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Faculty and Staff

Department Administration

  • Valen E. Johnson, Ph.D.
    Department Chair, ad interim
    713-563-6758
    vejohnson@mdanderson.org
  • Linda S. Elting, Dr.P.H.
    Section Chief
    Health Services Research
    713-745-4984
    lelting@mdanderson.org
  • Sanjay S. Shete, Ph.D.
    Section Chief
    Behavioral and Social Statistics
    713-745-2483
    sshete@mdanderson.org
  • Tania Secrest, M.B.A.
    Department Administrator ad interim
    Division Administrator, Quantitative Sciences
    713-794-4143
    tmsecrest@mdanderson.org

Faculty

 

Adjunct Faculty

  • Elenir Avritscher, M.D., Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
    The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
  • David Dahl, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics
    Texas A&M University
  • Jeffrey Hart, Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Statistics
    Texas A&M University
  • Javier Rojo, Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Statistics
    Rice University
  • Simon Sheather, Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Statistics
    Texas A&M University
  • Marina Vannucci, Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Statistics
    Rice University
  • Guosheng Yin, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science
    University of Hong Kong

Statistical Analysts

  • Nga Nguyen, M.S.
    Senior Statistical Analyst
    713-794-4110
    ntnguyen1@mdanderson.org
  • Graciela Nogueras-González, M.P.H.
    Research Statistical Analyst
    713-563-4310
    gnoguera@mdanderson.org
  • Shana Palla, M.S.
    Principal Statistical Analyst
    713-794-4167
    slpalla@mdanderson.org
  • Wei Qiao, M.S.
    Research Statistical Analyst
    713-794-4163
    wqiao@mdanderson.org
  • Rebecca S. Slack, M.S.
    Senior Statistical Analyst
    713-743-4275
    rsslack@mdanderson.org
  • Dawen Sui, M.S.
    Research Statistical Analyst
    713-745-5221
    dawensui@mdanderson.org
  • Diana Urbauer, M.S.
    Principal Statistical Analyst
    713-563-7368
    dlurbaue@mdanderson.org
  • Xuan Wang, M.S.
    Research Statistical Analyst
    xwang9@mdanderson.org
  • Xuemei Wang, M.S.
    Associate Director, Quantitative Research
    713-794-4191
    xuewang@mdanderson.org
  • Carla Warneke, M.S.
    Senior Statistical Analyst
    713-563-4274
    cwarneke@mdanderson.org
  • Auston Wei, M.S.
    Senior Statistical Analyst
    713-563-4281
    wwei@mdanderson.org
  • Caimiao Wei, Ph.D.
    Principal Statistical Analyst
    713-563-4297
    caiwei@mdanderson.org
  • Sijin Wen, Ph.D.
    Senior Statistical Analyst
    713-794-4168
    sijinwen@mdanderson.org
  • Lianchun Xiao, M.S.
    Senior Statistical Analyst
    713-794-4185
    lxiao@mdanderson.org
  • Ying Xu, M.S.
    Principal Statistical Analyst
    713-563-4299
    yingxu@mdanderson.org
  • Robert K. Yu, M.C.S.
    Senior Statistical Analyst
    713-792-2180
    rkyu@mdanderson.org

Postdoctoral Fellows

  • Sangbum Choi, Ph.D.
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    713-563-0382
    schoi6@mdanderson.org
  • Jan Eberth, Ph.D.
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    713-792-5191
    jmeberth@mdanderson.org
  • Kassandra M. Fronczyk, Ph.D.
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    713-792-7775
    kmfronczyk@mdanderson.org
  • Beibei Guo, Ph.D.
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    713-792-8419
    bguo1@mdanderson.org
  • Ick Hoon Jin, Ph.D.
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    713-794-1331
    ijin@mdanderson.org
  • Yoonsuh Jung, Ph.D.
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    713-563-0382
    yjung1@mdanderson.org
  • Ju Hee Lee, Ph.D.
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    713-563-4292
    jlee14@mdanderson.org
  • Riten Mitra, Ph.D.
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    713-792-7321
    rmitra1@mdanderson.org
  • Bernardo Nipoti, Ph.D.
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    713-745-4633
    bnipoti@mdanderson.org
  • Rajesh Talluri, Ph.D.
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    713-563-5434
    rtalluri@mdanderson.org
  • Wenting Wang, Ph.D.
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    713-792-5312
    wwang8@mdanderson.org
  • Yong Zang, Ph.D.
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    713-792-1628
    yzang1@mdanderson.org

Research Assistants

  • Chunyan Cai
    Graduate Research Assistant
    ccai@mdanderson.org
  • Yu-Chia Chang
    Graduate Research Assistant
    ychang1@mdanderson.org
  • Shuo Feng
    Graduate Research Assistant
  • Fei Jiang
    Graduate Research Assistant
  • Soyeon Kim
    Graduate Research Assistant
  • Yihua Liu
    Graduate Research Assistant
  • Yang Ni
    Graduate Research Assistant
  • Haiying Pang
    Graduate Research Assistant
    hypang@mdanderson.org
  • Pratibha Parelkar
    Graduate Research Assistant
    pparelkar@mdanderson.org
  • Ganggang Xu
    Graduate Research Assistant
  • Yanxun Xu
    Graduate Research Assistant
    yxu4@mdanderson.org
  • Xiaoyan Yuan
    Graduate Research Assistant
    xyuan1@mdanderson.org

Administrative Professionals

  • Lydia B. Davis
    Executive Assistant to the Chair
    713-794-4142
    lbdavis@mdanderson.org
  • Stephanie E. Burroughs
    Administrative Assistant
    713-794-1246
    seburroughs@mdanderson.org
  • Lori Carreon
    Senior Administrative Assistant
    713-794-4147
    lcarreon@mdanderson.org
  • Patricia Cunningham
    Senior Administrative Assistant
    713-563-4306
    pcunning@mdanderson.org
  • Shirley M. Freeman
    Senior Administrative Assistant
    713-792-5015
    smfreeman1@mdanderson.org
  • Juanita Lazo
    Secretary
    713-745-5984
    jlazo@mdanderson.org
  • Bertha Nunez
    Senior Administrative Assistant
    713-794-4146
    bvnunez@mdanderson.org

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