Students
Biostatistics students in both the Masters and PhD programs are immersed in the division, assisting on high-impact national and international research projects, supporting the Division’s course offerings, and conducting their own research. Our students work closely with faculty advisers; with a student-to-faculty ratio that is one of the lowest among leading Biostatistics programs, students are able to get the training and personal attention they need to maximize their potential.
Students are actively involved in organizing both academic and social activities. The Student Seminar Series provides an opportunity to present and discuss work in progress, practice presentations for upcoming conferences, and learn new computing skills. Student seminars are typically closed to faculty. For a list of upcoming and previous student seminar presentations as well as other student resources, visit our Biostatistics Student Seminar page.
Meet Our Students (2025 – 2026)
| Andres Esteban Arguedas Leiva |
| William Asinger |
| Martha Barnard |
| Rui Cao |
| Matthew Caputo |
| Larry Chen |
| Bennet Christensen |
| Christian Coffman |
| Simion De |
| Jamie Forschmiedt |
| Souradipto Ghosh Dastidar |
| Nicolas Gonzalez-Granda |
| Hannah Graff |
| Caleb Griffiths |
| Min Guo |
| Abigail Hahs |
| Jiayi Hu |
| Zuofu Huang |
| Lingfeng Huo |
| Ellery Island |
| Ziren Jiang |
| Bhargob Kakoty |
| Zhiyu Kang |
| Eunsan Kim |
| Gleb Kozienko |
| Jiakun Li |
| Jiahao Liu |
| Jialing Liu |
| Limeng Liu |
| Yang Liu |
| Anja Logan |
| Han Lu |
| Tanvi Mehta |
| Yuzi Mi |
| Alyssa Montgomery |
| Mandy Moran |
| Nicholas Musinguzi |
| Aidan Neher |
| Dagun Oh |
| Nidhi Pai |
| Shurui Pan |
| Sydney Presler |
| Zexi Rao |
| Victoria Rose |
| Yang Ruan |
| Nitya Shah |
| Milena Silva |
| Josey Sorenson |
| Apostolos Stamenos |
| Brent Strong |
| Lindsey Turner |
| Leif Verace |
| Wei Wang |
| Yijie Wang |
| Allison Yuan |
| Can Zhang |
| Jingzhe Zhang |
| Lujun Zhang |
| Sinian Zhang |
| Chen Zhao |
| Xu Zhou |
| Hengcheng Zhu |
| Noppawee Apichonpongpan |
| Alana Barnhart |
| Matthew Cao |
| Changfu Chen |
| Jennifer Czachura |
| Yuanlin Feng |
| Ryan Gavin |
| Duolan Han |
| Xiaowen Han |
| Joshua Hebeisen |
| Haoyun Hou |
| Cheryl Huang |
| Aswin Jayaraaman |
| Haoyu Ji |
| Yanwei Jin |
| Tyler Jubenville |
| Cassidy Kersten |
| Shuheng Kong |
| Yanqing Kong |
| Morgan Kosch |
| Jonghyeok Lee |
| Minyu Li |
| Max McQuide |
| Alise Mendoza |
| Syna Mody |
| Devon Nerstad |
| Andrew Ness |
| Katrina Nguyen |
| Jon Ong |
| Jiaqi Pang |
| Keo Pangan |
| Nirali Patel |
| Alex Pemberton |
| Shika Rai |
| Chelsea Reed |
| Calvin Reyes |
| Duke Ruan |
| Karl Schmid |
| Elise Steichen |
| Tianqi Tang |
| Jaden Thomas |
| Bo Wang |
| Jiaying Wu |
| Lei Xuan |
| Zheqi Yin |
| Jialiang Yuan |
| Hanyin Zhou |
| Zechen Zhou |
| Ashwakh Abdalla |
| Asiya Abdi |
| Karly Allison |
| Abigail Alwin |
| Jonathan Barnes |
| Jenna Bernier |
| Michala Carlson |
| Benjamin Cox |
| Maria DeCesare |
| Meghan Devlin |
| Jendayi Dixon |
| Isabel Eaton |
| Sennai Eskinder |
| Ashley Farnum |
| Lilian Fogland |
| Dominic Gomez |
| Anne Hackman |
| Lana Hantzsch |
| Mumtaz Hassan |
| Taylor Lanz |
| Melina Lee |
| Samuel Lee |
| Mark McMillin |
| Taichi Miyazaki |
| Amal Mohamed |
| Hamza Mohamoud |
| Alyssa Mondelli |
| Tenzin Nyima |
| Olusewa Obadiya |
| Katrin O’Grady |
| Morgan Pak |
| Alana Pastula |
| Emily Paulson |
| Brandon Payne |
| Jochebed Quarshie |
| Christine Rinehart |
| Griffin Roberts |
| Lina Thiel |
| Patrick Torralba |
| Sabine Umuhire Girubuntu |
| Benjamin VanSetters |
| Sophie Wiitala |
| Lauren Witty |
| Katherine Wu |
Upcoming Student Presentations
No upcoming presentations at this time.
Recent Student Presentations
| Date | Name | Adviser | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 8, 2025 | Rui Cao | Tianzhong Yang & Weihua Guan | Statistical Models for High-dimensional Genetic and Genomic Data Analysis |
| Sept 5, 2025 | Christian Coffman | Saonli Basu & Thierry Chekouo | Statistical Methods to Address Heterogeneity in Brain Imaging and Behavioral Studies |
| Aug 28, 2025 | Andrew Ness | Kyle Rudser | When to Enrich? Enrollment Strategy Trade-Offs in Time-to-Event Studies with Heterogeneous Treatment Effects |
| Aug 20, 2025 | Elizabeth Nicholas | Thomas Murray | Evaluation of the Impact of Exercise Priming on Sudden Gains During Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Long-Term Impacts on Depression Severity |
| Aug 19, 2025 | Ruby Roettger | Laura Le | Evaluating Assumptions for Multiple Linear Regression: An Interactive Shiny App |
| Aug 12, 2025 | Kaifeng Yang | Sandra Safo | Supervised Integrative Biclustering Methods for Identifying Interpretable Subgroups from Multi-view Multi-type Data Incorporating Outcomes and Networks |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Aparna Srinivasan | J. Sunil Rao | Subgroup Discovery and Variable Selection using LASSO-informed Binary Partitioning |
| Jul 31, 2025 | Sarah Leismer | Erjia Cui | Evaluating Wearable Device Data from an Interventional Study of Physical Activity using Functional Regression |
| Jul 29, 2025 | Mark Lamin | Caitlin Ward | Predicting Melanoma Treatment Responsiveness with Bayesian Group Index Regression on Multiplex Imaging Spatial Summaries |
| Jul 23, 2025 | Yiheng Liu | Biyue Dai | A Simulation-Based Study Comparing Methods of Estimating the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient and Its Confidence Interval in the Context of a Cluster Randomized Study with Binary Outcomes |
| Jul 23, 2025 | Mykhaylo Malakhov | Wei Pan | Accounting for Interactions and Uncertainty in Multi-Omic Association Studies |
| Jul 2, 2025 | Michala Carlson | Lynn Eberly | Social Determinants of Mental Health in High School Students: Findings from the 2022 Minnesota Student Survey |
