Meet our PhD Students

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Anna Barefield

Education

  • BS in mathematics, Belmont University
  • MS in mathematics, Boise State University

Hobbies

running, cooking

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Feier Chang

Education

  • master's degree in biostatistics, Duke University
  • bachelor's degree in mathematics, Sichuan University

Hobbies

board games, travel, kayaking, cooking

Fun Fact

I like telling bad jokes.

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Yiwen Dong

Education

  • MS in biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University
  • MS in math, Soochow University

Hobbies

listening to K-pop, travel

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Stephen Glass

Education

  • BS in statistics, University of Pittsburgh
  • MS in statistics, University of Pittsburgh

Research Interests

survival analysis, missing data, clinical trials, ecological momentary assessment data

Hobbies

trying new restaurants, travel, looking at maps

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Caroline Layding

Education

  • BS in economics and mathematics, University of Pittsburgh

Research Interests

clinical trials, causal inference, health policy applications

Hobbies

cooking, spending time with family and dog, playing volleyball

Fun Fact

I've been an avid card player all my life and I recently learned how to play bridge.

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Jiaqian Liu

Education

  • master's degree in biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh
  • bachelor's degree in animal science, Nanjing Agricultural University

Hobbies

cooking, swimming

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Wenzhou Lin

Education

  • BS in statistics, Sun Yat-sen University
  • MS in biostatistics, University of Michigan

Research Interests

statistical genetics

Hobbies

walking, swimming, cycling

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Chen Liu

Education

  • Renmin University of China
  • University of Michigan

Research Interests

statistical modeling, omics data

Hobbies

travel, computer games, cooking

Fun Fact

Coffee doesn't work for me. 

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Lufeiya Liu

Education

  • BS in mathematics and statistics, University at Buffalo

Research Interests

EHR data, cancer, survival analysis

Hobbies

tennis, hiking, music, photography

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Tianshu Liu

Education

  • BS in biological sciences, Sichuan University
  • BE in software engineering, Sichuan University

Research Interests

statistical learning, causal inference

Hobbies

singing, playing badminton, cooking, photography

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Edwin Lu

Education

  • bachelor's degree from Cornell University
  • master's degree from Villanova University

Research Interests

adaptive trial design for oncology immunotherapy

Hobbies

bible scholarship, Catan

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Yumeng Shao

Education

  • BS in mathematics, University College London
  • MS in computational and applied mathematics from University of Chicago

Research Interests

high dimensional data, single cell

Hobbies

dance, travel, badminton, video games, my cat

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Yuxin Shi

Education

  • BS in mathematics application - probability and statistics, University of Toronto
  • MS in biostatistics, University of Toronto

Research Interests

genomics, ML methods application, survival analysis

Hobbies

Pokémon games, singing, Avalon

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Ned Smith

Education

BS, St. Lawrence University

Research Interests

statistical learning and survival analysis

Hobbies

basketball, fishing, chess

Fun Fact

I have two dogs!

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Shiyue Tao

Education

  • BS in biostatistics, Nanjing Medical University
  • MS in biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh

Research Interests

statistical genetics, single-cell genomics

Hobbies

cooking, travelling

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Hao Wang

Education

  • BS in economics and statistics, Jinan University
  • BS in applied math with statistics, University of Birmingham
  • MS in statistical science, Duke University

Research Interests

statistical genomics, causal inference

Hobbies

travel, nature attractions, hiking

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Sarah Wang

Education

  • master's degree in biostatistics, University of Columbia
  • bachelor's degree in statistics, University of Toronto

Hobbies

hiking, swimming, music

Fun Fact

I love cats!

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Zhiyi Yang

Education

  • master's degree in biostatistics, University of Michigan
  • bachelor's degree in public health, Wuhan University

Hobbies

photography, travel

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RuoFei Yin

Education

  • master's degree in biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh
  • bachelor's degree in bioengineering, Tianjin Medical University

Hobbies

cooking, driving, travel