Department of Biostatistics
Past Postdoctoral Fellows
Past Postdoctoral Fellows
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.
Past Postdoctoral Fellows in the Department of Biostatistics are below (by starting year). Our current Postdoctoral Fellows can be found here.
2021-2025 Postdocs
| NAME | RESEARCH PROJECT | ADVISOR(S) | TRAINING PERIOD | POSITION |
| Rahul Ghosal | Identification of Clinically Relevant Characteristic Patterns of Physical Activity Measured via Contagious Actigraphy in Subjects with and without Mild Alzheimer's | Vadim Zipunnikov | 2021-2022 | Department of Biostatistics, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health |
| Patrick Sadil | Data Center for Acute to Chronic Pain Biosignatures | Brian Caffo | 2021-2022 | Department of Biostatistics, Johns ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ |
| Kelly Van Lancker | Statistical Methods and Open-Source, Validated Software for Improving the Efficiency of Randomized Trials | Michael Rosenblum | 2021-2022 | Ghent University |
| Mo Li | Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Data Analysis Center / Statistical Methods for Integrative Analysis of Multiple Microbiome Datasets | Ni Zhao | 2021-2023 | Department of Mathematics, University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
| Sean Maden | Enabling Analysis and Comprehension of Human Cell Atlas through R-Bioconductor/Integrative Cellular Deconvolution of Human Brain RNA Sequencing Data | Stephanie Hicks | 2022-2024 | |
| Elizabeth Humphries | Implementing the Genomic Data Science Analysis, Visualization, and Informatics Lab-space (AnVIL) | Jeffrey Leek | 2022 | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |
| Quentin Le Coent | Improving the Statistical Design and Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials of Delirium Prevention and Treatment for Critically Ill Older Adults | Elizabeth Colantuoni; Chen Hu | 2023-2024 | Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine |
| Shanker Swaminathan | Multi-Omics for Mothers and Infants (MOMI) Biorepository Platform | Ni Zhao; Nilanjan Chatterjee | 2024 | |
| Harsh Parikh | Design and Analysis Advances to Improve Generalizability of Clinical Trials for Treating Opioid Use Disorder | Elizabeth Stuart | 2023-2025 | |
| Xinkai Zhou | Statistical Methods for Multilevel Multivariate Functional Studies / Novel Application of Digital Signals of Movement, Sleep, and Heart Rhythms for Detection of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias | Ciprian Crainiceanu | 2023-2025 | |
| Lingli Yang | Statistical Methods for Analyzing Messy Microbiome Data: Detection of Hidden Artifacts and Robust Modeling Approaches | Ni Zhao | 2024-2025 | Takeda |
2011-2020 Postdocs
| NAME | RESEARCH PROJECT | ADVISOR(S) | TRAINING PERIOD | POSITION |
| Methodology for Causal and Statistical Inference in Longitudinal Data | Michael Rosenblum | 2011-2013 | Center for Health Policy/Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University | |
| Methods Development and Secondary Analyses for an Oral Clefts Association Study | Ingo Ruczinski | 2011-2013 | Global Health Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
| Statistical and Computational Methods for Analyzing High Throughput Genomic Data | Hongkai Ji | 2011-2013 | Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Victoria | |
| Statistical Methods for Complex Environmental Health Data | Roger Peng | 2011-2014 | Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University | |
| Postdoctoral Training in Environmental Biostatistics | Thomas Louis | 2011-2014 | Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University | |
| Statistical Methods for Multilevel Multivariate Functional Studies | Ciprian Crainiceanu | 2011-2014 | Biostatistics Research Branch, NIAID | |
| Improving Outcome for Childhood Leukemia with Targeted Epigenetic Therapy | Rafael Irizarry | 2012-2014 | Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine | |
| Statistical Methods for Complex Environmental Health Data | Roger Peng | 2012-2015 | Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland, Baltimore | |
| Statistical Methods for Multilevel Multivariate Functional Studies; Statistical Methods for Mapping Human Brain Development | Ciprian Crainiceanu | 2012-2015 | Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University | |
| Fang Du | Hongkai Ji | 2013-2014 | Covance | |
| Ivan Diaz | iHealth; Causal Inference | Michael Rosenblum | 2013-2015 | NYU Grossman School of Medicine |
| Guy Mahiane | Mathematical Modeling for the Interaction between HIV and HSV-2 from Experimental Data | Lawrence Moulton | 2013-2015 | Avenir Health |
| Causal Modeling | Daniel Scharfstein | 2013-2015 | Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine | |
| Statistical Methods and Computational Tools for Analyzing Data from Next Generation RNA Sequencing | Jeffrey Leek | 2013-2016 | Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine | |
| Statistical Models for Biological and Technical Variation in RNA Sequencing | Jeffrey Leek | 2013-2016 | Department of Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University | |
| Computational Tools for Mining Large Amounts of ChIP and Gene Expression Data | Hongkai Ji | 2013-2018 | Department of Biostatistics, Johns ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ | |
| inHealth | Scott Zeger | 2014-2016 | Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute | |
| Statistical and Computational Tools for Next-Generation ChIP-seq Applications | Hongkai Ji | 2014-2016 | University of Kansas School of Business | |
| Statistical Methods for Individualized Health with Application to Childhood Pneumonia and Health Policies: Etiology, Diagnosis, and Intervention | Scott Zeger | 2014-2016 | Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan School of Public Health | |
| Jacek Urbanek | Biosignals | Ciprian Crainiceanu | 2014-2017 | Regeneron |
| Heide Jackson | Epidemiology and Biostatistics of Aging Training Program | Karen Bandeen-Roche | 2015-2016 | University of Maryland Population Research Center |
| Jacob Konikoff | National Evaluation Platforms | Scott Zeger | 2015-2016 | Boston Consulting Group |
| Methodology for Causal and Statistical Inference in Longitudinal Data | Michael Rosenblum | 2015-2017 | Department of Biostatistics, Brown School of Public Health | |
| Statistical Methods of Reduced-Cost Designs for Studying Disease Incidence and Fatality Risks; Statistical Methods of Survival and Recurrent Event Data in Clinical Research | Mei-Cheng Wang | 2015-2017 | Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University | |
| Peter Hickey | Cancer Genomics: Integrative and Scalable Solutions in R/Bioconductor | Kasper Hansen | 2015-2018 | Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research |
| Julius Ngwa | Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Data Analysis Center/Genetic Epidemiology of COPD | Ingo Ruczinski | 2015-2023 | Children's National Hospital |
| Runlong Tang | Statistical Methods for Development, Validation and Implementation of Absolute Risk Models | Nilanjan Chatterjee | 2016-2017 | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |
| Statistical Models for Biological and Technical Variation in RNA Sequencing | Jeffrey Leek | 2016-2018 | Department of Cognitive Science, UCSD | |
| Stephan Geuter | Causal Inference for Neuroimaging | Martin Lindquist | 2016-2018 | Vorwerk Digital |
| SEARCH: Solutions for Energy, Air, Climate, and Health; Integrated Air Pollution and Childhood Pneumonia | Roger Peng | 2016-2018 | Department of Statistics, Colorado State University | |
| Jia (Coco) Liu | SEARCH: Solutions for Energy, Air, Climate, and Health | Roger Peng | 2016-2018 | |
| Parichoy Pal Choudhury | PCORI - Statistical Methods for Development, Validation and Implementation | Nilanjan Chatterjee | 2016-2019 | Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, NCI |
| Yan (Dora) Zhang | Developing and Applying Methods for Analyzing Polygenic Genetic Architecture of Complex Traits | Nilanjan Chatterjee | 2016-2019 | Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science, University of Hong Kong |
| Yi Zhao | Adolescent Changes in Brain and Behavior in Boys and Girls with ADHD | Brian Caffo | 2017-2019 | Department of Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Medicine |
| Aboozar Hadavand | A Massive Study of Data Science to Address the Scientific Reproducibility Crisis | Jeffrey Leek | 2017-2020 | Computational Sciences, Minerva University |
| Allison Meisner | Statistical Methods for Development, Validation and Implementation of Absolute Risk Models | Nilanjan Chatterjee | 2017-2020 | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |
| Causal Inference for Neuroimaging; Resources for Quantitative Functional FMRI | Martin Lindquist; Brian Caffo | 2017-2020 | Department of Biostatistics & Data Science, Wake Forest School of Medicine | |
| Developing Statistical Methods and Collecting Data to Compare Clinical Trials to Observational Studies / Developing Methods and Code for Analyzing the Way People Use R / Developing Massive Online Open Courses for Medical Professionals | Jeffrey Leek | 2018-2019 | Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Wake Forest University | |
| Dane Van Domelen | Epidemiology and Biostatistics of Aging Training Program | Karen Bandeen-Roche | 2018-2019 | Karyopharm Therapeutics |
| Hyunwook (Bob) Koh | ECHODAC (Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Data Analysis Center); Integrative Analysis of Microbiome Data in HIV - From Statistical Methodology to Scientific Discovery | Ni Zhao | 2018-2020 | Department of Applied Mathematics & Statistics, SUNY Korea |
| Biomarkers of Cognitive Decline Among Normal Individuals: The Biocard Cohort/National Diagnostic Performance Dashboard to Measure and Track Diagnostic Error | Mei-Cheng Wang | 2019-2021 | Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine | |
| Diptavo Dutta | Robust Methods for Polygenic Analysis to Inform Disease Etiology and Enhance Risk Prediction | Nilanjan Chatterjee | 2019-2022 | Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, NCI |
| Computational Tools for Regulome Mapping Using Single-Cell Genomic Data Statistical Methods for the Normalization and Quantification of Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Data Bioconductor for Analysis and Comprehension of the Human Cell Atlas | Stephanie Hicks; Hongkai Ji | 2019-2022 | Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health | |
| Tanmay Nath | Causal Inferencer for Neuroimaging / Data Center for Acute to Chronic Pain Biosignatures | Martin Lindquist | 2019-2022 | Integrate |
| Shijie Zheng | Bioconductor for Analysis and Comprehension of the Human Cell Atlas Resources/Analysis of Genomics Dataset at a Massive Scale | Kasper Hansen | 2019-2022 | Pfizer |
| Robust Methods for Polygenic Analysis to Inform Disease Etiology and Enhance Risk Prediction/Multi-Ethnic Risk Prediction for Complex Human Diseases Integrating Multi-Source Genetic and Non-Genetic Information | Nilanjan Chatterjee | 2019-2023 | Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine | |
| Unsupervised Statistical Methods for Data-Driven Analyses in Spatially Resolved Transcriptomics Data | Stephanie Hicks | 2019-2023 | Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health | |
| Yizhen Xu | Johns Hopkins Individualized Heath Initiative | Scott Zeger | 2020-2021 | Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine |
| Leandros Boukas | Bioconductor for Analysis and Comprehension of the Human Cell Atlas Resources | Kasper Hansen | 2020-2022 | Children's National Hospital |
| Ji Soo Kim | Scleroderma Research Foundation, Trajectory Modeling | Scott Zeger | 2020-2022 | Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine |
| Prosenjit Kundu | Multifactoral Breast Cancer Risk Prediction Accounting for Ethnic and Tumor Diversity | Nilanjan Chatterjee | 2020-2022 | Pfizer |
| Farzad Farahani | Personalized Spatiotemporal Hemodynamic Response Models for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Martin Lindquist | 2020-2023 | Johnson & Johnson |
2000-2010 Postdocs
| NAME | RESEARCH PROJECT | ADVISOR(S) | TRAINING PERIOD | POSITION |
| Howard Mackey | Developing a New Statistical Method for the Analysis of Longitudinal Clinical Trial Data | Kung-Yee Liang | 2000-2002 | Genentech, Inc. |
| Use of Protein-Protein Interactions in the Analysis of Gene-Expression Data | Scott Zeger | 2001-2003 | Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine | |
| Marie Diener-West | 2002-2004 | Division of Biostatistics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic | ||
| Environmental Biostatistics and Epidemiology | Francesca Dominici | 2003-2005 | Department of Statistics & Data Sciences, University of Texas at Austin | |
| National Morbidity and Mortality Air Pollution Study | Scott Zeger | 2003-2005 | Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University | |
| Philippe Huber | Latent Variable Models for Multivariate Discrete and Continuous Responses | Scott Zeger | 2005 | RAM Active Investments |
| Environmental Biostatistics and Epidemiology | Francesca Dominici | 2005-2007 | Biostatistician, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington | |
| Statistical Designs and Analyses for Partially Controlled Studies | Constantine Frangakis | 2006 | Department of Statistical Science, Duke University | |
| Cardiovascular Epidemiology Institutional Training | Ingo Ruczinski | 2007-2010 | Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine | |
| Epidemiology and Biostatistics of Aging Training Program | Karen Bandeen-Roche | 2007-2010 | maxlikelihood.org | |
| Christopher Barr | Preprocessing & Analysis Tools for Contemporary Microarray Application | Rafael Irizarry | 2008-2009 | Varadero Capital |
| Preprocessing & Analysis Tools for Contemporary Microarray Application | Rafael Irizarry | 2008-2010 | Genentech | |
| Environmental Biostatistics and Epidemiology | Francesca Dominici | 2008-2010 | Department of Statistics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet | |
| Methods and Software for the Improved Analysis of Data Arising in the Context of Genome-Wide Association Studies | Ingo Ruczinski | 2009-2010 | Department of Mathematics, Heinrich Heine University | |
| Some Analyses of High-Throughput Expression Data | Rafael Irizarry | 2009-2012 | Department of Biostatistics, Johns ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ | |
| Analysis of High-Throughput Biological Data: Some Statistical Problems in RNA-seq and Mouse Genotyping | Rafael Irizarry | 2009-2012 | Department of Biostatistics, Johns ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ | |
| Statistical Methods for Multilevel Multivariate Functional Studies | Ciprian Crainiceanu | 2009-2012 | Department of Biostatistics, Johns ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ | |
| Epidemiology and Biostatistics of Aging Training Program | Karen Bandeen-Roche | 2010-2011 | Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin | |
| Statistical Methods for Large N and P Problems | Brian Caffo | 2010-2013 | Department of Biostatistics, Brown School of Public Health |
1994-2000 Postdocs
| NAME | RESEARCH PROJECT | ADVISOR(S) | TRAINING PERIOD | POSITION |
| Particle Epidemiology Evaluation Project | Scott Zeger | 1994-1995 | Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health | |
| Guanghan Liu | Biostatistics Mental Health/Psychiatry Training Program | Kung-Yee Liang | 1994-1995 | Merck Research Laboratories |
| Julia Crook (Kelsall) | Particle Epidemiology Evaluation Project | Scott Zeger | 1995-1996 | Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida |
| Health Effects of Climate Change for the US Integrated Assessment of the Public | Subhash Lele | 1997-1999 | Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ | |
| Statistical Methods for Genetic Epidemiology | Kung-Yee Liang | 1999-2000 | National Health Research Institutes Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Taipei, Taiwan |