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Current PhD Students

Naomi Chang

Supervisor: Dr. Eleanor Pullenayegum

Research Interests: Causal Inference, Statistical Genetics

Chen Chen

Practicum Supervisors: Dr. Kuan Liu, Dr. Zihang Lu, Dr. Geoffrey Anderson

Research Interests: Joint Modeling, Bayesian Statistics

Desmond Z Chen

Practicum Supervisor: Dr. Clement Ma

Research Interests: Statistical Omics, Large Scale Statistical Software Development Under HPC Environment.

Pai-Shan Cheng

Supervisor: Dr. George Tomlinson

Research Interests: Network Meta-Analysis, Bayesian Inference, Osteoarthritis

Larry Dong

Supervisor: Dr. Olli Saarela

Research Interests: Causal Inference, Image Analysis, Bayesian Methods

Mei Dong

Supervisor: Dr. Wei Xu

Research Interests: Causal Inference, Statistical Genetics

Mohammad Reza Fahimi

Supervisor: Dr. Aya Mitani and Dr. Osvaldo Espin-Garcia

Research Interests: Two-Phase Study Design, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Ordinal Data Analysis

Xinyang (Sean) Feng

Supervisor: Dr. Aya Mitani

Research Interests: Dynamic Prediction, Longitudinal Data, Survival Analysis

Rose Garrett

Supervisor: Dr. Eleanor Pullenayegum

Research Interests: Irregularly Spaced Longitudinal Data, Bayesian Inference, JDM

Gengming He

Supervisor: Dr. Lisa Strug

Research Interests: Long-Read Sequencing Data, Post-selection Inference, Matrix Regression

Fatema Johara

Supervisor: Dr. Eleanor Pullenayegum

Research Interests: Longitudinal studies, Machine Learning, Statistical Genetics

Hyejung Jung

Supervisor: Dr. Clement Ma

Research Interests: Clinical trials

Yao Li

Supervisor: Dr. Wei Xu

Research Interests: Causal Mediation Analysis, Microbiome

Boxi Lin

Supervisor: Dr. Lei Sun

Research Interests: Statistical Genetics, Computational Statistics

Yuqing Liu

Supervisors: Dr. Wendy Lou, Dr. Shein-Chung Chow

Research Interests: Clinical Trials, Bioequivalence, Biosimilars

Abigail McGrory

Supervisor: Dr. Anna Heath

Eric Sanders

Supervisor: Dr. Lisa Strug

Research Interests: Statistical Genetics

Yu Shi

Practicum Supervisor: Dr. Pingzhao Hu

George Stefan

Supervisor: Dr. Eleanor Pullenayegum

Research Interests: Irregularly Observed Longitudinal Data, Survival Analysis

Thai-Son Tang

Supervisor: Dr. Olli Saarela

Research Interests: Causal Mediation Analysis, Functional Data Analysis

Anastasia Teterina

Supervisor: Dr. Wendy Lou

Aoqi Xie

Supervisor: Dr. Clement Ma

Research Interests: Clinical Trial, Machine Learning

Shiyao Ying

Supervisor: Dr. Laurent Briollais

Research Interests: Survival Analysis, Statistical Genetics

Zhongyuan (Jasper) Zhang

Supervisor: Dr. Wei Xu

Research Interests: Survival Analysis, Deep Learning, Health Economics

Jiahui Zhang

Supervisor: Dr. Wei Xu

Research Interests: Longitudinal Study, Statistical Genetics

Ziqian Zhuang

Supervisor: Dr. Wei Xu

Research Interests: Survival Analysis, Statistical Genetics, Machine Learning

Current MSc Students

Hamda Altaf

MSc year 1

Practicum Supervisor: Dr. Wendy Lou & Dr. Venkat Bhat

Luke Bai

MSc year 1

Practicum Supervisor: Dr. Rinku Sutradhar, Dr. Alyson Mahar

Barrett Buhler

Practicum Supervisor: Lisa Strug

Hanlong Chen

Supervisor: Malcolm Binns

Junzi Chen

MSc year 1

Practicum Supervisor: Lennon Li

April Yang Cheng

2024

Xiaoxuan (Rose) Han

MSc year 2 (Thesis)

Thesis Supervisors: Melanie Poulin-Costello, Jenna Sykes

Jingxuan (Anna) He

MSc year 1

Practicum supervisor: Rinku Sutradhar

Maksim Helmann

MSc year 1

Practicum Supervisors: Dr. Simona Minotti

Xingchen (Annie) Hu

MSc year 1

Practicum Supervisor: Rahim Moineddin and Christopher Meaney

Belina Jang

MSc year 1 (AI/DS Emphasis)

Practicum Supervisors: Dr. Wei Xu, Anna Santiago

Vanessa Liao

MSc year 1

Practicum Supervisor: Dr. Camellia Zakaria

Ting Lin

MSc year 1

Practicum Supervisor: Dr. Kuan Liu

Mohsyn Imran Malik

Practicum Supervisor: Dr. Wendy Lou

Yacine Marouf

MSc year 2 (Thesis)

Thesis Supervisor: Zahra Shakeri

Research Interests: Causal Inference, Survival Analysis, Machine Learning

Keanna Nandlall

MSc year 1

Practicum supervisor: Malcolm Binns

Yiming (Emmett) Peng

Practicum supervisor: Dr. Pingzhao Hu

Rebekah Peter

Practicum supervisors: Jenna Sykes, Anne Stephensonu

Daniel Del Rosso

Practicum Supervisor: Dr. Lisa Strug and Dr. Delnaz Roshandel

Priyonto Saha

MSc year 2 (Thesis) (AI/DS Emphasis)

Supervisor: Dr. Kuan Liu

Victoria Truong

MSc year 1 (AI/DS Emphasis)

Practicum Supervisor: Dr. Pingzhao Hu

Tina Tan

Moxuan(Monica) Wang

MSc year 1

Practicum Supervisor: Eshetu Atenafu

Qiyue Zhang

MSc year 1

Practicum Supervisor: Dr. Amy Liu

PhD Alumni

Name	Year	Position (as of September 2024)
Linke Li	2024	DSI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto/The Hospital for Sick Children
Kuan Liu	2021	Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Zihang Lu	2020	Assistant Professor, Queen's University
Mohsen Soltanifar	2020	Senior Statistician, Provincial Health Services Authority
Changchang Xu	2023	Senior Analyst, Ontario Health
Dongyang Yang	2024	Manager, Fraud Analytics, Scotiabank

MSc Alumni

Name	Year	Position (as of September 2024)
Xueer Bi	2024
Yuan Bian	2020 (Thesis)	Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University
Charlotte Chen	2023	Data Analyst, William Osler Health System
Hongyu Chen	2024
Jiayin Chen	2022	PhD student, McGill University
Ziming (Jocelyn) Chen	2022	Biostatistician, AstraZeneca
Yu-Chun (Gingin) Chien	2023	Research Analyst, Institute for Work & Health
Ruixue Dai	2017	Senior Biostatistician, The Hospital for Sick Children
Jingwen (Rebecca) Du	2020	Statistical Programmer II, Everest Clinical Research
Yankai Feng	2024
Shangyi Gao	2023	Biostatistician, University Health Network (UHN)
Mei Han	2022 (AI/DS Emphasis)	Biostatistician at CHEO
Yingshi (Cecilia) He	2024	Research Manager, St. Michael's Hospital
Zhixing (Stella) Hong	2023	Research Analyst, ICES
Qirui Hou	2024 (Thesis)
Jewon (Jay) Kim	2021	Methodologist at BC Cancer
Laura Langer	2023	Biostatistician, University Health Network (UHN)
Luis Ledesma	2023 (Thesis)	Statistical Analyst, McMaster University
Peiyu Li	2023	CANSTAT Fellow, Unity Health Toronto
Qiao Li	2021	Senior Statistician, AstraZeneca
Qiaowei (Vicky) Lin	2023	Research Data Analyst, University of Toronto
Lux Liu	2015	Senior manager, BMO
Yutong Lu	2024 (AI/DS Emphasis)	CANSTAT Fellow in Clinical Trials Biostatistics
Jinyu (Irene) Luo	2024
Zunaira Mehmood	2024
Ashley Mao	2020	Senior Data Scientist, Roche
Shijie Min	2024 (Thesis)
Marija Pajdakovska	2024
Youxue Ren	2024 (AI/DS Emphasis)
Jaffa Romain	2023	Research Analyst at ICES
ChenNingZhi Sheng	2023	Regulatory Analyst and Administrator, Real Estate Council of Ontario
Yi-Chen Su	2023 (AI/DS Emphasis)	Biostatistician, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health
Siyi Wang	2022	Research Data Scientist, St. Michael's Hospital
Lilian (Zhuo) Wei	2020	Senior Biostatistician, Syneos Health
Shuyang Wu	2024
Feifan Xiang	2024
ZhenHuan (Tony) Xu	2023	Statistician at Astrazeneca
Xiao Yan	2024 (AI/DS Emphasis)
Mu Yang	2023 (Thesis)	Senior Research Associate, University of Waterloo
Jiayue (Edith) Yu	2021	Research Consultant: Evidence Review and Software, Cytel
Jason Zhu	2020	Associate Director/RWD Engineer, AstraZeneca
Yushu Zou	2024 (Thesis)