Group Members

Michael C. Wu

Professor, Public Health Sciences Division

PhD, Biostatistics, Harvard University
AM, Biostatistics, Harvard University
BS, Mathematical and Computational Science, Stanford University

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Yuzheng Dun

Yuzheng Dun

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Fred Hutch Cancer Center

PhD Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University
BS, Statistics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Jingyi Guan

Jingyi Guan

PhD Student, Department of Biostatistics, UW

BS, Statistics, Macalester College

Yimin Zhao

Yimin Zhao

PhD Student, Department of Biostatistics, UW

MS, Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University
BS, Financial Mathematics, Wuhan University


Former Group Members

PhD Dissertation Students    

Amarise Little, 2021-2025

  • PhD Student (2021-2023), Department of Biostatistics, UW
  • Post-doc (2023-2025), Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
  • PhD, Department of Biostatistics, UW    
  • Placement/Current Position: Data Science Researcher, Quantile Health

Pearl (Hongjiao) Liu, 2019-2023

  • PhD, Department of Biostatistics, UW
  • Placement: Consultant, Analysis Group
  • Current Position: Research Associate, University of Cambridge

Angela Zhang, 2019-2022

  • PhD, Department of Biostatistics, UW
  • Placement: Illumina Inc
  • Current Position: Mathematical Statistician, FDA

Nanxun Ma, 2017-2021

  • PhD, Department of Biostatistics, UW
  • Placement: Data Scientist, Google
  • Current Position: Staff Data Scientist, Instagram

Anna Plantinga, 2015-2018

  • PhD, Department of Biostatistics, UW
  • Placement: Assistant Professor, William College
  • Current Position: Associate Professor, Williams College

Sebastian Teran Hidalgo, 2012-2016

  • PhD, Department of Biostatistics, UNC
  • Placement: Post-doc, Yale University
  • Current Position: Data Scientist, Delfi Diagnostics

Thomas G. Stewart, 2012-2015

  • PhD, Department of Biostatistics, UNC
  • Placement/Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Vanderbilt University

Ni Zhao, 2012-2015

  • PhD Student (2012-2013), Department of Biostatistics, UNC
  • Post-doc (2013-2015), Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
  • Placement: Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University
  • Current Position: Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University

Eugene Urrutia, 2011-2013

  • PhD, Department of Biostatistics, UNC
  • Placement: Post-doc, UNC
  • Current Position: Data Scientist, Hillrom

Jennifer J. Clark, 2010-2013

  • PhD, Department of Biostatistics, UNC
  • Placement/Current Position: Mathematical Statistician, FDA

Post-Doctoral Fellows and PhD Staff

Sarah Samorodnitsky, 2023-2025

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow
  • Placement/Current Position: Assistant Attending (Asst. Prof), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Hoseung Song, 2021-2024

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow
  • Placement/Current Position: Assistant Professor, KAIST

Wodan Ling, 2019-2022

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow
  • Placement/Current Position: Assistant Professor, Cornell University

Xing Hua, 2019-2022

  • Research Associate
  • Placement/Current Position: NCI

Xiang Zhan, 2015-2017

  • Placement: Assistant Professor, Penn State.
  • Current Position: Professor, Southeast University

Other Past Students / Group Members (> 6 months)

Xuecen (Cynthia) Zhao, 2024-2025

  • Research Assistant, MS Student, Department of Statistics, UW
  • Placement: PhD Student, University of Iowa

Walter Chen, 2022-2023

  • Research Assistant, MS Student, Department of Biostatistics, UW
  • Placement: PhD Student, UNC Chapel Hill

Yunhua Xiang, 2020-2021

  • Research Assistant, PhD Student, Department of Biostatistics, UW

Weijia Fu, 2018-2019

  • MS Dissertation Student, Department of Biostatistics, UW
  • Placement: Research Scientist, IHME, UW

Yatong Li, 2015-2016

  • Rotational/Project PhD Student, Department of Biostatistics, UW

Elizabeth M. Simmons, 2009-2011

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant and BSPH Student, Department of Biostatistics, UNC
  • Placement: Teacher in the JET Program