Current student trainees

IHPME trainees

Jay Xu
Postdoctoral fellow in Biostatistics and Health Systems Research (starting in late 2024)
Data Sciences Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Recipient

Nway Nway Aung
MSc student in Health Systems Research (Artificial Intelligence) (2024-present)

Jenny Du
MSc student in Health Systems Research (Health Economics) (2024-present)
Co-supervisor: Dr.Peter Coyte

Omri Arbiv
PhD student in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research (2023-present)
Co-supervisor: Dr. Andrea Gershon

Yannay Khaikin
MSc student in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research (2023-present)
Co-supervisor: Dr.Sebastian Hobson

Biostatistics trainees

Ting Lin, MSc Biostatistics Practicum Student (2024-2025 expected)

Kevin (Jiacheng) Wang, MSc Biostatistics Practicum Student (2024-2025 expected)
Co-supervisor: Dr. Amanda Ricciuto

Priyonto Saha
MSc student in Biostatistics (thesis) (2024-2025 expected)
Thesis project: Estimating the impact of COVID-19 with a causal inference approach using multi-level time-to-event data

Rachel Giblon
PhD student in Biostatistics (2023-present)
Co-supervisor: Dr. Anna Heath

Chen Chen
PhD student in Biostatistics (2023-present)
co-supervisor: Dr. Laurent Briollais

Research assistants

Yunning Wang, Research Analyst (2023-)
Project: Investigating regional trends in electronic cigarette consumption in Canada and identifying geographical characteristics associated with high consumption
Current position: PhD student in Biostatistics

Previous Lab Members

Yushu Zou, MSc in Biostatistics (thesis) (2022-2024)
Thesis title: A Bayesian Sensitivity Analysis Approach for Unmeasured Confounding in Longitudinal Data
Current position: Research Analyst, Public Health Ontario

Xiao Yan, MSc Biostatistics Practicum Student (2023-2024)
Best virtual poster presentation award at the 2024 Canadian Statistics Student Conference, St. John’s, Newfoundland

Larry Dong, Contract Research Assistant (2023-2024)
Current position: PhD student in Biostatistics, University of Toronto
GitHub Campus Expert and PyMC Developer

Yanning Wang, PhD Biostatistics Practicum student (2023-2024)
Co-supervisor: Dr. Andrea Knight
Current position: PhD student in Biostatistics, University of Toronto

Zunaira Mehmood, MSc Biostatistics Practicum Student (2023-2024)
Co-supervisor: Dr. Deborah Levy

Laura Langer, MSc Biostatistics Practicum Student (2022-2023)
Current position: Data Scientist/Analyst, University Health Network

Shijie Min, MSc Biostatistics Practicum Student (2022-2023)
Current position: MSc student in Biostatistics (thesis), University of Toronto

Bilin Nong, BSc in Statistics & Bioinformatics, University of Toronto
Data Sciences Institute Summer Undergraduate Data Science Scholar (2023)
Current position: BSc in Statistics & Bioinformatics, University of Toronto

Yutong Lu, BSc in Applied Statistics, University of Toronto
Data Sciences Institute Summer Undergraduate Data Science Scholar (2022)
Current position: CANSTAT Fellow, the Canadian Network for Statistical Training in Trials (CANSTAT)

Haseul (Steve) Jeoung, MSc Biostatistics Practicum Student (2021-2022)
Paul Corey Awards for Excellence in Biostatistics (2022)
Current position: ICES Analyst, Toronto

Fatema Johara, PhD Biostatistics Practicum Student (2021-2022)
Current position: PhD student in Biostatistics, University of Toronto

Spotlights

Yushu MSc thesis defense in Sep 2024

Xiao and Kuan at CSSC 2024, St. John’s, Newfoundland

Zihang, Chen and Kuan at ENAR 2024, Baltimore, MD

Bilin at DSI SUDS conference 2023, Toronto, ON