
People

Meet Our Team
The Biostatistics department is a creative, close-knit community.
Approximately 50 top of their field faculty call the Biostatistics Department their primary home, and the department benefits from many partnering and part time faculty as well.

Alumni
We have an extensive alumni network spanning the globe. From scientists to researchers to professors, we invite you to connect with them.

Postdoctoral Fellows
Our Biostatistics Postdoctoral Fellows come from around the world to apprentice with our faculty leaders. Areas they pursue are as rich as the Department’s research directions.
Job-Seeking PhD Candidates & Postdocs
Are you an employer looking for an outstanding new hire? Meet our job-seeking Postdoctoral Fellows and PhD candidates from the Johns ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½, Department of Biostatistics.

Aki Nishimura, PhD, MS
Akihiko (Aki) Nishimura, PhD, MS, is an assistant professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Aki uses Bayesian methods and statistical computing to tackle methodological challenges in healthcare analytics and large-scale biomedical applications.
Student Spotlights

Student Spotlight: Alyssa Columbus
Alyssa Columbus is a second-year PhD student in the Department of Biostatistics with an interest in public health informatics and data science, including educational interventions, ethical considerations, and policy implications.

Student Spotlight: Jinqi Zhan
Jinqi Zhan is a MHS student in the Department of Biostatistics, while concurrently a PhD student in the Department of Epidemiology, with a focus on innovative clinical trial design.

Student Spotlight: Amia Graye
Amia Graye is a first-year ScM student in the Department of Biostatistics focusing on health disparities and causal inference.