PhD/MSc Alumni
2013
Thesis Title: Modeling Dependancies in Multivariate Data
Supervisor: Paul Gustafson, Arnaud Doucet
First Position: Post-doctoral Research Fellow - BC Cancer Agency
Program: PhD
Thesis Title: Rare-Class Classification using Ensembles of Subset Variables
Supervisor: William J. Welch, Ruben H Zamar
First Position: Research Assistant - Dept. of Statistics, UBC
Current Position: Assistant Professor - Computer and Mathematical Sciences, University of Toronto
Program: PhD
Thesis Title: Bayesian Methods for Alleviating Identification Issues with Applications in Health and Insurance Areas
Supervisor: Paul Gustafson
First Position: Assistant Professor - North Illinois University
Current Position: Assistant Professor - North Illinois University
Program: PhD
First Position: Professional Statistical Analyst at Sanofi Pasteur
Current Position: Wholesale credit methodology associate at BMO Financial Group - Toronto, ON
Program: MSc
2012
Thesis Title: Modeling latent correlation structures with application to agricultural and environmental science
Supervisor: James V. Zidek FRSC, O.C., Arnaud Doucet
First Position: Professor - Harvard University
Program: PhD
Thesis Title: Multivariate Extremal Dependence Risk Measures
Supervisor: Harry Joe
First Position: Assistant professor, Division of Statistics - Northern Illinois University
Program: PhD
Thesis Title: Costs and benefits of environmental data in investigations of gene-disease associations
Supervisor: Paul Gustafson
First Position: PhD student - Dept. of Statistics UBC
Program: MSc
Thesis Title: Co-op Report
First Position: Clinical & Translational Research Institute at UCSD
Program: MSc