
Yizhen Xu, PhD
Defended 22 January 2020
Thesis: “Bayesian Machine Learning for Predictive and Causal Inference”
Committee: Thesis Chair and Advisor, Professor Joseph Hogan, PhD; Associate Professor Tao Liu, PhD; Associate Professor Brandon Marshall, PhD, Department of Epidemiology; and, Professor Rami Kantor, MD, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases.

Ruoshui Zhai, PhD
Defended 15 January 2020
Thesis: “Topics in Multiple Imputation and Computational Methods for Design and Analysis of Cluster Randomized Trials”
Committee: Thesis Chair and Advisor, Associate Professor Roee Gutman, PhD; Henry Ledyard Goddard Professor of Biostatistics Constantine Gatsonis, PhD; Professor (Research) George Papandonatos, PhD; and, Professor Vince Mor, PhD, Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice.

Xiaotian (Kevin) Wu, PhD
Defended 12 December 2019
Thesis: “Statistical Methods for Single Cell RNA Sequencing” ”
Committee: Thesis Chair and Advisor, Professor Zhijin Wu, PhD; Professor (Research) George Papandonatos, PhD; Assistant Professor Ani Eloyan, PhD; and, Associate Professor Nicola Neretti, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry.

Youndan (Kelsey) Wang, PhD
3 September 2019
Thesis: “Meta-analysis of N-of-1 Trials Using Bayesian Hierarchical Models ”
Committee: Thesis Chair and Advisor, Professor Christopher Schmid, PhD; Associate Professor Thomas Trikalinos, PhD, Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice; and, Adjunct Assistant Professor Zheng Zhang, PhD.

Mingyang Shan, PhD
Defended 12 August 2019
Thesis: “Record Linkage and Causal Inference with Applications to Health Services Research”
Committee: Thesis Chair and Advisor, Associate Professor Roee Gutman, PhD; Henry Ledyard Goddard Professor of Biostatistics Constantine Gatsonis, PhD; Associate Professor Kali Thomas, Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice; and, Professor Pedro Gozalo, Department of Health Services Policy and Practice.

Menghan Hu, PhD
Defended 14 August 2019
Thesis: “Statistical Methods for Structural Imaging Data”
Committee: Thesis Chair and Advisor, Assistant Professor Ani Eloyan, PhD; Henry Ledyard Goddard Professor of Biostatistics Constantine Gatsonis, PhD; and, Professor Jerrold Boxerman MD, PhD, Diagnostic Imaging, The Warren Alpert Medical School.