Graduate Students and Post Docs

Current

Graduated PhD Students

1. Ziyu (Alex) Jiang, 2025, Department of Statistics, University of Washington. "Bayesian Nonparametric Methods for Complex Datasets"Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Columbia University.
2. Yunhan Wu, 2025, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington. "Methods and Software for Small Area Estimation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries", Postdoctoral Research Associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
3. Taylor Okonek, 2023, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington. "Statistical Methods for Official Statistics and Mortality Estimation", Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, Macalester College.
4. Victoire Michal, 2024, Department of Epidemiology, Biology and Occupational Health, McGill. "Areal data: disease mapping and small area estimation". Jointly advised with Alex Schmidt.
5. Peter Gao, 2023, Department of Statistics, University of Washington. "Estimating subnational health and demographic indicators using complex survey data", Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, San Jose State University.
6. Aaron Osgood-Zimmerman, 2022, Department of Statistics, University of Washington. "Methods, Models, and Interpretations for Spatial-Temporal Public Health Applications" , Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Bucknell University.
7. Austin Schumacher, 2022, Department of Biotatistics, University of Washington. "Modeling multivariate health and demographic outcomes in low- and middle-income countries using sample registration and complex survey data". Acting Assistant Professor, IHME.
8. Serge Aleshin-Guendel, 2022, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington. "Statistical Methods for Human Rights and Child Mortality Estimation". Research Mathematical Statistician in the Center for Statistical Research and Methodology at the United States Census Bureau.
9. Jessica Godwin, 2021, Department of Statistics, University of Washington. "Subnational Estiamtion of Period Child Mortality in a Low and Middle Income Countries Centext". . Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, UW
10. Johnny Paige, 2020, Department of Statistics, University of Washington. "Statistical Methods for Geospatial Modeling with Stratified Cluster Survey Data". Department of Mathematical Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
11. Tracy Dong, 2020, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington. "Analysis of Infectious Disease Incidence and Complex Survey Data in Space and Time". Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
12. Katie Wilson, 2019, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington. "Combining Survey and Census Data in Time and Space in a Developing World Context" . Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington.
13. Jonathan Fintzi, 2018, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington. "Bayesian Modeling of Partially Observed Epidemic Count Data". NIAID Biostatistics Research Branch.
14. Leigh Fisher, PhD, 2016, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington. "Modeling of Infectious Disease Surveillance Data". Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
15. Laina Mercer, PhD, 2016, Department of Statistics, University of Washington. "Space-Time Smoothing Models for Surveillance and Complex Survey Data". PATH.
16. Theresa Smith, PhD, 2014, Department of Statistics, University of Washington. "Bayesian Spatial and Temporal Methods for Public Health data". University of Bath.
17. Michelle Ross, PhD, 2012, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, "The Bayesian Analysis of Outcome-Dependent Data", Health Canada.
18. Cici Chen Bauer, PhD, 2012, Department of Statistics, University of Washington. "Bayesian Modeling of Health Data in Space and Time", Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
19. Albert Kim, PhD, 2011, Department of Statistics, University of Washington. "A Bayesian Surveillance System for Detecting Clusters of Non-Infectious Diseases." Statistical and Data Sciences, Smith College.
20. Youyi Fong, PhD, 2010, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington. "Bayesian Mixture Modeling using Hybrid Sampler with Application to Protein Subfamily Identification". Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
21. Sierra Li, PhD, 2006, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington. "Bayesian Discovery of Regulatory Motifs using Reversible Jump Markov Chain Monte Carlo". City of Hope.
22. Adam Glynn, PhD, 2006, Department of Statistics, University of Washington. "Alleviating Ecological Bias in Generalized Linear Models and Optimal Design with Subsample Data". Emory College of Arts and Sciences.
23. Sebastien Haneuse, PhD, 2004, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington. "Ecological Studies Using Supplemental Case-Control Data". Harvard School of Public Health.
24. Chuan Zhou, PhD, 2003, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington. "A Bayesian Model for Curve Clustering with Application to Gene Expression Data Analysis". University of Washington.
25. Ruth Salway, PhD, 2002, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, St Mary's Campus, London. "Statistical Issues in the Analysis of Ecological Studies". Bristol University.
26. Gavin Shaddick, PhD, 2002, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, St Mary's Campus, London. "Statistical Methodological Aspects of Modelling Relationships between Air Pollution, Temperature and Health". Executive Dean of Engineering, Physical and Mathematical Sciences at Royal Holloway, University of London.
27. Alex Bottle, PhD, 2001, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, St Mary's Campus, London. "Adjustment for the Provider Effect Using Hospital Data in Small Area Studies". Imperial College.
28. Nargis Rahman, PhD, 1999, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London. "Incorporation of Population Pharmacokin[ppetic Principles in to Drug Development". Office of National Statistics, UK.
29. James Bennett, PhD, 1996, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College o f Science, Technology and Medicine, London. "Bayesian Analysis of Population Pharmacokinetic Models". Imperial College.
30. Stephen Walker, PhD, 1995, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London. "Bayesian Parametric and Nonparametric Methods with Applications in Medical Statistics". University of Texas at Austin.

 

Graduated MS Students

1. Yuan Hsiao, MS, 2021, Department of Statistics, University of Washington. "Bias Modeling for Integrating Digital Data and Conventional Surveys for Migration Estimation. ". Taking a position at Department of Communication, University of Washington.
2. Erinn Hade, MS, 2001, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington. "An Analysis of Background Noise in Microarray Data for Ovarian Cancer". Department of Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University.

 

Post Docs

1. Michelle Ross, PhD, 2012-2014, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle. Health Canada.
2. Miranda Fix, PhD, 2019-2020, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle. Advanced Forestry Systems, Weyerhaeuser, Seattle.

 

Some of my Current Collaborators

Geir-Arne Fuglstad, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Zehang (Richard) Li, Department of Statistics, UC Santa Cruz.

Peter Gao, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, San Jose State University

Thomas Lumley, Department of Statistics, The University of Auckland.