Our Team
Dr. Farouk Nathoo
Lab Leader
Zhengxiao Wei
Research Associate
Yasaman Shahhosseini
PhD Student
Aijun Yang
PhD Student
Shibai Zhang
PhD Student
Yimeng (Flora) Liu
MSc Student
Shreena Kalaria
MSc Student
Rishabh Pabbi
MSc Student
Puneet Velidi
MSc Student
Kelly Lemaire
Undergraduate Student
Claire Chiu
Undergraduate Student
Muskaan Ali
Undergraduate Student
Evan Strasdin
Undergraduate Student
Alumni
Post-doctoral
Cedric Beulac (Co-supervised with Jiguo Cao and Faisal Beg)
Research Topic: Genetic Correlates of Alzheimers Disease Subtypes (2022)
Position: Assistant Professor, Universite du Quebec a Montreal
Li Xing
Research Topic: Regression for Longitudinal Analysis in Imaging Genetics with Bayesian Shrinkage Priors (2019)
Position: Assistant Professor, University of Saskatchewan
Doctoral
Angus Argyle
Research Topic: Species Richness Estimation (2012)
Position: Statistician, Statistics Canada, Ottawa
Eugene Opoku (Co-supervised with Ejaz Ahmed)
Research Topic: Methods for Imaging Data and Imaging Genetics (2021)
Position: Methodologist, Statistics Canada
Ming Teng (Co-supervised with Timothy Johnson)
Research Topic: Bayesian Computation for Spatial Data and Neuroimaging Data (2017)
Position: Statistician, Morgan Stanley, New York
Yin Song
Research Topic: Statistical Methods for Neuroimaging Data Analysis and Cognitive Science (2019)
Position: Data Scientist, Tutela
Master's
Farbod Esmaeili
Research Topic: Functional Principal Components and MGARCH for financial modelling (2024)
Position: Data Analyst, Nicholson Manufacturing Inc.
Hong Li
Research Topic: Spatio-temporal modeling of fire frequency and severity from panel data (2008)
Position: Statistician, Health Canada
Keelin Greenlaw (Co-supervised with Mary Lesperance)
Research Topic: Bayesian group-sparse multi-task regression for imaging genomics (2015)
Position: Statistician, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal
Nancy Guo
Research Topic: Spatial Analysis of the Tumor Microenvirnment (2021)
Position: Senior Data Scientist at NielsenIQ, Shanghai
Nicole Croteau
Research Topic: Persistent homology for MEG/EEG classification with application to brain decoding (2015)
Position: Statistical Consultant,UVic Statistical Consulting Centre
Parminder Sarohia
Research Topic: A study of desperation in sport (2010)
Position: Actuarial Position, Mercer, Vancouver
Salimah Ismail
Research Topic: Mixed model and space-varying regression analysis of MEG brain signals (2012)
Position:
Susan Kinniburgh
Research Topic: Spatial and Network models for the spread of disease (2012)
Position: Regular Faculty Member, Mathematics and Statistics, Camosun College
Veronica Sabelnykova (Co-supervised with Mary Lesperance)
Research Topic: Bayesian Methods for Joint Modeling of Survival and Longitudinal Data: Applications and Computing (2012)
Position: Statistician, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
Ziyi Lyu
Research Topic: Investigating the relationship between Bayes factors and highest density intervals (2023)
Position:
Undergraduate
Cole Sibbald (Co-supervised with Nishant Mehta)
Research Topic: Differential Privacy Techniques in Stacked Generalization (2020)
Position: Data Engineer, GoDaddy
Elena Szefer
Research Topic: Statistical Approaches for Combining Group Analysis and Registration of MR Images (2012)
Position: Biostatistician, The EMMES Corporation
Eric Cormier
Research Topic: Exploring Markov models for longitudinal binary data (2009)
Position: Assistant Teaching Professor, Mathematics and Statistics, UVic
Kush Manek (Co-supervised with Michelle Miranda)
Research Topic: Analysis of mobile EEG data and mild cognitive impairment (2023)
Position:
Philip Rempel
Research Topic: Exploring model misspecification and robustness in joint models for longitudinal and survival data (2007)
Position:
Robin Spilette (Co-supervised with Naznin Virji-Babul)
Research Topic: Graph Theoretic Analysis of EEG Data (2014)
Position: Law Student, University of Toronto
Robyn Bates (Co-supervised with Bill Reed)
Research Topic: An exploration of Bayesian methods for the generalized normal-Laplace distribution (2006)
Position: PhD student, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Robyn Kilshaw (Co-supervised with Mike Masson)
Research Topic: Bayesian Within-Subject Credible Intervals for Repeated Measures Designs (2018)
Position: PhD Student, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Priya Grewal (Co-supervised with Mary Lesperance)
Research Topic: Spatial smoothing and ecological regression analysis of low birth weight in British Columbia (2012)
Position:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics,University of Victoria
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