Current PhD Advisees
- Joint with Bhramar Mukherjee, University of Michigan, 2019 -- present
- Topic: Bayesian group shrinkage for high-dimensional regression and mediation models
- ENAR 2021 Distinguished Student Paper Award
Jonathan Boss
- Joint with Zhi (Kevin) He, University of Michigan, 2021 -- present
- Topic: Discrete survival analysis with subgroup detection
Qingmeng Li
- University of Michigan, 2020 -- present
- Topic: Statistical Inference for large-scale and complex data via Gaussian Process
Moyan Li
- Joint with Lana Garmire, University of Michigan, 2021 -- present
- Topic: Network manifold learning and spatial transcriptomics
Yijun Li
- Joint with Yajuan Si, University of Michigan, 2021 -- present
- Topic: Latent subgroup detection in image-on-scalar regression
- ENAR 2022 Distinguished Student Paper Award
Zikai Lin
- Joint with Veera Baladandayuthapani, University of Michigan, 2021 -- present
- Topic: Quantitative histopathological image analysis
Nathaniel Osher
- Joint with Yi Li, University of Michigan, 2018 -- present
- Topic: Interpretable neural network regression with biomedical applications
- JSM 2021 Student Paper Award, Risk Analysis Section
Yuming Sun
- University of Michigan, 2019 -- present
- Topic: Bayesian spatial mediation analysis with applications to neuroimaging
- JSM 2022 Student Paper Award, Section on Bayesian Statistical Science
Yuliang Xu
Current Postdoctoral Advisees
- University of Michigan, 2022 -- present
- Topic: Bayesian analysis of metabolomics data
Fei Zhou, PhD
Former PhD Advisees
- Joint with Timothy Johnson, University of Michigan, 2017 -- 2022
- Topic: Bayesian analysis of neuroimage data using Gaussian process priors
- Current Position: Senior Research Scientist at Gilead Sciences
Andrew Whiteman
- Joint with Michael Haber, Emory University, 2010 -- 2014
- Dissertation: Models for statistical analyses of infectious disease data
- Current Position: Senior Statistician at CDC
Qian An
- Joint with Tianwei Yu, Emory Uiversity, 2013 -- 2018
- Dissertation: Statistical methods for biomedical network data
- JSM 2017 David P. Byar Young Investigator Travel Award, Biometrics Section
- Current Position: Senior Data & Applied Scientist at Microsoft
Qingpo Cai
- Joint with Timothy Johnson, University of Michigan, 2015 -- 2019
- Dissertation: Spatial Bayesian modeling and computation with application to neuroimaging data
- Current position: Data Scientist at Liberty Mutual Insurance
Cui Guo
- Joint with Tianwei Yu, Emory University, 2011 -- 2017
- Dissertation: Machine learning methods in large scale neuroimaging study
- Current Position: Research Scientist at Samsung
Qing He
- Joint with Howard Chang, Emory University, 2012 -- 2017
- Dissertation: Statistical methods for correlated count data
- Current Position: Data Scientist at JPMorgan Chase Co
Caprichia Jeffers
- Joint with Tianwei Yu, Emory University, 2013 -- 2017
- Dissertation: Statistical methods for omics data integration
- Current Position: Data Scientist at Splunk
Zhuxuan (Nancy) Jin
- University of Michigan, 2018 -- 2022
- Topic: Statistical methods for brain computer interfaces
- Current Position: Research Assistant Professor at Emory University
Tianwen Ma
- University of Michigan, 2017 -- 2021
- Topic: Statistical methods for evaluating functional brain connectivity
- ENAR 2018 Regional Advisory Board Poster Award
- MSSISS 2018 Best Biostatistics Student Poster
- Current Position: Statistian at FDA
Emily Morris
- Joint with Ying Guo, Emory University, 2011 -- 2016
- Dissertation: Statistical methods for correlated count data
- JSM 2015 Student Paper Award, Section on Bayesian Statistical Science
- ENAR 2016 Distinguished student paper award
- Current Position: Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Colorado Boulder
Ran Shi
- Joint with Yi Li, University of Michigan, 2016 -- 2020
- Dissertation: Novel methods for estimation and inference in varying coefficient models
- ENAR 2019 Distinguished student paper award
- Current position: Biostatistician II at Parexel, Austin
Yuan Yang
- Joint with Shawn Lee, University of Michigan, 2017 -- 2021
- Topic: Deep neural networks for complex biomedical data analysis
- ENAR 2021 Distinguished student paper award
- Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Pennsylvania
Daiwei (David) Zhang
- Joint with Qi Long, Emory University, 2010 -- 2014
- Dissertation: Bayesian feature selection methods for complex biomedical data
- JSM 2014 Student Paper Award, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Mining
- JSM 2013 Student Paper Award, Section on Bayesian Statistical Science
- Current Position: Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at Yale University
Yize Zhao
Former Postdoctoral Advisees
- Joint with Ying Guo, Emory University, 2016 -- 2017
- Topic: Distributional independent component analysis
- Current Position: Tenure Track Assistant Professor at the University of Louisville
Subhadip Pal
- Joint with Ying Guo, Emory University & University of Michigan, 2018 -- 2020
- Topic: Bayesian spatial latent source seperation
- Current Position: Tenure Track Assistant Professor at Renmin University of China
Ben Wu
- University of Michigan, 2018 -- 2020
- Topic: Prior knowledge guided ultrahigh dimensional variable screening
- Current Position: Research associate at Peking University, Beijing, China
Jie He
Former Master Advisees
- Emory University, 2013 -- 2015
- Topic: Efficient classification for ultra high dimensional variable selection
- Current Position: PhD Candidate in Biostatistics at Brown University
Kexin Qu
- Emory University, 2013 -- 2015
- Topic: Spatial Bayesian model selection with nonlocal prior
- Current Position: Data Scientist at Anthem
Tianyu Ding