Principal Investigator

 

Dr. LI Xinyue

Dr. Li received her PhD in Biostatistics from Yale University. Prior to Yale University, she spent one year at Peking University and three years at the University of Chicago, receiving her BA and MS in Statistics from the University of Chicago. Her research interests include statistical methods for wearable device data, electronic health records, population health studies, statistical genetics, and precision medicine.

PhD students

  • 2020 - present

    Cheng CAO (2020 - present)

    I have been a PhD student at the CityU Department of Data Science since 2020. My research interests are in functional data analysis and statistical genetics. Prior to CityU I obtained a master’s degree in statistics from Ohio State University (USA) in 2020 and a bachelor’s degree from the South China University of Technology in 2017.

  • Collin SAKAL (2021 - present)

    I am a PhD student in the CityU Department of Data Science. I hold a BA in Statistics and Mathematics from the State University of New York at Buffalo and an MSc in Health Data Science from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. My research interests revolve around predictive modeling and wearable device data analysis within geriatric psychiatry.

  • Tong CHEN (2021 - present)

    I received my bachelor’s degree in computer science from Wuhan University before joining the CityU Department of Data Science as a PhD student in 2021. My research interests involve leveraging medical imaging to develop explainable and clinically viable deep learning models with a current focus on dementia.

  • Wei ZHANG (2021 - present)

    I received my bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science from the China University of Petroleum and the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. I joined CityU Department of Data Science since 2021. My research interests include medical imaging and multi-modal learning.

  • Wenxin XU (2023-present)

    I hold a BSc in Mathematics with Economics and an MSc in Health Data Science from University College London. I joined CityU Department of Data Science in 2023. My research interests focus around biostatistics, wearable device data analysis, and bioinformatics in cancer and longevity.

  • Xiangrui YAO (2023-present)

    I received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Harbin Institute of Technology and a masters degree of statistics from National University of Singapore. I joined the CityU Department of Data Science since 2023. My research interests focus on functional data analysis and wearable device data analysis.

  • Menghan SHI (2024-present)

    I received my bachelor's degree from Shandong University and a master's degree in applied statistics from the University of Michigan. In 2024, I began my PhD studies in data science at CityU. My research interests include wearable device data analysis and large population studies.

  • Xinci LIU (2024-present)

    I received my bachelor’s and master’s degree from Cornell University and concentrated on data science track in my master’s study. I joined CityU department of Data Science since 2024. My research interests focused around medical imaging, multi-model learning and machine learning methods for public health data

Research assistants

  • Yuanyuan TANG (2024-present)

    I joined CityU Department of Data Science as a research assistant since 2024. I received my bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance, and master's degree in Applied Statistics from Shanghai University of International Business and Economics. My research interests include quantile regression and machine learning methods for drug discovery.

  • Junbiao LU (2024-present)

    I received my bachelor's and master's degrees from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. I joined CityU Department of Data Science since 2024. My research interests include funtional data analysis and its application in wearable device data.