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Biostatistics Department Honors and Awards Winners

Open each section to view the award recipients. Visit our Departmental Student Awards page to learn more about the awards below.

Departmental Discretionary Award

2019: Ben Ackerman (outstanding student service)
2010: Vidya Venugopal (outstanding distinction in teaching)
2005: Weiwei Wang (outstanding achievement on the second-year exam)
2003: Jing Ning (outstanding achievement on the first-year exam)

The Glaxo Smithkline Award

2011: Yifei Sun
2010: Haochang Shou
2009: Shanshan Li
2008: Russell Shinohara
2007: Simina Boca
2006: Marco Carone
2005: Gary Chan
2004: Siobhan Sutcliffe
2003: Yun Lu
2002: Jennifer Ryea, Yue Yin
2001: Brian Egleston
2000: Weimin Chen

The Helen Abbey Award

2024: Joe Sartini
2023: Haley Grant and Claire Heffernan
2022: Emily Scott
2021: Sophie Berube, Marta Karas
2020: Jacob Fiksel
2019: Bonnie Smith
2018: Jack Fu
2017: Leslie Myint
2016: Prasad Patil
2015: Francis Abreu
2014: Jenna Krall
2013: Kirsten Lum, Therri Usher, George Wu
2012: Alyssa Frazee, Hilary Parker
2011: Jeffrey Goldsmith, Daniel Obeng, Bruce Swihart
2010: Matthew McCall
2009: Nicholas Reich
2008: Sandrah Eckel
2007: Ming-Wen An, Robert Scharpf
2006: Kim Fai Kenny Shum
2005: Kathryn Ziegler
2004: Michelle Shardell
2003: Hongfei Guo, Nikhil Gupte
2002: Wesley Eddings
2001: Michael Griswold
2000: Natalie Blades
1999: Felicity Boyd, Thomas Travison
1998: Elizabeth Garrett
1997: Jeffrey Blume
1996: Laura Cramer
1995: Sterling Hilton

The Jane and Steve Dykacz Award

2025: Alyssa Columbus
2024: Dongliang Zhang
2023: Carly Lupton Brantner
2022: Zitong Wang
2021: Erjia Cui
2020: Athena Chen
2019: Lamar Hunt
2018: Youjin Lee
2017: Jack Fu
2016: Prasad Patil and Elizabeth Sweeney
2015: Yifei Sun
2014: Lei Huang and Elizabeth Sweeney
2013: Jiawei Bai
2012: Russell (Taki) Shinohara
2010: Jeffrey Goldsmith
2008: Wenyi Wang
2006: Brian Egleston
2004: Michelle Shardell

The June B. Culley Award

2024: Yujie (Phyllis) Wei
2023: Carly Lupton Brantner
2022: Ruzhang Zhao
2021: Erija Cui
2020: Athena Chen
2019: Bonnie Smith
2018: Zhicheng (Jason) Ji
2017: Junrui Di
2016: Yu Du, Claire Ruberman
2015: Jean-Philippe Fortin
2014: Aaron Fisher
2013: Juemin Yang
2012: Yingying Wei, Zhenke Wu
2011: Shanshan Li
2010: Russell Shinohara
2009: Haley Hedlin, Bruce Swihart
2008: Marco Carone
2006: Aristide Achy-Brou
2005: Wenyi Wang
2004: Elizabeth Johnson
2003: Brian Egleston

The Kocherlakota Award

2024: Kedi Le
2023: Zhirui Fu
2022: Mingyuan Li & Shengtao Wang
2021: Chang Chen & Yuehan (Jenny) Zhang
2020: Wanlu Chen
2019: Zebin Wang
2018: Luqin Gan and Xinye Li
2017: Hilary Robbins
2016: Boyang Zhang and Guoqing Wang
2015: Weixiang Fang
2014: Zhicheng Ji
2013: Yao Lu, Shilu Zhang
2012: Bing He
2011: Jiehuan Sun
2010: Qingfeng Li

The Louis I. and Thomas D. Dublin Award

2025: Joe Sartini (Advisor: Scott Zeger) and Katherine Kurgansky (Advisor: Catherine Lesko)
2024: Ruzhang Zhao (Advisor: Hongkai Ji; Co Adviser: Nilanjan Chatterjee) and Fangyu Liu (Advisor: Jennifer Schrack; Co-Advisor: John Jackson)
2023: Jingning Zhang (Advisor: Nilanjan Chatterjee) and Nel Jason Haw (Advisor: Derek Ng; Co-Advisor: Catherine Lesko)
2022: Jiyang Wen (Advisor: Mei-Cheng Wang; Co-Advisor: Chen Hu ) and Emma Nichols (Advisor: Alden Gross; Co-Advisor: Jennifer Deal)
2021: Marta Karas (Advisor: Ciprian Crainiceanu; Co-Advisor: Jacek Urbanek) and Forrest Jones (Advisor: Justin Lessler; Co-Advisor: Andrew Azman)
2020: Sophie Berube (Advisor: Tom Louis) and Dylan Duchen (Advisor: Priya Duggal)
2019: Haoyu Zhang (Advisor: Nilanjan Chatterjee; Co-Advisor: Ni Zhao) and Pei-Lun (Perry) Luo (Advisor: Jennifer Schrack; Co-Advisor: Alden Gross)
2018: Lamar Hunt (Advisor: Daniel Scharfstein); Esther Kim ( Dr. Kunihiro Matsushita)
2017: Junrui Di (Advisor: Vadim Zipunnikov); Talia Quandelacy (Advisor: Justin Lessler)
2016: Youjin Lee (Advisor: Mei-Cheng Wang; Co-Advisor: Elizabeth Ogburn); Shan Andrews (Advisor: Christine Ladd-Acosta)
2015: Yibing (Oliver) Chen (Advisor: Martin Lindquist); Kathryn Risher (Advisor: Shruti Mehta)
2014: Jiawei Bai (Advisor: Vadim Zipunnikov); Kelly Searle (Advisor: William Moss)
2013: Jenna Krall (Advisor: Roger Peng); Andrew Azman (Advisor: Justin Lessler)
2012: Kirsten Lum (Advisor: Tom Louis); Henrik Salje (Advisor: Derek Cummings)
2011: Jennifer Feder Bobb (Advisor: Roger Peng); Andrew Jaffe (Advisor: M. Daniele Fallin)
2010: Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer (Advisor: Derek Cummings); Russell Shinohara (Advisor: Constantine Frangakis; Co-Advisor: Mei-Cheng Wang)
2009: Sandrah Eckel (Advisor: Thomas Louis); Maria Tellez-Plaza (Advisor: Ana Navas-Acien)
2008: Marco Carone (Advisor: Daniel Scharfstein); Bryan James (Advisor: Thomas Glass) and Bruce Swihart (Advisor: Brian Caffo)
2007: Susan Hutfless (Advisor: Christopher Cox); Sheng Luo (Advisor: Ciprian Crainiceanu)
2006: Kelly Benke (Advisor: M. Daniele Fallin); Yun Lu (Advisor: Scott Zeger) and J. Morel Symons (Advisor: Alyson Geyh)
2005: Alison Gump (Advisor: Janet Holbrook) and Xiaojun You (Advisor: Ron Brookmeyer)
2004: Sonja Berndt (Advisors: Kathy Helzlsouer and M. Daniele Fallin) and Sorina Eftim (Advisor: Francesca Dominici)
2003: Betty Doan (Advisor: Yin Yao); Laura Podewils (Advisor: Eliseo Guallar) and Ravi Varadhan (Advisor: Charles Rohde)
2002: Jean-Paul Chretien (Advisor: Josef Coresh); Nikhil Gupte (Advisor: Ron Brookmeyer)
2001: Felicity Boyd (Advisor: Marie Diener-West)

The Margaret Merrell Award

2023-24: Claire Heffernan (Adviser: Abhi Datta; Co-Adviser: Roger Peng)
2022-23: Bohao Tang (Adviser: Brian Caffo)
2021-22: Athena Chen (Adviser: Ingo Ruczinski)
2020-21: Arkajyoti Saha (Adviser: Nilanjan Chatterjee; Co-Adviser: Abhirup Datta) and Bingkai Wang (Advisor: Michael Rosenblum; Co-Adviser: Brian Caffo)
2019-20: Guanghao Qi (Adviser: Nilanjan Chatterjee)
2018-19: Zhicheng (Jason) Ji (Adviser: Hongkai Ji)
2017-18: Yu Du (Adviser: Michael Rosenblum; Co-Advisors: Vadim Zipunnikov and Ravi Varadhan) and Youjin Lee (Adviser: Elizabeth Ogburn)
2016-17: Jiawei Bai (Adviser: Ciprian Crainiceanu; Co-Adviser: Vadim Zipunnikov) and Tianchen Qian (Advisor: Constantine Frangakis; Ce-Advisor: Michael Rosenblum)
2015-16: Aaron Fisher (Adviser: Vadim Zipunnikov; Co-Advisor: Brian Caffo) and Amanda Mejia (Adviser: Martin Lindquist; Co-Adviser: Brian Caffo)
2014-15: Fang Han (Advisor: Han Liu; Co-Adviser: Brian Caffo)
2013-14: Yingying Wei (Adviser: Hongkai Ji)
2012-13: Shanshan Li (Advisor: Mei-Cheng Wang; Co-Adviser: Brian Caffo)
2011-12: Jeff Goldsmith (Adviser: Ciprian Crainiceanu; Co-Adviser: Brian Caffo) and Russell Shinohara (Advisor: Constantine Frangakis; Co-Adviser: Mei-Cheng Wang)
2011: Simina Boca (Adviser: Giovanni Parmigiani; Co-Adviser: Jeffrey Leek)
2010: Yong Chen (Adviser: Kung-Yee Liang; Co-Advisor: Charles Rohde) and Hao Wu (Adviser: Rafael Irizarry; Co-Advisor: Hongkai Ji)
2009: Chongzhi Di (Adviser: Kung-Yee Liang; Co-Adviser: Ciprian Crainiceanu)
2008: Gary Chan (Advisor: Mei-Cheng Wang) and Yue Yin (Adviser: Thomas Louis)
2007: Robert Scharpf (Adviser: Giovanni Parmigiani; Co-Adviser: Ingo Ruczinski)
2006: Hormuzd Katki (Adviser: Giovanni Parmigiani)
2005: Zhijin Wu (Adviser: Rafael Irizarry)
2004: Weimin Chen (Adviser: Karl Broman) and Ravi Varadhan (Adviser: Constantine Frangakis)
2003: Natalie Blades (Adviser: Giovanni Parmigiani)
2002: Chiung-Yu Huang (Adviser: Mei-Cheng Wang) and Thomas Travison (Adviser: Ron Brookmeyer)
2000: Guan-Hua Huang (Adviser: Karen Bandeen-Roche) and Diana Miglioretti (Adviser: Scott Zeger)
1999: Yingqing Chen (Adviser: Mei-Cheng Wang)
1998: Wenzheng Huang (Adviser: Richard Royall)
1997: Sarah Gray (Adviser: Ron Brookmeyer)
1996: Paul Rathouz (Adviser: Kung-Yee Liang)
1995: Patrick Heagerty (Adviser: Scott Zeger)

PhD Examination Award

2024: Wenxuan Lu
2023: Shuai Li
2022: Jiuyao Lu
2021: Yuzheng Dun
2020: Claire Heffernan
2019: Jingning Zhang
2018: Bohao Tang
2017: Weixiang Fang and Arkajyoti Saha
2016: Guanghao Qi
2015: Lu Li, Sheng Xu
2014: Yu Du
2013: Jean-Philippe Fortin
2012: Lei Huang
2011: Yifei Sun
2010: Haochang Shou
2009: Shanshan Li
2008: Russell Shinohara
2007: Simina Boca
2006: Marco Carone
2005: Gary Chan
2004: Siobhan Sutcliffe
2003: Yun Lu, Jing Ning