Students
Biostatistics students in both the Masters and PhD programs are immersed in the division, assisting on high-impact national and international research projects, supporting the Division’s course offerings, and conducting their own research. Our students work closely with faculty advisers; with a student-to-faculty ratio that is one of the lowest among leading Biostatistics programs, students are able to get the training and personal attention they need to maximize their potential.
Students are actively involved in organizing both academic and social activities. The Student Seminar Series provides an opportunity to present and discuss work in progress, practice presentations for upcoming conferences, and learn new computing skills. Student seminars are typically closed to faculty.
Meet Our Students (2025 – 2026)
| Andres Esteban Arguedas Leiva |
| William Asinger |
| Martha Barnard |
| Rui Cao |
| Matthew Caputo |
| Larry Chen |
| Bennet Christensen |
| Christian Coffman |
| Simion De |
| Jamie Forschmiedt |
| Souradipto Ghosh Dastidar |
| Nicolas Gonzalez-Granda |
| Hannah Graff |
| Caleb Griffiths |
| Min Guo |
| Abigail Hahs |
| Jiayi Hu |
| Zuofu Huang |
| Lingfeng Huo |
| Ellery Island |
| Ziren Jiang |
| Bhargob Kakoty |
| Zhiyu Kang |
| Eunsan Kim |
| Gleb Kozienko |
| Jiakun Li |
| Jiahao Liu |
| Jialing Liu |
| Limeng Liu |
| Yang Liu |
| Anja Logan |
| Han Lu |
| Tanvi Mehta |
| Yuzi Mi |
| Alyssa Montgomery |
| Mandy Moran |
| Nicholas Musinguzi |
| Aidan Neher |
| Dagun Oh |
| Nidhi Pai |
| Shurui Pan |
| Sydney Presler |
| Zexi Rao |
| Victoria Rose |
| Yang Ruan |
| Nitya Shah |
| Milena Silva |
| Josey Sorenson |
| Apostolos Stamenos |
| Brent Strong |
| Lindsey Turner |
| Leif Verace |
| Wei Wang |
| Yijie Wang |
| Allison Yuan |
| Can Zhang |
| Jingzhe Zhang |
| Lujun Zhang |
| Sinian Zhang |
| Chen Zhao |
| Xu Zhou |
| Hengcheng Zhu |
| Noppawee Apichonpongpan |
| Alana Barnhart |
| Matthew Cao |
| Changfu Chen |
| Jennifer Czachura |
| Yuanlin Feng |
| Ryan Gavin |
| Duolan Han |
| Xiaowen Han |
| Joshua Hebeisen |
| Haoyun Hou |
| Cheryl Huang |
| Aswin Jayaraaman |
| Haoyu Ji |
| Yanwei Jin |
| Tyler Jubenville |
| Cassidy Kersten |
| Shuheng Kong |
| Yanqing Kong |
| Morgan Kosch |
| Jonghyeok Lee |
| Minyu Li |
| Max McQuide |
| Alise Mendoza |
| Syna Mody |
| Devon Nerstad |
| Andrew Ness |
| Katrina Nguyen |
| Jon Ong |
| Jiaqi Pang |
| Keo Pangan |
| Nirali Patel |
| Alex Pemberton |
| Shika Rai |
| Chelsea Reed |
| Calvin Reyes |
| Duke Ruan |
| Karl Schmid |
| Elise Steichen |
| Tianqi Tang |
| Jaden Thomas |
| Bo Wang |
| Jiaying Wu |
| Lei Xuan |
| Zheqi Yin |
| Jialiang Yuan |
| Hanyin Zhou |
| Zechen Zhou |
| Ashwakh Abdalla |
| Asiya Abdi |
| Karly Allison |
| Abigail Alwin |
| Jonathan Barnes |
| Jenna Bernier |
| Michala Carlson |
| Benjamin Cox |
| Maria DeCesare |
| Meghan Devlin |
| Jendayi Dixon |
| Isabel Eaton |
| Sennai Eskinder |
| Ashley Farnum |
| Lilian Fogland |
| Dominic Gomez |
| Anne Hackman |
| Lana Hantzsch |
| Mumtaz Hassan |
| Taylor Lanz |
| Melina Lee |
| Samuel Lee |
| Mark McMillin |
| Taichi Miyazaki |
| Amal Mohamed |
| Hamza Mohamoud |
| Alyssa Mondelli |
| Tenzin Nyima |
| Olusewa Obadiya |
| Katrin O’Grady |
| Morgan Pak |
| Alana Pastula |
| Emily Paulson |
| Brandon Payne |
| Jochebed Quarshie |
| Christine Rinehart |
| Griffin Roberts |
| Lina Thiel |
| Patrick Torralba |
| Sabine Umuhire Girubuntu |
| Benjamin VanSetters |
| Sophie Wiitala |
| Lauren Witty |
| Katherine Wu |
Upcoming Student Presentations
Recent Student Presentations
| Date | Name | Adviser(s) | Type & Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | Milena Silva | Jared Huling, Lianne Siegel, & Joe Koopmeiners | PhD Presentation: Transportability Methods for Estimating the Effect of a Low Nicotine Standard on Smoking Behavior |
| Aug 27, 2026 | Duke Ruan | Saonli Basu | Plan B Presentation: Scalable Estimation of Longitudinal SNP Heritability Using Adjusted Haseman–Elston Regression |
| Aug 27, 2026 | Nirali Patel | Thierry Chekouo | Plan B Presentation: Microbiome Sourcetracking and Resistome Profiling Along an Urban Wastewater Reuse Pipeline in Bengaluru, India |
| Aug 25, 2026 | Jiaying Wu | Ashley Petersen | Plan B Presentation: Improving Radiation Safety Through Characterization and Prediction of Room Contamination During Lutathera Therapy |
| Aug 18, 2026 | Hanyin Zhou | Biyue Dai | Plan B Presentation: Propensity Score Reassessment of Reduced-Dose Flucytosine |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Yanqing Kong | Benjamin Langworthy | Plan B Presentation: Prognostic Score Adjustment for Time-to-Event Outcomes in Randomized Clinical Trials Using Historical Control Data: A Simulation Study |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Cheryl Huang | Caitlin Ward | Plan B Presentation: Identifying Dementia Patient Subgroups and Their Association With Restraint Use |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Jon Ong | Saonli Basu | Plan B Presentation: A Practical Workflow for Batch Effect Assessment and Correction in Olink NPX Data for Randomized Studies |
| Aug 13, 2026 | Yanwei (Yana) Jin | Jue Hou | Plan B Presentation: What the Confidence Intervals Leave Out: Quantifying Clustering, Selection, and Label Uncertainty in an Interpretable Clinical Risk Score for Sepsis at Emergency Department Triage |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Chelsea Reed | Biyue Dai | Plan B Presentation: A Simulation Analysis of Desirability of Outcome Ranking (DOOR) in Cryptococcal Meningitis Trials |
| Jul 22, 2026 | Andres Arguedas Leiva | Mark Fiecas & Erjia Cui | PhD Presentation: Statistical Methods for Dynamic Prediction of ALS Progression Pathways |
| Jul 20, 2026 | Zuofu Huang | Julian Wolfson | PhD Presentation: Statistical Methods for Sequential Categorical Data |
