Team

Pengqi Liu, Postdoctoral Fellow

Research interests: mixture models, high-dimensional statistics, and machine learning.

Pengqi (co-supervised with Dr. Sanjeena Dang) is joining our group from Jan 2026.

Welcome Pengqi!

Fatemeh Ahmadi Harchegani, PhD Student

Research interests: biostatistics, data science, rare diseases, machine learning.

Fatemeh is joining our group from Sep 2023.

Welcome Fatemeh!

Dr. Wangshu Tu, part-time Research Associate

Research interests: Knowledge mobilization/translation in rare diseases, Statistical/machine learning, Model-based clustering, microbiome data analysis.

Feedback welcome on www.mdbiomarkers.com

Mithun Manivannan, MSc Student

Research interests: biostatistics, unsupervised learning, digital biomarkers and clinical trials

Mithun is joining our group from Sep 2025.

Welcome Mithun!

Adnan Alfarra, MSc Student

Research interests: Duchenne muscular dystrophy, machine/statistical learning, supervised learning

Adnan is joining our group from Sep 2024.

Welcome Adnan!

Kaitey Guite, MSc student

Research interests: muscular dystrophies, health outcomes, clinical trials, biostatistics 

Kaitey is joining our group from Sep 2024.

Kaitey is starting a MSc from Sep 2025.

Ella Fracker, BSc Honours student

Research interests: muscular dystrophies, health outcomes, proteomics, data science

Ella is joining our group from May 2026.

Deborah Aliyu, BSc Honours student

Research interests: muscular dystrophies, health outcomes, proteomics, data science

Debra is joining our group from May 2026.