Current student trainees

IHPME trainees

Jay Xu
Postdoctoral fellow in Biostatistics and Health Systems Research (2024-present)
Data Sciences Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Recipient

Shojie Dong
MSc student in Health Systems Research (Artificial Intelligence) (2025-present)
Co-supervisor: Mohammad Noaeen
Thesis project: Spatial environmental exposure prediction and mapping using machine learning ensembles

Jenny Du
PhD student in Health Systems Research (2025-present)
Co-supervisor: Dr. Beate Sander
Ontario Graduate Scholarship

Omri Arbiv
PhD student in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research (2023-present)
Co-supervisor: Dr. Andrea Gershon
CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral (CGS-D)

Biostatistics trainees

Mengyao Shi
PhD student in Biostatistics (2025-present)

Peiqing Yu
PhD student in Biostatistics (2025-present)
Co-supervisor: Dr. Kevin Thorpe

Emmett Peng
MSc student in Biostatistics (thesis) (2024-2026 expected)
Thesis project: Bayesian Latent Class Models for Estimating the Causal Effects of Exposures on Multiple Cognitive Trajectories in Aging Populations

Ting Lin
MSc student in Biostatistics (thesis) (2024-2026 expected)
Thesis project: Sensitivity Analysis for Unmeasured Confounding with Time-to-event Data

Rachel Giblon
PhD student in Biostatistics (2023-present)
Co-supervisor: Dr. Anna Heath
Sickkids Restracomp Scholarship

Chen Chen
PhD student in Biostatistics (2023-present)
co-supervisor: Dr. Laurent Briollais

Research assistants

Yuning Wang, Research Analyst (2023-2025)
Project: Investigating regional trends in electronic cigarette consumption in Canada and identifying geographical characteristics associated with high consumption
Current position: PhD student in Biostatistics

Previous Lab Members

Priyonto Saha, MSc student in Biostatistics (thesis) (2024-2025)
Thesis title: Causal inference for observational studies with clustered time-to-event data
Current Position: PhD student in Biostatistics at McGill University

Nway Nway Aung
MSc student in Health Systems Research (Artificial Intelligence) (2024-2025)
Thesis title: Quantifying the Impact of COVID-19 School Closures on Mental Health of School-Aged Children and Young Adults in Ontario

Kevin (Jiacheng) Wang, MSc practicum student in Biostatistics (2024-2025)
Co-supervisor: Dr. Amanda Ricciuto

Yannay Khaikin
MSc student in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research (2023-2025)
Co-supervisor: Dr.Sebastian Hobson

Yushu Zou, MSc in Biostatistics (thesis) (2022-2024)
Thesis title: A Bayesian Sensitivity Analysis Approach for Unmeasured Confounding in Longitudinal Data
Current position: Research Analyst, Public Health Ontario

Xiao Yan, MSc Biostatistics Practicum Student (2023-2024)
Best virtual poster presentation award at the 2024 Canadian Statistics Student Conference, St. John’s, Newfoundland
Current position: Statistical Programmer/Analyst at ClinChoice

Larry Dong, Contract Research Assistant (2023-2024)
Current position: PhD student in Biostatistics, University of Toronto
GitHub Campus Expert and PyMC Developer

Yanning Wang, PhD Biostatistics Practicum student (2023-2024)
Co-supervisor: Dr. Andrea Knight
Current position: PhD student in Biostatistics, University of Toronto

Zunaira Mehmood, MSc Biostatistics Practicum Student (2023-2024)
Co-supervisor: Dr. Deborah Levy
Current position: Research Fellow, CANSTAT Clinical Trials Biostatistician

Laura Langer, MSc Biostatistics Practicum Student (2022-2023)
Current position: Data Scientist/Analyst, University Health Network

Shijie Min, MSc Biostatistics Practicum Student (2022-2023)
Co-supervisor: Dr. Aya Mitani
Current position: PhD student at Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Bilin Nong, BSc in Statistics & Bioinformatics, University of Toronto
Data Sciences Institute Summer Undergraduate Data Science Scholar (2023)
Co-supervisor: Dr. Kevin Thorpe
Current position: BSc in Statistics & Bioinformatics, University of Toronto

Yutong Lu, BSc in Applied Statistics, University of Toronto
Data Sciences Institute Summer Undergraduate Data Science Scholar (2022)
Current position: Statistician, AstraZeneca Canada

Haseul (Steve) Jeoung, MSc Biostatistics Practicum Student (2021-2022)
Co-supervisor: Dr. Deborah Levy
Paul Corey Awards for Excellence in Biostatistics (2022)
Current position: ICES Analyst, Toronto

Fatema Johara, PhD Biostatistics Practicum Student (2021-2022)
Co-supervisor: Dr. Linda Hiraki
Current position: PhD student in Biostatistics, University of Toronto

Spotlights

Lily’s team winning the 2025 Harvard Health Systems Innovation Lab x Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Yushu MSc thesis defense in Sep 2024

Xiao and Kuan at CSSC 2024, St. John’s, Newfoundland

Zihang, Chen and Kuan at ENAR 2024, Baltimore, MD

Bilin at DSI SUDS conference 2023, Toronto, ON