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Department of Biostatistics

Students

Meet Our Students

Our students are problem solvers and effective communicators. Mathematical aptitude, an ambition to discover, an interest in biomedical questions, dedication to improving health, and good communication skills are prerequisites. We encourage you to get to know them and to connect with them.

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ScM Student Spotlights

Amia Graye

Student Spotlight: Amia Graye

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

Nora Elhaissouni

Student Spotlight: Nora Elhaissouni

Nora Elhaissouni is a ScM student in the Department of Biostatistics with an interest in child and maternal healthcare. She previously double majored in Biology and Child Study and Human Development at Tufts University.

MHS Student Spotlight

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. Her doctoral dissertation is about the use of Bayesian methods in oncology trials that evaluate the efficacy of cancer therapies. 

Jinqi Zhan

PhD Student Spotlights

Gege Gui

Student Spotlight: Gege Gui, ScM '18

Gege Gui, ScM '18, is a fifth-year PhD candidate in the Department of Biostatistics, as well as a Research Scientist at Hourigan Lab where she has worked since 2018.

Sam Fansler

Student Spotlight: Sam Fansler

Sam Fansler is a second-year PhD student in the Department of Biostatistics focusing on digital health technologies and aging research.

Andrew Chin

Student Spotlight: Andrew Chin

Andrew Chin is a fourth-year PhD candidate in the Department of Biostatistics whose area of focus is on computationally efficient Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods for large scale data.

Alyssa Columbus

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.

Lily Koffman

Student Spotlight: Lily Koffman

Lily Koffman is a PhD candidate in the Department of Biostatistics. She was previously a WiST (Women in Sports Tech, Inc.) Summer Fellow, and a High Performance Intern at U.S. Ski & Snowboard.

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.

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