PhD/MSc Alumni
1999
Thesis Title: An Orthodox BLUP Approach to Generalized Linear Mixed Models
Supervisor: Bent Jorgensen
First Position: Post-doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Epidemiology & Community Medicine, University of Ottawa
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB
Program: Ph.D.
Thesis Title: Bayesian Cross-Validation Choice and Assessment of Statistical Models
Supervisor: Paul Gustafson
First Position: Ph.D. student, Institute of Applied Mathematics, UBC
Program: M.Sc.
Thesis Title: A Semi Markov Model for Mammographic Detection of Breast Cancer
Supervisor: Andrew Coldman
First Position: Biostatistician, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC
Program: M.Sc.
Thesis Title: Dynamic Modelling for Foreign Exchange Rates
Supervisor: Juxin Liu
First Position: Statistican, Equity Security Department in Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC).
Program: M.Sc.
Thesis Title: Design Strategies for Repeated MRI Scanning in Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Trials
First Position: Research Biostatistician, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Program: M.Sc.
Thesis Title: Log Hazard Regression
Supervisor: Nancy E. Heckman
First Position: Statistical Analyst, Department of Health Care & Epidemiology, UBC
Program: M.Sc.
Thesis Title: Extension of the VaR Approach to Portfolio Selection with Non-normal Returns
Supervisor: Juxin Liu
First Position: Statistical Analyst, Workers' Compensation Board, Richmond, BC
Program: M.Sc.
Thesis Title: A Bayesian Approach to Case-Control Studies with Errors in the Covariates
Supervisor: Paul Gustafson
First Position: Programmer Statistician, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC
Current Position: Biostatistician, Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research, Harvard School of Public Health
Program: M.Sc.
1998
Thesis Title: Bump Hunting in Regression Revisited
Supervisor: Nancy E. Heckman
First Position: Biostatistician, Dept. of Medicine at Indiana University & Purdue University (IUPUI) in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Biostatistics, Indiana University, Dept of Medicine
Program: M.Sc.
Thesis Title: Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Ambient Hourly PM10 in Vancouver
Supervisor: James V. Zidek FRSC, O.C.
First Position: Statistician, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC
Program: M.Sc.