PhD Students

PhD Student Directory

 

Sarika Aggarwal

Sarika Aggarwal

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

saggarwal@g.harvard.edu

Year: 2  |  Advisor: Rachel Nethery

Research: Environmental health, Spatial statistics, Causal inference

 

Stephanie Armbruster

Stephanie Armbruster

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

sarmbruster@g.harvard.edu

 

Keith Barnatchez

Keith Barnatchez

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

keithbarnatchez@g.harvard.edu

 

J. Bather

Jemar Bather

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

jemar.bather@g.harvard.edu

Year: 4  |  Advisor: Paige Williams

Research: Statistical methods for addressing critical questions in evaluating adverse birth outcomes among mothers with HIV

 

Luke Benz

Luke Benz

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

lukebenz@g.harvard.edu

 

Tingyi Cao

Tingyi Cao

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

tingyi_cao@hsph.harvard.edu

Year: 2  |  Advisor: Andrea Foulkes
Research: High-dimensional statistics, SARS-CoV-2 and long COVID

 

J. Chang

Jerry (Chia-Rui) Chang

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

chiarui_chang@g.harvard.edu

Year: 3  |  Advisor: Rui Wang
Research: Robust weghting method to handle multilevel missing outcomes in cluster randomized trials

 

L. Chen

Kevin Lee Chen

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

kevinleechen@g.harvard.edu

Year: 3  |  AdvisorRachel Nethery
Research: A space-time causal inference analysis of the differential impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns on PM2.5 levels in the United States

 

Tony Chen

Tony Chen

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

tonychen@g.harvard.edu

Year: 3  |  Advisor: Xihong Lin

Research: Statistical genetics, polygenic risk scores

 

E. Cohn

Eric Cohn

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

ericcohn@g.harvard.edu

Year: 3  |  AdvisorJosé Zubizarreta
ResearchMatching techniques for generalization and individualization

 

Ellen Considine

Ellen Considine

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

ellen_considine@g.harvard.edu

Year: 2  |  Advisors: Francesca Dominici & Rachel Nethery
Research: Environmental health, spatial statistics, measurement error
Personal Website: https://ellenmconsidine.wixsite.com/mysite

 

B. Coker

Beau Coker

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

beaucoker@g.harvard.edu

Year: 4  |  Advisors: Brent Coull & Finale Doshi-Velez
Research: Variable selection in Bayesian neural networks

 

Rebecca Danning

Rebecca Danning

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

rebecca_danning@harvard.edu
Year: 2  | Academic Advisor: Xihong Lin

 

Wenying Deng

Wenying Deng

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

wdeng@g.harvard.edu

Year: 5  |  Advisor: Brent Coull
Research: Machine learning, robust statistics

 

Julie-Alexia Dias

Julie-Alexia Dias

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

juliealexiadias@hsph.harvard.edu

Year: 1
Research: Statistical Genetics, Cancer Epidemiology

 

James DiSanto

Dominic DiSanto

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

 

Patrick Emedom-Nnamdi

Patrick Emedom-Nnamdi

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

patrickemedom@g.harvard.edu

Year: 4  |  Advisor: Jukka-Pekka Onnela
Research: Approaches to digital phenotyping in patients with spine disease

 

Anuraag Gopaluni

Anuraag Gopaluni

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

agopaluni@g.harvard.edu

 

I. Grabski

Isabella Grabski

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

isabellagrabski@g.harvard.edu

Year: 4  |  Advisors: Giovanni Parmigiani & Rafael Irizarry
Research: Statistical methods for single-cell data, and Bayesian multi-study machine learning for genomic applications

 

L. Han

Larry Han

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

larryhan@g.harvard.edu

Year: 4  |  AdvisorTianxi Cai
Research: Semi-supervised inference and distributed learning using electronic health records and optimal trial design
Personal Website: https://larrylehan.github.io

 

I. Hossain

Intekhab Hossain

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

ihossain@g.harvard.edu

Year: 3  |  Advisors: John Quackenbush & Rebekka Burkholz
Research: Using neural ODEs to predict the dynamics of gene-regulatory networks

 

S. Huo

Sijia Huo

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

sih373@g.harvard.edu

Year: 3  |  Advisor: Peter Kraft
Area of Research: An inference of the negative-selection level for cancer genomics and a fast Bayesian screen to identify pleiotropic loci and describe pleiotropic profiles

 

Gopal Kotecha

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

Year: 4  |  Advisor: Lorenzo Trippa
Research: Uncertainty directed factorial clinical trials

 

Daniel Li

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

danielli@g.harvard.edu

Year: 4  |  AdvisorXihong Lin
Research: Hospital volume, standardized infection ratio, and CMS reimbursement

 

H. Li

Hui Li

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

hui_li@g.harvard.edu

Year: 3  |  Advisor: Xihong Lin
Research: Evaluation of heritability estimation methods with application to UK biobank data

 

Yige Li

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

 

Jane Liang

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

 

Gabriel Loewinger

Gabriel Loewinger

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

 

J. Luu

Jonathan Luu

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

jluu@g.harvard.edu

Year: 3  |  Advisor: Rui Wang
Research: Estimating the treatment effect in randomized trials with correlated time-to-event outcomes

 

L. Maleyeff

Lara Maleyeff

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

lmaleyeff@g.harvard.edu

Year: 3  |  Advisor: Rui Wang
Research: The effect of clustser size variability and intracluster correlation estimation on statistical power in HIV-prevention studies

 

Sean McGrath

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

sean_mcgrath@g.harvard.edu

Year: 3  |  Advisor: Rajarshi Mukherjee
Research: On undersmoothing and sample splitting for nonparametric functional estimation

 

Madhav Sankaranarayanan

Madhav Sankaranarayanan

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

 

Corriene Sept

Corriene Sept

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

corriene_sept@g.harvard.edu

Year: 3  |  Advisor: Martin Aryee
Research: Method development for epigenomics

 

S. Shen

Shuting Shen

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

shs145@g.harvard.edu

Year: 4  |  Advisor: Xihong Lin
Research: Hypothesis tests for homogeneous stochastic block model

 

Y. Song

Yue Song

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

yus280@g.harvard.edu

Year: 4  |  AdvisorRui Wang
Research: Methods for Meta-Analysis and Modeling of HIV Viral Rebound

 

Octavious Talbot

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

 

Jeanette Varela

Jeanette Varela

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

 

C. Wang

Cathy Wang

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

cathy.wang@mail.harvard.edu

Year: 4  |  AdvisorGiovanni Parmigiani 
Research: Multi-Study Ensemble Learning Methods

 

S. Wu

Stephanie Wu

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

swu@g.harvard.edu

Year: 3  |  AdvisorMichael Hughes
Research: Development of a nested case-control study for correlated binary outcomes

 

Catherine Xue

Catherine Xue

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

csxue@g.harvard.edu

Year: 3  |  Advisors: Jeffrey Miller & Scott Carter
Research: Statistically robust model selection for mutational signature discovery

 

Yue Yang

Yue Yang

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

yueyang@g.harvard.edu

Year: 4  |  Advisor: Francesca Dominici 
Research: Causal inference methods to address outcome misclassification and other types of bias using environmental health data

 

Amy Zhou

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

amyzhou@g.harvard.edu

Year: 3  |  Advisor: Sharon-Lise Normand
Research: Modernizing risk adjustments for comparing hospitals

 

Luli Zou

Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics

zou@g.harvard.edu

Year: 4  |  Advisors: Martin Aryee Rafael Irizarry
Research: Statistical and computational methods for spatial genomics