Current Members

• Yuan Bian, Postdoctoral Research Scientist (2024–present)
• Yinjun Zhao, Postdoctoral Research Scientist and Precision Medicine TL1 Fellow (2024–present)
• Boyi Hu, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, co-mentored (2023–present)
• Jessica Lavery, Dr.PH student (2022–present)
• Fanyu Cui, Ph.D. student, co-advised (2025–present)
• Shubo Zhang, Ph.D. student, co-advised (2025–present)
• Yuying Lu, Ph.D. student, co-advised (2026–present)

Past Members

Doctoral students

• Bin Yang (2022–2026); first position: Senior Applied Scientist, Microsoft
• Zexi Cai (2021–2025); first position: Assistant Professor, University of Macao
• Wenbo Fei (2020–2025); first position: Manager, Biostatistics, Gilead
• Yinjun Zhao (2019–2024); first position: Precision Medicine TL1 Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
• Soohyun Kim (2019–2023); first position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Weill Cornell Medical Center
• Tianchen Xu (2018–2022); first position: Senior Manager of Biostatistics, Bristol Myers Squibb
• Qinxia Wang (2016–2021); first position: Principal Biostatistician, Novartis
• Yuan Chen (2016–2021); first position: Assistant Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Erin McDonnell (2017–2021); first position: Data Scientist, Google
• Annie Lee (2013–2019); current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Columbia University
• Shanghong Xie (2014–2019); current position: Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina
• Peng Wu (2014–2019); first position: Visa Inc.
• Xin Qiu (2013–2018); first position: Johnson & Johnson
• Ming Sun (2013–2018); first position: Google
• Esther Drill (2013–2018); first position: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Ying Liu (2011–2016); current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute
• Christine Mauro (2010–2014); current position: Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University
• Tianle Chen (2011–2014); current position: Senior Statistician, Biogen
• Huaihou Chen (2007–2011); first position: Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, University of Florida

Postdoctoral research scientists

• Xingche Guo (2021–2024); current position: Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut
• Young-geun Kim (2022–2024, co-mentored); first position: Assistant Professor, Michigan State University; current position: Assistant Professor, UNIST, South Korea
• Kai Kang (2022–2023, co-mentored); current position: Assistant Professor, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
• Shanghong Xie (2019–2021); current position: Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina
• Xiang Li (2015–2017); current position: Principal Biostatistician, Janssen Research
• Andrew Sampkin (visiting, 2015–2016; funded by the Medical Research Council, United Kingdom)

Graduations