Featured Alumni
Ruthe Huang, ScM '19
Ruthe Huang, ScM '19, is a Senior Data Scientist with Practical Intelligence, specializing in statistical modeling and data visualization. In her spare time, Huang volunteers for the Prison-to-Professionals program, tutoring math, statistics, and standardized test prep to criminal-justice involved groups.
![Ruthe Huang, ScM '19](/sites/default/files/styles/image_component/public/2024-06/ruthehuang.jpg?h=f7026c63&itok=_4_SeLWc)
Where Are They Now?
![Erjia Cui, PhD '23](/sites/default/files/styles/card_image/public/2024-03/erjiacui.jpg?h=ca6532a2&itok=1aFKg3vb)
Alumni Spotlight: Erjia Cui, PhD '23
Erjia Cui, PhD ’23, is a tenure-track assistant professor in the Division of Biostatistics and Health Data Science at the University of Minnesota.
![Junrui Di, PhD '19](/sites/default/files/styles/card_image/public/2024-03/junruidi.jpg?h=ca6532a2&itok=eh8IjI_Q)
Alumni Spotlight: Junrui Di, PhD '19
Junrui Di, PhD ’19, works at Pfizer as a Digital Medicine Statistician.
![Jenna Krall, PhD '14](/sites/default/files/styles/card_image/public/2024-05/jennakrallphd14_0.jpg?h=f7026c63&itok=fOmvS6VX)
Alumni Spotlight: Jenna Krall, PhD '14
Jenna Krall, PhD '14, is an associate professor in the Department of Global and Community Health at George Mason University College of Public Health, with research interests in air pollution and environmental epidemiology.
![Gertrude Huster intently studying Huster, deep in her biostatistics studies, earned her master's in health sciences at the Bloomberg School.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_component/public/2023-12/1984-graduate-school-4x5.jpg?h=69650e05&itok=YotyiSHq)
A dedicated biostatistics student, Huster also worked as a department teaching assistant, circa 1984.
Gertrude Huster, MHS '84
Gertrude Huster, MHS '84, a trailblazing woman in STEM, endowed a scholarship in the Department of Biostatistics shortly before her passing in 2023. This act of generosity reflects Huster's commitment to fostering opportunities for future generations.
Featured Alumni
Russell (Taki) Shinohara, PhD '12, currently serves as principal investigator of three methodological research grants from the National Institutes of Health.
![Russell (Taki) Shinohara, PhD '12](/sites/default/files/styles/image_component/public/2024-06/russelltakishinohara.jpg?h=f7026c63&itok=GhW1X8tQ)
Meet More Alumni
Dorry Segev, MHS, '09
Dorry Segev, MHS, '09, is currently the Marjory K. and Thomas Pozefsky Professor of Surgery and Epidemiology, and Associate Vice Chair in the Department of Surgery at Johns Hopkins University.
Amanda Mejia, PhD '16
Amanda Mejia, PhD '16, is an assistant professor in the Department of Statistics and a member of the Program in Neuroscience at Indiana University.
Xianghua Luo, PhD ’06
Xianghua Luo works as a statistical consultant for cancer-related projects and collaborate with researchers at the University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center.
Alyssa Frazee, PhD ’15
Alyssa Frazee shares her experience as a PhD student and her career working as a Machine Learning Engineer.
Simina Boca PhD ’11
Simina Boca is an assistant professor (Research Track) at Georgetown University Medical Center in the Innovation Center for Biomedical Informatics (ICBI) and Departments of Oncology and Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Biomathematics.
Brian Egleston, PhD ’06
Brian Egleston is an associate research professor at the Fox Chase Cancer Center with Temple University Health System.
Haley Hedlin, PhD ’11
Haley Hedlin is a senior biostatistician and associate director of Clinical Trials Program in the Quantitative Sciences Unit, in the Stanford Department of Medicine.
Matt McCall, PhD ’10
Matt McCall is an assistant professor in the Biostatistics department at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
Bruce Swihart, PhD ’12
Bruce Swihart is a mathematical statistician at the National Institutes of Health.
Ming-Wen An Wissmann PhD ’08
Ming-Wen An Wissman is an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics at Vassar College.