Meet our PhD Students

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Anna Barefield

Education

  • BS in mathematics, Belmont University
  • MS in mathematics, Boise State University

anb652@pitt.edu

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Feier Chang

Education

  • master's degree in biostatistics, Duke University
  • bachelor's degree in mathematics, Sichuan University

fec54@pitt.edu

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Yiwen Dong

Education

  • MS in biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University
  • MS in math, Soochow University

yid69@pitt.edu

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Stephen Glass

Education

  • BS in statistics, University of Pittsburgh
  • MS in statistics, University of Pittsburgh

Research Interests

survival analysis, missing data, clinical trials, ecological momentary assessment data

svg13@@pitt.edu

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Caroline Layding

Education

  • BS in economics and mathematics, University of Pittsburgh

Research Interests

clinical trials, causal inference, health policy applications

cjl110@pitt.edu

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Jiaqian Liu

Education

  • master's degree in biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh
  • bachelor's degree in animal science, Nanjing Agricultural University

jil289@pitt.edu

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Wenzhou Lin

Education

  • BS in statistics, Sun Yat-sen University
  • MS in biostatistics, University of Michigan

Research Interests

statistical genetics

wel235@pitt.edu

Chen Liu
Chen Liu

Education

  • Renmin University of China
  • University of Michigan

Research Interests

statistical modeling, omics data

chen.liu@pitt.edu

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Lufeiya Liu

Education

  • BS in mathematics and statistics, University at Buffalo

Research Interests

EHR data, cancer, survival analysis

lufeiyall@pitt.edu

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Tianshu Liu

Education

  • BS in biological sciences, Sichuan University
  • BE in software engineering, Sichuan University

Research Interests

statistical learning, causal inference

til173@pitt.edu

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Edwin Lu

Education

  • bachelor's degree from Cornell University
  • master's degree from Villanova University

Research Interests

adaptive trial design for oncology immunotherapy

edl82@pitt.edu

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Yumeng Shao

Education

  • BS in mathematics, University College London
  • MS in computational and applied mathematics from University of Chicago

Research Interests

high dimensional data, single cell

yus221@pitt.edu

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Yuxin Shi

Education

  • BS in mathematics application - probability and statistics, University of Toronto
  • MS in biostatistics, University of Toronto

Research Interests

genomics, ML methods application, survival analysis

yus214@pitt.edu

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Ned Smith

Education

BS, St. Lawrence University

Research Interests

statistical learning and survival analysis

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Shiyue Tao

Education

  • BS in biostatistics, Nanjing Medical University
  • MS in biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh

Research Interests

statistical genetics, single-cell genomics

shiyuetao@pitt.edu

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Hao Wang

Education

  • BS in economics and statistics, Jinan University
  • BS in applied math with statistics, University of Birmingham
  • MS in statistical science, Duke University

Research Interests

statistical genomics, causal inference

haw291@pitt.edu

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Sarah Wang

Education

  • master's degree in biostatistics, University of Columbia
  • bachelor's degree in statistics, University of Toronto

Hobbies

hiking, swimming, music

yaw130@pitt.edu

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Zhiyi Yang

Education

  • master's degree in biostatistics, University of Michigan
  • bachelor's degree in public health, Wuhan University

zhy133@pitt.edu

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RuoFei Yin

Education

  • master's degree in biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh
  • bachelor's degree in bioengineering, Tianjin Medical University

ruy28@pitt.edu