- Evan is a Research Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at UMass-Amherst.
-He received his PhD in statistics from UMass-Amherst, developing
-methods to infer physical activity type and intensity from accelerometer
-data. A former postdoc in the Reich Lab, he also works on developing
-methods for predicting infectious disease outbreaks.
+ Zhian is a research software engineer and recovering bioinformatician with a strong passion for creating user-friendly and sensible computational tools for research.
+He has a PhD in Botany and Plant Pathology from Oregon State University and has published research software in the realms of plant pathology, epidemiology, web publication, and reproducible research.
+He lives in Portland, Oregon with his partner and cat and enjoys cats, baking, reading, bikes, and bad SF/horror (though not all at the same time, because that can get difficult to balance on a bicycle).
@@ -307,35 +298,27 @@
Research Faculty
-
- Álvaro is a PhD student in epidemiology. He is interested in science communication, economic inequality,
-gambling, and infectious diseases. He received his MD from Universidad Internacional del Ecuador and a
-BSc in Biochemistry from McGill University.
+ Li is a data analyst who completed an MS in Biostatistics as part of the 4+1 program at UMass Amherst.
+Li's research interests include infectious disease forecasting, particularly the application of new
+techniques, and ensemble methods. Outside of work, Li enjoys writing and dancing.
@@ -344,33 +327,26 @@
PhD Student
-
- Becky has been a technical leader and software engineer for more than twenty-five years. After completing an MS in Information Systems at
-Drexel University, she began specializing in data modeling and data-driven applications and has experience in numerous domains, including
-healthcare, government, and higher education. Becky enjoys skeeball, spending time with her family, and reading science fiction.
+ Ben is a Research Assistant Professor and Lecturer of Biostatistics at UMass-Amherst.
+He received his PhD in Biostatistics from UCLA where he developed Bayesian models for
+medical visit and substance use data. He enjoys getting outdoors (skiing, biking, hiking),
+cooking, reading fiction and spending time with his family.
@@ -381,23 +357,33 @@
Research Software Engineer
-
- Doug is a part-time PhD student in Biostatistics, and is a statistician at AstraZeneca in the Vaccines
-and Immune Therapies unit. His research interest is infectious disease forecasting for public health
-and clinical trial sponsors. He enjoys playing tennis and skiing in his free time.
+ Evan is a Research Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at UMass-Amherst.
+He received his PhD in statistics from UMass-Amherst, developing
+methods to infer physical activity type and intensity from accelerometer
+data. A former postdoc in the Reich Lab, he also works on developing
+methods for predicting infectious disease outbreaks.
@@ -406,26 +392,35 @@
PhD Student
-
- Ben is a Research Assistant Professor and Lecturer of Biostatistics at UMass-Amherst.
-He received his PhD in Biostatistics from UCLA where he developed Bayesian models for
-medical visit and substance use data. He enjoys getting outdoors (skiing, biking, hiking),
-cooking, reading fiction and spending time with his family.
+ Anna is a Research Software Engineering consultant at R-RSE specialising in R.
+She has been engaged by the Lab to work with the wider Consortium of Infectious Disease Modeling Hubs on developing the [HubVerse](https://hubdocs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/),
+a collection of R packages and infrastructure enabling set up, maintainance, submission and access to data of modeling hubs.
+She received her PhD in Marine Macroecology from the University of Sheffield, UK and spent 5 years as a Research Software Engineer
+with the University of Sheffield RSE team before returning home to Greece and setting up on her own. She is also a Software Review Editor for rOpenSci.
@@ -436,34 +431,33 @@
Research Faculty
-
- Nick is a Professor of Biostatistics at UMass. He received his
-PhD in Biostatstics from Johns Hopkins, where he also did his postdoctoral
-training in infectious disease epidemiology. He also enjoys spending time outside
-with his family (hiking, camping, canoeing, gardening).
+ Álvaro is a PhD student in epidemiology. He is interested in science communication, economic inequality,
+gambling, and infectious diseases. He received his MD from Universidad Internacional del Ecuador and a
+BSc in Biochemistry from McGill University.
@@ -474,35 +468,33 @@
Principal Investigator
-
- Anna is a Research Software Engineering consultant at R-RSE specialising in R.
-She has been engaged by the Lab to work with the wider Consortium of Infectious Disease Modeling Hubs on developing the [HubVerse](https://hubdocs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/),
-a collection of R packages and infrastructure enabling set up, maintainance, submission and access to data of modeling hubs.
-She received her PhD in Marine Macroecology from the University of Sheffield, UK and spent 5 years as a Research Software Engineer
-with the University of Sheffield RSE team before returning home to Greece and setting up on her own. She is also a Software Review Editor for rOpenSci.
+ Becky has been a technical leader and software engineer for more than twenty-five years. After completing an MS in Information Systems at
+Drexel University, she began specializing in data modeling and data-driven applications and has experience in numerous domains, including
+healthcare, government, and higher education. Becky enjoys skeeball, spending time with her family, and reading science fiction.
@@ -513,27 +505,22 @@
Research Software Engineer
-
- Li is a data analyst who completed an MS in Biostatistics as part of the 4+1 program at UMass Amherst.
-Li's research interests include infectious disease forecasting, particularly the application of new
-techniques, and ensemble methods. Outside of work, Li enjoys writing and dancing.
+ Minsu is a PhD student in Biostatistics. Her research interest is infectious disease forecasting,
+ensemble methods, and machine learning. She enjoys programming. She usually go hiking in her free time.
@@ -542,18 +529,19 @@
Data Analyst
-
- Minsu is a PhD student in Biostatistics. Her research interest is infectious disease forecasting,
-ensemble methods, and machine learning. She enjoys programming. She usually go hiking in her free time.
+ Doug is a part-time PhD student in Biostatistics, and is a statistician at AstraZeneca in the Vaccines
+and Immune Therapies unit. His research interest is infectious disease forecasting for public health
+and clinical trial sponsors. He enjoys playing tennis and skiing in his free time.