PhD Student Directory

Rolando J. Acosta
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 4 | Advisor: Rafael Irizarry
Area of Research: Assessing Health Outcomes After Natural Disasters

Jemar Bather
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 3 | Advisor: Paige Williams
Research: Statistical methods for addressing critical questions in evaluating adverse birth outcomes among mothers with HIV

Jerry (Chia-Rui) Chang
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 2 | Advisor: Rui Wang
Research: Robust weghting method to handle multilevel missing outcomes in cluster randomized trials

Kevin Lee Chen
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 2 | Advisor: Rachel Nethery
Research: A space-time causal inference analysis of the differential impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns on PM2.5 levels in the United States

Eric Cohn
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 2 | Advisor: José Zubizarreta
Research: Matching techniques for generalization and individualization

Beau Coker
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 3 | Advisors: Brent Coull & Finale Doshi-Velez
Research: Variable selection in Bayesian neural networks

Irina Degtiar
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 5 | Advisors: Francesca Dominici & Sherri Rose
Research: Generalizability Methods for Estimating Causal Population Effects

Eric Dunipace
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 5 | Advisor: Lorenzo Trippa
Research: Optimal Transport Methods for Statistical Inference

Patrick Emedom-Nnamdi
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 3 | Advisor: Jukka-Pekka Onnela
Research: Approaches to digital phenotyping in patients with spine disease

Isabella Grabski
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 3 | Advisors: Giovanni Parmigiani & Rafael Irizarry
Research: Statistical methods for single-cell data, and Bayesian multi-study machine learning for genomic applications

Larry Han
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 3 | Advisor: Tianxi Cai
Research: Semi-supervised inference and distributed learning using electronic health records and optimal trial design
Linda Harrison
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 4 | Advisor: Rui Wang
Research: Power and Sample Size Calculations for Clinical Trials

Intekhab Hossain
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 2 | Advisors: John Quackenbush & Rebekka Burkholz
Research: Using neural ODEs to predict the dynamics of gene-regulatory networks
Linglin Huang
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 5 | Advisor: Rafael Irizarry
Research: Single Cell RNA-Seq Data Analysis

Sijia Huo
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 2 | 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: 3 | Advisor: Lorenzo Trippa
Research: Uncertainty directed factorial clinical trials

Jonathan Larson
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 5 | Advisor: Jukka-Pekka Onnela
Research: Network Methods in Infectious Disease Research
Jenny Lee
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 4 | Advisors: Francesca Dominici & Rachel Nethery
Research: Health Effects of Air Pollution on Epigenetic and Respiratory Outcome in Children
Alexander Levis
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 4 | Advisor: Sebastien Haneuse
Research: Robust Methods for Causal Inference and Missing Data in Electronic Health Record-Based Comparative Effectiveness Research
Daniel Li
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 3 | Advisor: Xihong Lin
Research: Hospital volume, standardized infection ratio, and CMS reimbursement

Hui Li
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 2 | Advisor: Xihong Lin
Research: Evaluation of heritability estimation methods with application to UK biobank data

Xihao Li
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 5 | Advisor: Xihong Lin
Research: Modern Statistical Methods for Genetics and Genomic Studies
Jane Liang
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 4 | Advisor: Giovanni Parmigiani
Research: Innovative Approaches for Risk Assessment in Panel Gene Testing

Greyson (Gang) Liu
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 5 | Advisor: Jukka-Pekka Onnela
Research: Smartphone-Based Digital Phenotyping

Jonathan Luu
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 2 | Advisor: Rui Wang
Research: Estimating the treatment effect in randomized trials with correlated time-to-event outcomes

Lara Maleyeff
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 2 | 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
Year: 2 | Advisor: Rajarshi Mukherjee
Research: On undersmoothing and sample splitting for nonparametric functional estimation

Isabelle-Emmanuella Nogues
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 4 | Advisor: Tianxi Cai
Research: Semi-supervised deep learning for predicting disease status using electronic health records

Maya Ramchandran
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
maya_ramchandran@g.harvard.edu
Year: 4 | Advisor: Giovanni Parmigiani
Research: Multi-Study Ensemble Learning Methods

Harrison Reeder
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 4 | Advisor: Sebastien Haneuse
Research: Statistical and Machine-Learning Methods for Survival Analysis and Prediction under Semi-Competing Risks
Sara Sauer
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 5 | Advisors: Giovanni Parmigiani & Rafael Irizarry
Research: Cluster-Based Outcome-Dependent Sampling: Inference and Design Consideration

Shuting Shen
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 3 | Advisor: Xihong Lin
Research: Hypothesis tests for homogeneous stochastic block model
Andy Shi
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 5 | Advisor: Xihong Lin
Research: Joint Test for Association Between Multiple Phenotypes and Genotypes

Derek Shyr
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 3 | Advisor: Xihong Lin
Research: Modern Statistical Methods for Genetics and Genomic Studies

Aarón Sonabend
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 5 | Advisor: Tianxi Cai
Research: Reinforcement Learning for Dynamical Treatment Regimes

Yue Song
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 3 | Advisor: Rui Wang
Research: Methods for Meta-Analysis and Modeling of HIV Viral Rebound

Shayna Stein
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 5 | Advisor: Franziska Michor
Research: Modeling Tumor Evolution and Response to Treatment

Cathy Wang
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 3 | Advisor: Giovanni Parmigiani
Research: Multi-Study Ensemble Learning Methods

Stephanie Wu
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 2 | Advisor: Michael Hughes
Research: Development of a nested case-control study for correlated binary outcomes

Xiao Wu
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 4 | Advisor: Francesca Dominici
Research: Causal Inference with Complex Exposures in Observational Studies

Catherine Xue
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 2 | Advisors: Jeffrey Miller & Scott Carter
Research: Statistically robust model selection for mutational signature discovery
Amy Zhou
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 2 | Advisor: Sharon-Lise Normand
Research: Modernizing risk adjustments for comparing hospitals
Luli Zou
Candidate, PhD in Biostatistics
Year: 3 | Advisors: Martin Aryee & Rafael Irizarry
Research: Random monoallelic gene expression in single cells