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Doctoral Students Laura Sylvia Bumbulis (2024-) Lily Zou (2023-) Aelita Huang (2022-) Xiaoya Wang (2022-) co-supervised with Yeying Zhu Xianwei Li (2021-) co-supervised with Liqun Diao Research Topic: Variable selection and prediction with multistate processes under intermittent observation

Former Doctoral Students Kecheng Li PhD (2024) Affiliation: Post-Doctoral Fellow, NIH Thesis title: Topics in study design and analysis for assessing exposure effects in complex settings Jianchu Chen PhD (2024) Affiliation: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Division of Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania Thesis title: Statistical methods for joint modeling of disease processes under intermittent observation Alexandra Bühler PhD (2024) co-supervised with Jerry Lawless Affiliation: Post-doctoral Researcher, Novartis, Basel, Switzerland Thesis title: Estimands in randomized clinical trials with complex life history processes Lijia Wang PhD (2024) co-supervised with Yeying Zhu Affiliation: Assistant Professor, University of Toronto Thesis title: Joint modeling, variable selection and multiply robust estimation in mediation analysis with multiple mediators Fangya Mao PhD (2022) Affiliation: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, National Cancer Institute, NIH Thesis Title: Design and analysis of life history studies involving incomplete data Sprott Award Winner (2020) Bing Feng Xie PhD (2021) Affiliation: Risk Analyst, Industrial and Commerical Bank of China (ICBC), China Thesis Title: Failure time analysis with discrete marker processes under intermittent observation Ce Yang PhD (2021) co-supervised with Liqun Diao Affiliation: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Harvard School of Public Health Thesis Title: Topics in study design and analysis involving incomplete data Meaghan Cuerden Knight PhD (2018) co-supervised with Cecilia Cotton and Liqun Diao Affiliation: Biostatistician, London Health Sciences Centre Thesis Title: Marginal causal sub-group analysis with incomplete covariate data Jooyoung Lee PhD (2018) Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Chung-Ang University, Korea Thesis Title: Statistical models and methods for dependent life history processes Shu (Joy) Jiang PhD (2018) Affiliation: Associate Professor, Division of Public Health Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Thesis Title: Mixture models for coarsened multivariate failure time data Nathalie Moon PhD (2018) co-supervised with Leilei Zeng Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Toronto Thesis Title: Topics in the design of life history studies Sprott Award Winner (2015) Ying Wu PhD (2016) Affiliation: Associate Professor, School of Statistics and Data Science, Nankai University, China Thesis Title: Modeling and prediction of disease processes subject to intermittent observation Yujie Zhong PhD (2015) Affiliation: Senior Statistician II, AstraZeneca, Research and Development, China Thesis Title: Life history analysis with response-dependent observation Sprott Award Winner (2013), Pierre-Robillard Award (2016) Hua Shen PhD (2014) Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Calgary Thesis Title: Statistical methods for life history data involving latent processes Liqun Diao PhD (2013) Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo Thesis Title: Copula models for multi-type life history processes Pierre-Robillard Award (2014) Audrey Boruvka PhD (2013) Affiliation: Statistical Scientist, Roche Canada Thesis Title: Semiparametric methods for the analysis of progression-related endpoints Michael McIsaac PhD (2012) Affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, University of Prince Edward Island Thesis Title: Statistical methods for incomplete covariates and two-phase designs Longyang Wu PhD (2012) Affiliation: Senior Statistician, Thermo Fisher Scientific Thesis Title: Marginal methods for multivariate time to event data Baojiang Chen PhD (2008) co-supervised with Grace Yi Affiliation: Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Texas Thesis Title: Statistical methods for multi-state analysis of incomplete longitudinal data Sprott Award Winner (2007), Pierre-Robillard Award (2009) David Tolusso PhD (2008) Affiliation: Pricing Manager, Economical Insurance Thesis Title: Robust methods for interval-censored life history data Bethany White PhD (2007) co-supervised with Grace Yi Affiliation: Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Toronto Thesis Title: Covariate measurement error with interval-censored life history data Rinku Sutradhar PhD (2005) co-supervised with Jack Kalbfleisch Affiliation: Full Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Thesis Title: Statistical inference for multivariate event history data under incomplete observation Leilei Zeng PhD (2005) Affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo Thesis Title: Statistical methods for multivariate and clustered longitudinal binary data Sprott Award Winner (2003) Bingshu (Eric) Chen PhD (2003) Affiliation: Full Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences and Canadian Caner Trials Group, Queen's University Thesis Title: Regression problems with multivariate interval-censored recurrent events Sprott Award Winner (2003) Wei (Helen) Wei PhD (2002) Affiliation: Executive Director, US Biostatistics, Zai Lab Thesis Title: Efficiency and robustness considerations in the analysis of recurrent event data Edmund Ng PhD (1997) Affiliation: Independent Consultant, Edmund Ng Consulting, LLC, Seattle Thesis Title: Statistical methods for heterogeneous event history data Sprott Award Winner (1997), Pierre Robillard Award (1998)

Note 1: Pierre Robillard Award is awarded to the best Canadian PhD Thesis in the areas of probability and statistics. Note 2: Sprott Scholarship Award is awarded to the best PhD Thesis Proposal in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Waterloo.

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