BCCC Members

Shari Messinger, Ph.D.

Professor

(305) 243-4465
Field of Interest: Diabetes, Clinical Trials, Biomarkers & Clinical Biostatistics Dr. Shari Messinger Ph.D. is a Professor and Director of the Division of Biostatistics, as well as Director of the Biostatistics Collaboration and Consulting Core, in the Department of Public Health Sciences. She has been a member of the Biostatistics Faculty...

Hua Li

Lead Research Analyst

(305) 243-2206
Dr. Hua Li joined University of Miami as a Lead Research Analyst (Biostatistician) in August 2010. He received his M.D. and Ph.D. from Tongji Medical University, a MS in Computer Information Systems and a MS in Applied Statistics from the University of Miami. He has worked in medical (basic and clinical) and healthcare research fields for many...

Yalda Zarnegarnia

Lead Research Analyst

(305) 972-1841
Dr. Yalda Zarnegarnia joined the University of Miami, Biostatistics Collaboration and Consulting Core in April 2022. She earned her Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the University of Miami's Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Biostatistics. While studding at the University of Miami, Dr. Zarnegarnia developed innovative ROC curve...

Ruixuan Ma

Biostatistician 1

(305) 243-2506
Ruixuan (Mavis) Ma joined the University of Miami, as a Biostatistician in February 2020. She received herMaster of Science degree in Biostatistics from Department of Public Health Science at University of Miami.Ruixuan possesses more than 3 years of experiences with modern statistical methodologies such as regression analysis, longitudinal data...

Sarah W. Metalonis

Biostatistician 1

(305) 243-4465
Sarah Wishnek Metalonis received her Masters of Public Health in Epidemiology, from Columbia University, New York, NY. Sarah has joined the Biostatistics Collaboration and Consulting Core (BCCC) in August 2020 and has been assisting with COVID-19 research studies. She brings with her experience in clinical and population-based...

Alberto Cruz

Biostatistician 1

(305) 243-9519
Alberto Cruz received his Master of Public Health degree in Biostatistics from Florida International University, in Miami, FL. He joined the Biostatistics Collaboration and Consulting Core (BCCC) in April 2022. He has over 7 years of experience in upper-level statistical methodologies, including survey validation techniques, and Bayesian...

Daniel A Diaz

Research Asst. Professor

(305) 243-4797
Field of Interest: Theoretical Statistics & Population Genetics Daniel Díaz is Research Assistant Professor at the Division of Biostatistics of the University of Miami. He has a PhD in Probability from Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil; a BS in Statistics (with minors in Mathematics and Biostatistics) at Universidad...

Maria Jimenez-Rodriguez

Sr. Manager, Research Support (A)

(305) 243-4465
Maria Jimenez-Rodriguez received a Masters of Arts in Liberal Studies (M.A.L.S.), and a Bachelors of Arts in Sociology, with minors in Business Administration and Management, from University of Miami. She has over twenty years working at the University. Along with her experience in office procedures, management and administration, her forte is...


Portrait of Hengyi Ke

Hengyi Ke

Biostatistician/Ph.D. Candidate

hxz305@med.miami.edu

Hengyi Ke received his Master of Science in Mathematical Finance, and Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Miami. He is currently a third-year PhD student in Biostatistics at the Department of Public Health, University of Miami. He joined the Biostatistics Collaboration and Consulting Core (BCCC) in November 2020. His research interest is machine learning, and he is experienced in data analysis. Hengyi is dedicated in providing statistical support to the UM community.


Portrait of TianHao Liu

TianHao Liu

Biostatistician/Ph.D. Candidate

txl646@med.miami.edu

TianHao Liu received his Master of Science degree in Biostatistics from the University of Miami. He is currently a first-year PhD student in the Biostatistics program in the Department of Public Health Sciences. TianHao has been in the Biostatistics Collaboration and Consulting Core (BCCC) team since January 2022. He has worked as a research volunteer to assist in COVID’s future long-term projections. TianHao is fluent with R, and has been working in COVID modeling, also fluent in Python, C++, SAS and SQL. He is dedicated in providing statistical support to the UM research community.


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