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Myself

I am a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and an affiliated member of the Columbia Data Science Institute and Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC). 

 

I joined Columbia in 2023, and I am grateful to have my research funded by ​

  • Columbia University Research Stabilization Fund

  • Columbia Mailman Calderone Awards for Junior Faculty Development

  • Columbia Biostatistics Department Grant Writing Initiative​

  • National Institutes of Health​

  • Harvard Data Science Initiative Postdoc Fellow Research Fund​​​​

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Selective Awards

  • IMS New Researcher Travel Award

  • ASA Stat in Epid Section Young Investigator Award

  • Biometrics Journal Excellent Referee Award

  • ASA Biopharm Section Student Paper Awards

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Current Members

  • Xinyi Yang (Postdoc, 2026 -, joint mentor with Dr. Ying Wei)

  • Yilin Song (Postdoc, 2025 -, joint mentor with Dr. Ying Wei)

  • Yuying Lu (PhD student, 2024-)

  • Chase Armer (PhD student in Systems Biology, 2024-)

  • Sasinya Scott (PhD student in Epidemiology, 2024-, joint mentor with Dr. Mary Beth Terry)

  • Liliang Su (MS student, 2026-)

  • Yirou Hu (MS student, 2026-)

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Past Members

  • Daoyuan Lai, PhD (2023-2025, now Postdoc at Columbia University)

  • Hyun Kim, MS (2025-2026, now PhD student in Population Health & Clinical Outcomes Research at Stony Brook Univ.)

  • Soomin You, MS (2025-2026, now in the PCCSM Postbaccalaureate Program at MD Anderson Cancer Center)

  • Fanyue Meng, MS (2024-2025)

  • Zhuodiao Kuang, MS (2023-2025, now PhD student in Biostatistics at the University of Pittsburgh)

  • Qin Huang, MS (2023-2025, now Sr. Computational Statistician at Eli Lilly)

  • Yimeng Cai, MS (2024-2025, now Sr. Computational Statistician at Eli Lilly)

  • ​Xueqing Huang, MS (2023-2025, now Sr. Computational Statistician at Eli Lilly)

  • Ruoxi Li, MS (2024-2025, now PhD student)

  • ​Ariana Yahia (2024, Biostatistics Epidemiology Summer Training [BEST] Program)

  • Adheesh Perera (2024, BEST Program)

  • Zhengwei Song, MS (2024, now Sr. Computational Statistician at Eli Lilly)

  • Yunxi Yang, MS (2024, now Biostatistician at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care)

  • Jiajun Tao, MS (2024)

  • Yuxue Zhong, MS (2022-2023, now PhD student in Epidemiology at UCLA)

  • Jueyi Liu, MS (2022-2023, now PhD student in Biostatistics at the University of Michigan)

© 2025 by Tian Gu 

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