BIOSTATISTICS
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Dr. Collier is currently working as an Research Assistant Professor, Biostatistics Division, Population & Public Health Sciences Deaprtment at University of Southern California and faculty statistician with the Children's Oncology Group.
Dissertation: Advances in the Trial-Level Approach to Surrogate Endpoint Evaluation
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Dr. Wang is currently working as a Senior Biostatistician at Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson.
Dissertation: Leveraging Real-World Data to Improve Cancer Care in Patients with Advanced Cancer via Cutting-Edge Methods
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Dr. Xu is currently working as a Research Assistant Professor at the Epidemiology Division, Internal Medicine Department at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah.
Dissertation: Estimating the Optimal Individualized Treatment Rule from a Cost-Effectiveness Perspective
CLINICAL & TRANSLATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
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Dr. Hartsell is currently working as President and Principal Consultant for Epi-Vant Consulting.
Dissertation: Breaking Down Barriers: Maximizing the Benefits of Electronic Case Reporting
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Dr. Hicks is currently working as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the Kellogg Eye Center.
Dissertation: Genetic and Epidemiological Risk Factors Contributing to Blinding Eye Disease within Three Distinct Underserved Populations
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Dr. Himbert is currently working as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dissertation: Energy Balance and Colorectal Cancer Survival: Impact of Physical Activity and Body Mass Index and Molecular Mediators
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Dr. Lueth is currently working as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the NIH's Environmental Health Sciences Epidemiology Branch, Perinatal & Early Life Epidemiology Group.
Dissertation: The Role of Allostatic Load Biomarkers as Measure of Chronic Stress in Pregnancy and Postpartum
HEALTH SYSTEMS RESEARCH
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Dr. Biber is currently an Associate Director at Takeda Oncology, the Global Oncology Business Unit of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company.
Dissertation: Interpretation and Visualization of PROMIS Physical Function
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Dr. Snyder is currently seeking a Post-Doctoral position.
Dissertation: Exploring the Relationships of Lifestyle with Quality of Life for Chronic Inflammatory Skin Diseases
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Dr. Viernes is currently a VINCI Researcher at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.