Internship Alumni
- 2016 Emily Hanson (undergraduate student, Rhodes College; mentor: Saunak Sen) developed the R/lcest package for analysis of bivariate left-censored data. Ms. Hanson is currently an Actuarial Analyst at Willis Towers Watson.
- 2017 Alemayehu Wolde (PhD student, University of Memphis, 2018; mentor: Mehmet Kocak) developed statistical methods for growth curve modeling in the early years of life. Mr. Wolde is currently a Statistical Programmer at Sarah Cannon Research Institute.
- 2018 Courtney Gale (recent graduate of Furman University, 2018; mentor: Saunak Sen) worked on statistical methods for activity and weight loss data. Ms. Gale is currently a Biostatistician II at Wake Forest University.
- 2019 Luhang Han (PhD student, University of Memphis; mentor: Chi-Yang Chiu) developed a pipeline for analyzing NIH dbGaP data. Ms. Han is currently a Data Analyst at UTHSC.
- 2019 Yunusa Olufadi (PhD student, University of Memphis; mentor: Fridtjof Thomas) developing a model of kidney failure. Mr. Olufadi is currently a Biostatistician at St. Jude.
- 2020 (Internship paused due to COVID-19)
- 2021 Nadeesha Thewarapperuma (PhD student, University of Kansas Medical Center; mentors: Xiaoyu Liang and Chi-Yang Chiu) performed an epigenome-wide association study for identifying oral and pharyngeal carcinoma-related CpGs by utilizing functional data analysis techniques. Winston Miller (MS student, University of Memphis; mentors Mehmet Kocak and Fridtjof Thomas) developed an R package bigBERD for generating automated biostatistic report templates. Ye Eun Bae (Phd student, Florida State University; mentor Saunak Sen) developed a statistical method for genetic analysis of allotetraploid species using data from switchgrass, a grass species native to North America used as biofuel. Zifan Yu (PhD student University of Washington; mentors: Saunak Sen and Tom Juenger of UT Austin) developed a fast computational algorithm in the Julia programming language for modeling large data matrices common in high-throughput biological experiments. Zifan "Fred" Yu currently works in our department as a Statistical Programmer.
- 2022 Chenhao Zhao (Masters student, Dartmouth University; mentors Saunak Sen and Gregory Farage) worked on the Matrix Linear Model package for Julia (Matrix.M.jl). Mr. Zhao expanded the documentation, increased user friendliness and created a case study to showcase MLM's benefits. The case study investigated the association between Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) patients with type II diabetes and specific pathways and patient characteristics.