Prof Pan got her PhD in Biostatistics from University of Michigan in 2007. She served as deputy chair of statistics at George Washington University in Washington DC, and is currently a full professor with tenure at the Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, School of Public Health, GWU. She is also the co-director of the clinical & Population Core at DC CFAR (an HIV research center). She has been PI and co-I/lead statistician in many US NIH, Gates Foundation, FDA, Department of Justice projects with over 70 publications. She served in many US and international review panels, program committees and editorial boards. She won the Gertrude M. Cox award from the American Statistical Association in 2022.