Current members:

Postdoc Fellow

• Tingxuan Wu, University of Saskatchewan (co-supervised with Dr. Longhai Li); Research topic: Model diagnostic methods for survival models with frailty. 

• Kamal Rai, Dalhousie University (Co-supervised with Dr. Nathalie St-Jacques and Dr. Patrick Brown); Research topic: Spatial temporal disease mapping of cancer incidence in Atlantic Canada. 

PhD

• Nelofar Kureshi, Interdisciplinary PhD program, Dalhousie University (Co-supervised with Dr. Syed Sibte Raza Abidi ) Research topic: Geospatial and machine learning methods in traumatic brain injury prediction and prevention in Nova Scotia. 

MSc

• Effie Gao, MSc in Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Saskatchewan (co-supervised with Dr. Longhai Li); Research topic: Model diagnosis for counts regression. 

• Ethan Ring, Master of Applied Public Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University (co-supervised with Dr. Robin Urqhuart); Research topic: Investigation occupational environmental exposure and cancer onset. 

Undergraduate  Honours

• Zirui Dong, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Dalhousie University (co-supervised with Dr. Edward Susko)

• Jiayang He, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Dalhousie University (co-supervised with Dr. Edward Susko)

Past members:

PhD

• Tingxuan Wu, PhD in Biostatistics,  School of Public Health,  the University of Saskatchewan 2019- May 2023. Co-supervisor: Dr. Longhai Li;  Thesis title:  Residual Diagnostics and Statistical Inference for Shared Frailty Models. 

Present Position: Postdoc Fellow, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Saskatchewan 

• Nigatu Geda, PhD in epidemiology, SPH, University of Saskatchewan, Sep. 2017 - Aug. 2020. Co-supervisor: Dr. Susan Whiting.  Thesis title: Inequalities in childcare practices and health outcomes in Ethiopia. 

Present Position: Professor, College of Development Studies, Addis Ababa University

MSc or MPH

• Roya Gavanji, MSc in Statistics, SPH, University of Saskatchewan, May 2017 - Apr. 2019. Co-supervisor: Dr. Catherine Trask. Thesis title: Penalized Regression Methods for Modelling Rare Events Data with Application to Occupational Injury Study.  Present Position: Senior Biostatistician, EVERSANA, Burlington, Ontario, Canada

• Jafar Soltani Farsani, MSc in Statistics, SPH, University of Saskatchewan, 2018 - 2020. Co-supervisor: Dr. Shahhedul Khan. Thesis title: Statistical power of epidemiological studies of low dose levels of ionizing radiation and cancer.  Present Position: Senior Biostatistician at BioPharma Services Inc. 

• Xi Chen, MSc in Statistics, SPH, University of Saskatchewan, Sep. 2017 - Sep. 2020. Thesis title: A Two-Stage Shared Component Model for Modelling Multiple Correlated Exposures and Their Health Effects.  Present Position: Statistician, West China Lecheng Hospital, China

• Tingxuan Wu, MSc in Statistics, SPH, University of Saskatchewan, Jan. 2017 - Dec. 2018. Co-supervisor: Dr. Longhai Li. Thesis title: Randomized Survival Probability Residual for Assessing Parametric Survival Models.  Present Position: Postdoc Fellow, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

• Sharmin Sharker, MSc in Statistics, SPH, University of Saskatchewan, Sep. 2016 - Jun. 2019. Co-supervisor: Dr. Lloyd Balbuena.  Thesis title: Modeling Zero-Inflated and Overdispersed Count Data with Application to Psychiatric Inpatient Service Use.  Present Position: Statistician, Abbott, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• Wei Bai, MSc in Statistics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Saskatchewan, Sep. 2016-Jul. 2018. Co-supervisor: Dr. Longhai Li.  Thesis title: Randomized quantile residual for assessing generalized linear mixed models with application to zero-inflated microbiome data.  Present Position: Lead Statistical Analyst, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Ontario, Canada

• Asma Ahmed, MPH-Thesis, SPH, University of Saskatchewan, Sep. 2015 - Jul. 2017. Co-supervisor: Dr. Angela Bowen. Thesis title: Latent trajectory groups of maternal depressive and anxiety symptoms and the associated risk factors. Present Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, Canada

• Alireza Sadeghpour, MSc in Statistics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Saskatchewan, Sep. 2014 - Aug. 2016. Co-supervisor: Dr. Longhai Li.  Thesis title: Empirical investigation of randomized quantile residuals in generalized linear models.  Present Position: Statistician, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada

• Mehdi Rostami, MSc in Statistics, SPH, University of Saskatchewan, Sep. 2013 - Jun. 2016. Co-supervisor: Dr. Susan Whiting.  Thesis title: Modeling the risk of hip fracture among residents in the long-term care facilities in British Columbia: Impact of misspecification of the correlation structure on the parameter estimates.  Present Position: Senior Data Scientist, BMO, Toronto, Canada

• Qiu Shi, MSc in Statistics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Saskatchewan,  Sep. 2013 - Mar. 2015. Co-supervisor: Dr. Longhai Li.  Thesis title: Cross-validatory model comparison and divergent regions detection using iIS and iWAIC for disease mapping.  Present Position: Statistician, Mabwell Therapeutics, Inc., Shanghai, China