PhD/MSc Alumni
2012
Thesis Title: Nonparametric Bayesian Models for Markov Jump Processes
Supervisor: Alexandre Bouchard-Côté, John Petkau
First Position: PhD student - EECS Department, MIT
Program: MSc
Thesis Title: Topics on the effect of non-differential exposure missclassification
Supervisor: Paul Gustafson
Program: MSc
Thesis Title: Bayesian phylogenetic inference via Monte Carlo methods
Supervisor: Alexandre Bouchard-Côté, Arnaud Doucet
First Position: Assistant Professor, Western University
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Statistics & Actuarial Science, SFU
Program: PhD
Thesis Title: Joint inference for lingitudinal and survival data with incomplete time-dependant covariates
First Position: Biostatistician, University of Michigan, USA
Program: MSc
Thesis Title: The Rocky Sleep study and multiple imputation
Supervisor: Rollin F. Brant
Program: MSc
Thesis Title: A study of the relationship between CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) and historical volatility
Supervisor: Harry Joe
First Position: PhD student - Desautel Faculty of Management, McGill University
Program: MSc
Thesis Title: Applications of Penalized Likelihood Methods for Feature Selection in Statistical Modeling
Supervisor: Jiahua Chen
Program: PhD
Thesis Title: Two-Step and Likelihood Methods for Joint Models
Supervisor: Lang Wu
First Position: Research Assistant - Dept. of Statistics UBC
Current Position: Statistician, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Program: PhD
Thesis Title: Co-op Report
Supervisor: Lang Wu
Current Position: Statistician, Telus, Vancouver
Program: MSc
2011
Thesis Title: Statistical efficiency of phase II multiple sclerosis clinical trials with different MRI scanning frequencies
Supervisor: John Petkau
First Position: Statistician, Department of Orthopaedics, UBC
Program: MSc