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