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    

  1. 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
  2. Pearl (Hongjiao) Liu, 2019-2023
    • PhD, Department of Biostatistics, UW
    • Placement: Consultant, Analysis Group
    • Current Position: Research Associate, University of Cambridge
  3. Angela Zhang, 2019-2022
    • PhD, Department of Biostatistics, UW
    • Placement: Illumina Inc
    • Current Position: Mathematical Statistician, FDA
  4. Nanxun Ma, 2017-2021
    • PhD, Department of Biostatistics, UW
    • Placement: Data Scientist, Google
    • Current Position: Staff Data Scientist, Instagram
  5. Anna Plantinga, 2015-2018
    • PhD, Department of Biostatistics, UW
    • Placement: Assistant Professor, William College
    • Current Position: Associate Professor, Williams College
  6. Sebastian Teran Hidalgo, 2012-2016
    • PhD, Department of Biostatistics, UNC
    • Placement: Post-doc, Yale University
    • Current Position: Data Scientist, Delfi Diagnostics
  7. Thomas G. Stewart, 2012-2015
    • PhD, Department of Biostatistics, UNC
    • Placement/Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Vanderbilt University.
  8. 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
  9. Eugene Urrutia, 2011-2013
    • PhD, Department of Biostatistics, UNC
    • Placement: Post-doc, UNC
    • Current Position: Data Scientist, Hillrom
  10. Jennifer J. Clark, 2010-2013
    • PhD, Department of Biostatistics, UNC
    • Placement/Current Position: Mathematical Statistician, FDA

Post-Doctoral Fellows and PhD Staff

  1. Sarah Samorodnitsky, 2023-2025
    • Post-Doctoral Fellow
    • Placement/Current Position: Assistant Attending (Asst. Prof), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  2. Hoseung Song, 2021-2024
    • Post-Doctoral Fellow
    • Placement/Current Position: Assistant Professor, KAIST
  3. Wodan Ling, 2019-2022
    • Post-Doctoral Fellow
    • Placement/Current Position: Assistant Professor, Cornell University
  4. Xing Hua, 2019-2022
    • Research Associate
    • Placement/Current Position: NCI
  5. Xiang Zhan, 2015-2017
    • Placement: Assistant Professor, Penn State.
    • Current Position: Professor, Southeast University

Other Past Students / Group Members (> 6 months)

  1. Xuecen (Cynthia) Zhao, 2024-2025
    • Research Assistant, MS Student, Department of Statistics, UW
    • Placement: PhD Student, University of Iowa
  2. Walter Chen, 2022-2023
    • Research Assistant, MS Student, Department of Biostatistics, UW
    • Placement: PhD Student, UNC Chapel Hill
  3. Yunhua Xiang, 2020-2021
    • Research Assistant, PhD Student, Department of Biostatistics, UW
  4. Weijia Fu, 2018-2019
    • MS Dissertation Student, Department of Biostatistics, UW
    • Placement: Research Scientist, IHME, UW
  5. Yatong Li, 2015-2016
    • Rotational/Project PhD Student, Department of Biostatistics, UW
  6. Elizabeth M. Simmons, 2009-2011
    • Undergraduate Research Assistant and BSPH Student, Department of Biostatistics, UNC
    • Placement: Teacher in the JET Program