Congratulation to all 2023 University of Washington Department of Biostatistics graduates!
On Sunday, June 11 the department held a graduation ceremony and reception for graduates and their invited guests.
Bruce Weir, director of the UW Public Health Genetics Institute, Genetic Analysis Center, and a professor of biostatistics in the department addressed the graduating class as the featured speaker.
The ceremony also announced recipients of 2023 senior student awards, which recognize excellence in scholarship, communication, and leadership. Graduate Program Director Ken Rice presented the following students with senior awards:
- Emily Minus, 2023 Senior MS Thesis Student
- Runjia Zou, 2023 Senior MS Capstone Student
- Charlie Wolock, 2023 Thomas R. Fleming Excellence in Biostatistics Award
- Taylor Okonek, 2023 Exceptional Service in Biostatistics Award
Other seniors who were recognized in May by the School of Public Health with Excellence Awards were also honored during the department ceremony. 2023 Excellence award winners included Fang Nan, who received the Outstanding MS Student in Biostatistics award, and Avi Kenny, who received the Outstanding PhD Student in Biostatistics award.
Congratulations again to all of our graduates!
2023 Graduates
Master of Science
Howard Baek
- Program: MS Capstone; Pathway: Data Science
- Advisor: Lianne Sheppard
Eliza Chai
- Program: MS Capstone; Pathway: Data Science
- Advisor: Patrick Heagerty
Walter Chen
- Program: MS Capstone; Pathway: Methods and Modeling
- Advisor: Eardi Lila
Ziyi (Zoey) Chen
- Program: MS Capstone; Pathway: Data Science
- Advisor: Susanne May
Jennifer Ci
- Program: MS Capstone; Pathway: Data Science
- Advisor: Amy Willis
Alexis Harris
- Program: MS Capstone; Pathway: Data Science
- Advisor: Lianne Sheppard
Alison King
- Program: MS Capstone; Pathway: Data Science
- Advisor: Susanne May
Han Liu
- Program: MS Capstone; Pathway: Methods and Modeling
- Advisor: Amy Willis
Ingrid Luo
- Program: MS Capstone; Pathway: Data Science
- Advisor: Lianne Sheppard
Katie McFarlane
- Program: MS Capstone; Pathway: Data Science
- Advisor: Patrick Heagerty
Thuy Nguyen
- Program: MS Capstone; Pathway: Data Science
- Advisor: Eardi Lila
Lan Shui
- Program: MS Capstone; Pathway: Data Science
- Advisor: Amy Willis
Jiayu Sun
- Program: MS Capstone; Pathway: Data Science
- Advisor: Lianne Sheppard
Makayla Tang
- Program: MS Capstone; Pathway: Data Science
- Advisor: Patrick Heagerty
Lester Tsai
- Program: MS Capstone; Pathway: Data Science
- Advisor: Eardi Lila
Thu Phung Vu
- Program: MS Capstone; Pathway: Data Science
- Advisor: Susanne May
Hanyi Wang
- Program: MS Capstone; Pathway: Methods and Modeling
- Advisor: Amy Willis
Lishan Wang
- Program: MS Capstone; Pathway: Data Science
- Advisor: Lianne Sheppard
Yingying Wei
- Program: MS Capstone; Pathway: Methods and Modeling
- Advisor: Susanne May
Runjia Zou
- Program: MS Capstone; Pathway: Methods and Modeling
- Advisor: Patrick Heagerty
Fang Nan
- Program: MS Thesis
- Advisor: Chongzhi Di
Danni Shi
- Program: MS Thesis
- Advisor: Ting Ye
Zhining Sui
- Program: MS Thesis
- Advisor: Wei Sun
Cynthia Wu
- Program: MS Thesis
- Advisor: Yu-Ru Su
PhD
Si Cheng
- Program: PhD
- Advisor: Ali Shojaie
Thayer Fisher
- Program: PhD
- Advisor: Noah Simon
Avi Kenny
- Program: PhD
- Advisor: Marco Carone
Pearl Liu
- Program: PhD
- Advisor: Michael Wu
Sijia Li
- Program: PhD
- Advisor: Alex Ludetke
Amarise Little
- Program: PhD
- Advisor: Tim Thornton, Michael Wu
Eric Morenz
- Program: PhD
- Advisor: Marco Carone
Taylor Okonek
- Program: PhD
- Advisor: Jon Wakefield
Arash Tarkhan
- Program: PhD
- Advisor: Noah Simon
Charlie Wolock
- Program: PhD
- Advisor: Marco Carone, Noah Simon
Kun Yue
- Program: PhD
- Advisor: Ali Shojaie
Edward Zhao
- Program: PhD
- Advisor: Erick Matson
