People

Chairman 

Ronald Thisted, PhD
Professor and Chairman, Biostatistics

Faculty 

Habibul Ahsan, MD, MMedSc
Louis Block Professor, Epidemiology
Kathleen Cagney, PhD
Associate Professor, Health Services Research
Hongyuan Cao, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biostatistics
Lin Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biostatistics
Brian Chiu, PhD
Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Michael David, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
James Dignam, PhD
Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Joshua Garoon, PhD
Instructor, Health Services Research
Robert Gibbons, PhD
Professor, Biostatistics
Dezheng Huo, PhD
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
R. Tamara Konetzka, PhD
Associate Professor, Health Services Research
Lianne Kurina, PhD
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Benjamin Lahey, PhD
Irving B. Harris Professor, Epidemiology
Diane Sperling Lauderdale, PhD
Professor, Epidemiology
Willard Manning, PhD
Professor, Health Services Research
Brandon Pierce, PhD
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
John Schneider, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
Fabrice Smieliauskas, PhD
Assistant Professor, Health Services Research
Ronald Thisted, PhD
Professor and Chairman, Biostatistics

Faculty Emeritus 

John Bailar, MD, PhD
Professor Emeritus

Associates 

Stacy Lindau, MD, MAPP
Associate Professor, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medicine-Geriatrics

Center for Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention (CCEP) 

Maria Argos, PhD
Research Associate (Assistant Professor)
Brisa Aschebrook-Kilfoy, PhD
Research Associate (Assistant Professor)
Ningqi Hou, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Farzana Jasmine, MD, PhD
Research Associate (Assistant Professor)
Muhammad Kibriya, MD, PhD
Research Associate (Assistant Professor)
Nick Ollberding, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Marie Joseph Paul-Brutus
Research Technician
Ronald Rahaman
Research Technician
Shantanu Roy
Research Technician
Lin Tong
Data Analyst

Research Personnel 

Chen, Jen-Hao
Postdoctoral Scholar
Dawn Miskus
Project Director Conduct Disorder Study
Amanda Radigan
Research Participant Recruiter
Jocelyn Wilder
Project Administrator/Data Analyst

Faculty and Biostat Lab Alumni 

Jerry Krishnan, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Epidemiology (2007-2011)
Rebecca Lipton, PhD
Associate Professor, Epidemiology (2007-2011)

Full list of Alumni…
 

Executive Administrator 

Barbara Kass
Executive Administrator

Biostatistics Laboratory 

Hae Kyung Im, PhD
Research Associate (Assistant Professor)
Theodore Karrison, PhD
Research Associate (Assoc.Prof.) & Director Biostat Lab
Masha Kocherginsky, PhD
Research Associate (Associate Professor)
Rangesh Kunnavakkam, MS
Biostatistician
Sang Mee Lee, PhD
Research Associate (Assistant Professor)
Chuanhong Liao, MS
Biostatistician
Sydeaka Watson, PhD
Research Associate (Assistant Professor)
Kristen Wroblewski, MS
Sr. Biostatistician

Research Computing Group 

Michael Johnson
Research Programming Manager
Phil Schumm, MA
Sr. Biostatistician, Director, Research Computing Group, & Assistant Director, Biostat Lab
Yarko Tymciurak
Research Programmer

Information Technology Group 

Ryan Carter
Application Service Specialist / Systems Administrator
Tyler DeNormandie
IS Manager & Sr. Systems Engineer
Roger Johnson
Lead Programmer
Jon Miller
Business Applications Programmer/Analyst

Administration 

Gloria Balcazar
UChicago Research Bangladesh Project Manager
Angela Cole
Secretary IV
Meggan Horn
Preaward Grants & Contracts Coordinator
Sara Horn
Academic Affairs / HR Coordinator
Kimberly Jones
HR / Operations Manager
Renee Kasarda
Chairman's Assistant & Academic Affairs
Barbara Kass
Executive Administrator
Virginia Lorenzo
Post Award Coordinator
Jaméca Lozano-Lott
Grants and Contracts Specialist & CCEP Program Administrator
Cheryl Martinez
Faculty Project Assistant
Jessica Miotk
Post-Award & Biostat Lab Manager
Janice Perry
Budget and Finance Manager
Nechelle Robinson
Project Assistant for Education & Receptionist
Michele Thompson
Graduate Student Affairs Administrator
Christine Wachowski
Grants and Contracts Manager

Current PhD Students 

Churpek, Matthew
Coca Perraillon, Marcelo
Guo, Jing
King, Christopher Ryan
Liu, Qianying
Melkonian, Stephanie
Nelson, D. Alan
Rezny, Serena
Scannell, Molly
Zhang, Chenan

Current MS Students 

Bello, Jen
Catenacci, Dan
Damm, Kate
Hemmige, Vagish
Johnson, Martha
Kirley, Katherine
Laiteerapong, Neda
Paesch, Elizabeth
Pinto, Jayant
Rastogi, Amita
Razmaria, Aria
Ridgway, Jessica
Roshetsky, Lisa
Shiu, Cheng-Shi
Suh, Eugene
Tsang, Wendy
Tumuluri, Srilaxmi
Ward, James
Williams, Richelle
Woodhams, Elisabeth