PhD/MSc Alumni
2002
Thesis Title: On Continuous-Time Generalized AR(1) Processes: Models, Statistical Inference, and Applications to Non-normal Time Series
Supervisor: Harry Joe
First Position: Sessional lecturer, Faculty of Commerce, UBC
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University
Program: PhD
2001
Thesis Title: Survival Data Analysis of Patients with Neurofibromatosis (NF2)
Supervisor: Harry Joe
First Position: Statistician, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC
Current Position: Research assistant, Dept of Statistics, UBC
Program: MSc
Thesis Title: Bayesian Analysis of the Dynamic Hierarchical Model with Application to a Changepoint Problem
Supervisor: James V. Zidek FRSC, O.C.
First Position: Statistician, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC
Program: MSc
Thesis Title: Assessing Informative Drop-out in Models for Repeated Binary Data
Supervisor: John Petkau
First Position: Statistical Analyst, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC
Program: MSc
Thesis Title: A Comparison of Methods for Multivariate Familial Binary Responses
Supervisor: Harry Joe
First Position: Ph.D. student Dept. of Statistics, UBC
Current Position: Assistant professor, Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
Program: MSc
Thesis Title: Priors for Bayesian Neural Networks
Supervisor: Paul Gustafson
First Position: Statistician, Best Institute, University of Toronto
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich
Program: MSc
Thesis Title: Maximum Weighted Likelihood Estimation
Supervisor: James V. Zidek FRSC, O.C.
First Position: Post-doctoral Fellow Department of Statistics, UBC
Current Position: Associate Professor Dept of Math & Statistics, York U
Program: PhD
Thesis Title: Markov Chain Monte Carlo Algorithm Comparisons
Supervisor: Paul Gustafson
First Position: Statistical Analyst, Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Centre, USA
Program: MSc
2000
Thesis Title: Statistical Methods for Assessing Habitat Preferences
Supervisor: James V. Zidek FRSC, O.C.
First Position: Consultant, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George
Current Position: Surveillance Biostatistician, Population and Publish Health, Provincial Health Services Authority
Program: MSc
Thesis Title: Models for Two-state Disease Processes with Applications to Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
Supervisor: John Petkau
First Position: Statistical Consultant, SCARL, UBC
Current Position: Statistician in Early Clinical Development, Roche in Basel, Switzerland
Program: MSc