Lin, Seiya Imoto (2022 Aug 25). Genome-wide causal mediation analysis identifies genetic loci associated with uterine fibroids mediated by age at menarche. Human Reproduction. 37(9):2197-2212. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deac136. (Q1, IF=6.353, Rank=4/31, Category: REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY) Link
  15. An-Shun Tai, Pei-Hsuan Lin, Yen-Tsung Huang, and Sheng-Hsuan Lin* (2022). Path-specific effects in the presence of a survival outcome and causally ordered multiple mediators with application to genomic data. Statistical Methods in Medical Research. 31(10):1916-1933. doi: 10.1177/09622802221104239 (Q1, IF=2.3, Rank=27/125, Category: STATISTICS & PROBABILITY) Link
  16. An-Shun Tai, Le-Hsuan Liao, and Sheng-Hsuan Lin* (2022). On the conventional definition of path-specific effects - fully mediated interaction with multiple ordered mediators. Epidemiology. 33(6): p 817-827. DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001520. (Q1, IF=5.4, Rank=41/204, Category: PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH) Link
  17. An-Shun Tai, Chun-Chao Wang, and Wen-Ping Hsieh* (2022). Detection of cell separation–induced gene expression via a penalized deconvolution approach. Statistics in Biosciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12561-022-09344-8. (Q4, IF=1.0, Rank=61/66, Category: MATHEMATICAL & COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY) Link
  18. An-Shun Tai and Sheng-Hsuan Lin* (2022). Identification and robust estimation of swapped direct and indirect effects: Mediation analysis with unmeasured mediator–outcome confounding and intermediate confounding. Statistics in Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.9501. (Q2, IF=2.0, Rank=34/125, Category: STATISTICS & PROBABILITY) Link
  19. An-Shun Tai, Yi-Juan Du, and Sheng-Hsuan Lin* (2022). Robust inference on effects attributable to mediators: A controlled-direct-effect-based approach for causal effect decomposition with multiple mediators. Statistics in Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.9329. (Q2, IF=2.0, Rank=34/125, Category: STATISTICS & PROBABILITY) Link
  20. An-Shun Tai, Yen-Tsung Huang, Hwai-I Yang, Lauren V. Lan, and Sheng-Hsuan Lin* (2022). G-computation to causal mediation analysis with sequential multiple mediators – investigating the vulnerable time window of HBV activity for the mechanism of HCV induced hepatocellular carcinoma. Frontiers in Public Health. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.757942. (Q1, IF=5.2, Rank=43/207, Category: PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH) Link
  21. Jui-Hsiang Lin, An-Shun Tai, and Sheng-Hsuan Lin* (2022). Population Attributable Fraction based on sufficient causal framework for mediation settings.​ Annals of Epidemiology. 75:57-66. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2022.08.050. (Q1, IF=5.6, Rank=36/207, Category: PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH) Link
  22. Tanbin Rahman, Hsin-En Huang, Yujia Li, An-Shun Tai, Wen-Ping Hsieh, Colleen McClung, and George C. Tseng* (2022). A sparse negative binomial classifier with covariate adjustment for RNA-seq data. ​Annals of Applied Statistics. 16(2), 1071-1089. (Q2, IF=1.8, Rank=43/125, Category: STATISTICS & PROBABILITY) Link
  23. An-Shun Tai and Sheng-Hsuan Lin* (2021). Integrated multiple mediation analysis: A robustness–specificity trade-off in causal structure. Statistics in Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.9079. (Q1, IF=2.497, Rank=26/125, Category: STATISTICS & PROBABILITY) Link
  24. An-Shun Tai, Chun-An Tsai, and Sheng-Hsuan Lin* (2021). Survival mediation analysis with the death-truncated mediator: The completeness of the survival mediation parameter. Statistics in Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.9008. (Q1, IF=2.497, Rank=26/125, Category: STATISTICS & PROBABILITY) Link
  25. An-Shun Tai, George C. Tseng and Wen-Ping Hsieh* (2021). BayICE: A Bayesian hierarchical model for semi-reference-based deconvolution of bulk transcriptomic data. Annals of Applied Statistics. 15(1) 391 - 411. https://doi.org/10.1214/20-AOAS1376. (Q2, IF=1.959, Rank=46/125, Category: STATISTICS & PROBABILITY) Link R code
  26. Tzu-Yen Huang, Wing-Hei Viola, Feng-Yu Chiang, Che-Wei Wu, Shih-Chen Fu, An-Shun Tai, Yi-Chu Lin, Hsin-Yi Tseng, Ka-Wo Lee, Sheng-Hsuan Lin (2021). Correlation between Objective and Subjective High-Pitched Voice Impairment in Patients after Thyroid Surgery. Frontiers in Endocrinology. (Q1, IF=6.055, Rank=33/146, Category: ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM) Link
  27. Tzu-Yen Huang, Wing-Hei V. Yu, Feng-Yu Chiang, Che-Wei Wu, Shih-Chen Fu, An-Shun Tai, Yi-Chu Lin, Hsin-Yi Tseng, Ka-Wo Lee, and Sheng-Hsuan Lin (2021). How the Severity and Mechanism of Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Dysfunction during Monitored Thyroidectomy Impact on Postoperative Voice. Cancers 13, no. 21: 5379. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13215379. (Q1, IF=6.575, Rank=60/245, Category: ONCOLOGY) Link
  28. Yu-Hsuan Lin, Si-Yu Chen, Pei-Hsuan Lin, An-Shun Tai , Yuan-Chien Pan, Chang-En Hsieh, and Sheng-Hsuan Lin* (2020). Assessing User Retention of a Mobile App: Survival Analysis. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2020;8(11):e16309. DOI: 10.2196/16309 (Q1, IF=4.773, Rank=6/44, Category: MEDICAL INFORMATICS), (Q1, IF=4.773, Rank=11/174, Category: HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES) Link
  29. Yen-Tsung Huang, An-Shun Tai, Meng-Ying Chou, Geng-Xian Lin, and Sheng-Hsuan Lin* (2020) Six-way decomposition of causal effects: Unifying mediation and mechanistic interaction. Statistics in Medicine. 1– 18. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.8708. (Q2, IF=2.373, Rank=34/125, Category: STATISTICS & PROBABILITY) Link
  30. An-Shun Tai, Shih-Wen Lin, and Sheng-Hsuan Lin* (2020) Sample Size Calculations for the Multiple Mediation Model (in Chinese). JCSA. Vol. 58, 199–220. Link
  31. An-Shun Tai, Yen-Tsung Huang, Wen-Chung Lee, and Sheng-Hsuan Lin* (2020) Conceptualization of agonistic interaction under marginal sufficient component cause model – an alternative interpretation for subadditive interaction. JCSA. Vol. 58, 168–198. Link
  32. An-Shun Tai, Chien-Hua Peng, Shih-Chi Peng, and Wen-Ping Hsieh (2018). Decomposing the subclonal structure of tumors with two-way mixture models on copy number aberrations. PLOS ONE. 13(12): e0206579. (Q2, IF=2.74, Rank=24/69, Category: MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES) Link R code
  33. Chien-Hua Peng, Chun-Ta Liao, Ka-Pou Ng, An-Shun Tai, Shih-Chi Peng, Jen-Pao Yeh, Shu-Jen Chen, Kuo-Chien Tsao, Tzu-Chen Yen, and Wen-Ping Hsieh (2015). Somatic copy number alterations detected by ultra-deep targeted sequencing predict prognosis in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma. Oncotarget, 6(23), 19891. (Q1, IF=5.168, Rank=36/213, Category: ONCOLOGY) Link
  34. Chien-Hua Peng, Yi-Zhi Jiang, An-Shun Tai, Chun-Bin Liu, Shih-Chi Peng, Chun-Ta Liao, Tzu-Chen Yen, and Wen-Ping Hsieh (2013). Causal inference of gene regulation with subnetwork assembly from genetical genomics data. Nucleic Acids Research. (Q1, IF=8.808, Rank=22/291, Category: BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY) Link

Papers under review or under revision

  1. An-Shun Tai* (2026+). Robust and flexible high-dimensional causal mediation model for DNA methylation studies. In preparation.
  2. An-Shun Tai* (2026+). Robust semiparametric estimation of average causal effects in Mendelian randomization under an intermediate variable intervention. In preparation.
  3. Hyunman Sim, An-Shun Tai, and Woojoo Lee* (2026+). Sensitivity analysis of attributable fraction for time-to-event outcomes under unmeasured confounding. Under review.
  4. Kuan-Hung Liu, Kuan-Yen Chen, An-Shun Tai, Yu-Huan Chiu, Wei-Ren Lin, Ying-Hsuan Lin, Chen-Yi Zhang, Edward Chia-Cheng Lai, Junne-Ming Sung, Chih-Yen Hsiao, Ming-Cheng Wang, Yau-Sheng Tsai, Jung-Hsien Chiang (2026+). Feature-level transportability and governance of an interpretable intradialytic hypotension prediction model: a multicenter retrospective study. Under review.
  5. Wen-Han Hwang*, Jakub Stoklosa, An-Shun Tai, Kuan-Hung Liu, and Ching-Yun Wang (2026+). Corrected Score Estimation for Zero-Inflated Poisson Models with Covariate Measurement Error. Under review.
  6. Nai-Chia Fan, An-Shun Tai, Hui-Ju Tsai, Hsin-Yi Huang, Ju Chang-Chien, Chi-Yen Hung, Shih-Ling Wang, Yu-Lun Tseng, and Tsung-Chieh Yao* (2026+). Association of Urinary Chromium and Nickel Concentrations with Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Children: A Population-Based Study. Under review.