Dissertation: Maximizing statistical efficiency in clinical trials: Ordinal longitudinal models and two-stage designs
Advisor: Frank Harrell
MS, Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University; BA, Physics and Geology, Carleton College
At Bristol Myers Squibb since 2025. Currently Senior Manager, Biostatistics.
Advisor: Leena Choi
Post-baccalaureate studies, Mathematics, Smith College; BA, Music (minor in Mathematics), The College of New Jersey
Biostatistics Graduate Student Association: president, 2023–2024; vice president, 2022–2023; social chair, 2021–2022
Advisor: Cindy Chen
MS, Biostatistics, Georgetown University
Biostatistics Graduate Student Association secretary, 2023–2024
Dissertation: Rank-Based Analyses and Designs with Clustered Data
Advisor: Bryan Shepherd
MS, Biostatistics, Duke University; BS, Mathematics, Renmin University of China
At FDA since 2024. Currently Mathematical Statistician.
Advisor: Dandan Liu
MS, Applied Statistics, University of Michigan; BS, Statistical Science, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Biostatistics Graduate Student Association: first-year liaison / outreach chair, 2023–2024
Research interests include: predictive modeling, survival analysis, longitudinal data analysis, machine learning, real-world evidence in healthcare
Activities include: ENAR Council for Emerging and New Statisticians (CENS), 2022–2024
Publications include:
Dissertation: Addressing Statistical Challenges in Implementing Real-World Evidence-Based Risk Prediction Models into EHR Systems
Advisor: Dandan Liu
MS, Biostatistics/Theory and Method, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; BS, Biological Sciences, Beijing Forestry University
At Eli Lilly since 2025. Currently Advisor - Statistics.
Dissertation: A unified effect size index and its application to improve replicability in brain-behavior association studies
Advisor: Simon Vandekar
MS, Biostatistics, Georgetown University
At Wake Forest University since 2025. Currently Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Data Science.
Activities include:
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Dissertation: Causal Approaches to Quantifying the Role of Engagement in Studies of Mobile Health Interventions
Advisor: Andrew Spieker
MS, Analytics, Georgia Institute of Technology; BS, Mathematics, College of William and Mary
At Henry Ford Health since 2024. Currently Assistant Scientist.
Advisor: Hakmook Kang
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
BS, Biotechnology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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