Current Members

Faculty

  • Gao Wang, Assistant Professor of Neurological Sciences and Biostatistics
  • Ru Feng, Associate Research Scientist
  • Chirag Lakhani, Senior Research Scientist, joint with David Knowles at NYGC

Postdocs

  • Yining Li (2026–present), PhD in Epidemiology from Yale University
  • Xuewei Cao (2023–present), PhD in Statistics from Michigan Tech

Staff Scientists

  • Jenny Empawi (2025–present), MS in Bioinformatics, PennState; joint with Xiaoling Zhang at Boston University
  • Anjing Liu (2024–present), MS in Biostatistics, Columbia University
  • Ruixi Li (2024–present), MS in Epidemiology, Columbia University

Students Research Assistants

  • Alex McCreight (2025–present), MS Program in Biostatistics, Columbia University

Alumni

Postdocs

  • Yanghyeon Cho (2023–2025), PhD Statistics, Iowa State University; now Assistant Professor, University of Idaho
  • Ru Feng (2023–2026), PhD in Biomedical Sciences (Bioinformatics) from Shanghai Jiaotong University; now Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University
  • Hyeonju Kim (2021–2022), PhD Statistics, Arizona State University; now Statistician, US Food and Drug Administration

Staff Scientists

  • Hao Sun (2020–2023, MS Student and Staff Scientist), MS Biostatistics, Columbia University; now PhD Candidate, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • Haochen Sun (2022–2025, MS Student and Staff Scientist), MS Biostatistics, Columbia University; now PhD Candidate, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

MS Students

  • Xuanhe Chen (2022–2023), MS Biostatistics, Columbia University; now Sino Biopharmaceutical
  • Tianyi (Amanda) Liu (2021–2022), MS Biostatistics, Columbia University; now PhD Candidate, University of Toronto
  • Yu Liu (2021–2022), MS Biostatistics, Columbia University; now Bristol-Myers-Squibb
  • Alex McCreight (2023–2025), MS Biostatistics, Columbia University; now Research Assistant, Columbia University
  • Yuqi (Youki) Miao (2020–2021), MS Biostatistics, Columbia University; now PhD Candidate, Columbia University
  • Zining Qi (2022–2024), MS Biostatistics, Columbia University; now PhD Candidate, University of Chicago
  • Anmol Singh (2020–2022), MS Biostatistics, Columbia University; now PhD Candidate, Northwestern University
  • Amanda Tsai (2021–2022), MS Biostatistics, Columbia University; now PhD Candidate, University of Washington in Seattle

Undergraduate Students

  • Tabassum Fabiha (2022–2023), BS Computer Science, Columbia University; now PhD Candidate, Tri-Institutional Program in Computational Biology and Medicine

High School Interns

  • Katie Cho (2024–2025), Bergen County Academies
  • Hao-Yu Gan (2024–2025), Hunter College High School
  • Mia Grasso (2023–2024), Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School; now Undergraduate, Cornell University
  • Anna Ott (2024–2025), Montclair High School
  • Angie Siagalio (2024–2025), Bergen County Academies