PhD/MSc Alumni
2008
Thesis Title: Statistical Solutions for and from signal processing
Supervisor: Arnaud Doucet, Raphael Gottardo
First Position: PhD student, Department of Statistics, UBC
Program: M.Sc.
Thesis Title: Mixed Effects Models with Incompletely Observed Data, with application to AIDS studies
Supervisor: Lang Wu
First Position: Biostatistician, Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St.Paul's Hospital, Vancouver
Program: M.Sc.
Thesis Title: Composite Likelihood for a Stochastic Volatility Model for Financial Time Series
Supervisor: Harry Joe
First Position: Senior Research Analyst at WorkSafeBC
Program: M.Sc.
Thesis Title: Evaluating the performance of stimulation extrapolation and Bayesian Adjustments for Measurement Error
Supervisor: Paul Gustafson
First Position: Statistician, BC Provincial Renal Agency
Program: M.Sc.
2007
Thesis Title: Dealing with Measurement Error in Covariates with Special Reference to Logistic Regression Model: A Flexible Parametric Approach
Supervisor: Paul Gustafson
First Position: Post-doctoral Fellow at BC Cancer Agency
Current Position: Assistant Professor, United Arab Emirates University
Program: Ph.D.
Thesis Title: Combining Deterministic and Statistical Methods in Modeling Environmental Processes
Supervisor: James V. Zidek FRSC, O.C., Nhu Le
First Position: Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Statistics, UBC
Current Position: Senior Consultant at TransUnion, Hong Kong
Program: Ph.D.
Thesis Title: Average Effects for Regression Models with Misspecifications and Diffuse Interaction Models
Supervisor: Paul Gustafson
First Position: Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta
Current Position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Saskatchewan
Program: Ph.D.
Thesis Title: Bayesian Propensity Score Analysis for Observational Data
Supervisor: Paul Gustafson
First Position: Research Associate in Biostatistics, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College, London UK
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Simon Fraser University
Program: Ph.D.
Thesis Title: Adaptive Likelihood Weights and Mixtures of Empirical Distributions
Supervisor: James V. Zidek FRSC, O.C.
First Position: Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto
Current Position: Professeur Adjoint, HEC Montréal
Program: Ph.D.
Thesis Title: Linear Mixed Models in Functional Regression
Supervisor: Nancy E. Heckman
First Position: Research Associate, Department of Statistics, UBC
Current Position: Senior Biostatistician, Center for Outcomes Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Program: Ph.D.