Recent grads and dissertations

Name Advisor Graduation Date Dissertation Title
Jing Peng Dr. Laura Kubatko Su 2021 Speciation Time and Hybridization Under the Multispecies Coalescent: Estimation and Hypothesis Testing
Qing Xie Dr. Shili Lin Su 2021 Single Cell Hi-C Matrix Imputation
Woobeen Lim Dr. Michael Pennell Sp 2021 Bayesian Semiparametric Joint Modeling of Longitudinal Predictors and Discrete Outcomes
Shuyuan Lou Dr. Shili Lin Sp 2021 Simulation Algorithm and Bayesian Analysis of Chromatin Interactions
Yuan Gao Dr. Laura Kubatko Au 2020 A Phylogenetic Approach to Study Cancer Progression
Xiao Zang Drs. Oksana Chkrebtii and Sebastian Kurtek Au 2020 Clustering Functional Data Based on Amplitude-Phase Separation
Chenggong Han Dr. Shili Lin Su 2020 Statistical Models and Computational Methods for Studying DNA Differential Methylation and 3D Genome Structure
Yuyang Zhang Dr. Bo Lu Sp 2020 Heterogeneous Treatment Effect Estimation in Observational Studies using Tree-based Methods
Jonathan Race Dr. Michael Pennell Au 2019 Semiparametric Survival Analysis via Dirichlet Process Mixtures of the First Hitting Time Model
Giovanni Nattino Drs. Bo Lu and Stanley Lemeshow Su 2019 Causal Inference in Observational Studies with Complex Design: Multiple Arms, Complex Sampling and Intervention Effects
Wenna Xi Dr. Catherine Calder Su 2019 Community Structure in Co-Location Networks
Yiran Zhang Dr. Kellie Archer Su 2019 Bayesian Variable Selection for High-Dimensional Data with an Ordinal Response
Brittney Bailey Drs. Rebecca Andridge and Abigail Shoben Su 2018 Data Analysis and Multiple Imputation for Two-level Nested Designs
Yihan Sui Drs. Grzegorz Rempala and Chi Song Su 2018 Analyzing Spatial Longitudinal Incidence Patterns Using Dynamic Multivariate Poisson Models
Ranran Dong Dr. Abigail Shoben Sp 2018 Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trials for Three-Level Data: Design and Evaluation
Amy Stark Dr. Abigail Shoben Au 2017 Early Clinical Trial Design Recommendations in Oncology Based on Overall Success Across Phases I, II, and III
Mark Burch Dr. Grzegorz Rempala Au 2016 Stochastic Epidemic Models on Dynamic Random Networks and Their Statistical Analysis
Rong Lu Dr. Grzegorz Rempala Su 2016 Statistical Methods for Functional Genomics Studies Using Observational Data
David Kline Drs. Rebecca Andridge and Eloise Kaizar Au 2015 Systematically Missing Subject-Level Data in Longitudinal Research Synthesis
Fangyuan Zhang Dr. Shili Lin Sp 2015 Detecting Genomic Imprinting and Maternal Effects in Family-based Association Studies
Robert Ashmead Dr. Bo Lu Au 2014 Propensity Score Methods for Estimating Causal Effects from Complex Survey Data
Shasha Bai Dr. H. N. Nagaraja Sp 2014 Inference on Intraclass Correlation Coeffients arising in a General Clustered Repeated-Measures Design
 Alice Hinton Dr. H. N. Nagaraja Sp 2014 Contributions to Discriminant Analysis of Cross-Sectional and Longitudal Data with Applications
Danielle Sullivan Dr. Rebecca Andridge Au 2013 A Hot Deck Imputation Procedure for Multiply Imputing Nonignorable Missing Data: The Proxy Pattern-Mixture Hot Deck
Beomseuk Hwang Dr. Michael Pennell Sp 2013 Bayesian Semiparametric Joint Modeling with Applications in Toxicological Risk Assessment
 Liang Niu  Dr. Shili Lin Su 2012 Statistical Modeling and Analysis of Chromatin Interactions
 Roger Erich  Dr. Michael Pennell Su 2012 Regression Modeling of Time to Event Data using the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Process