Biostatistics Faculty

Core faculty

Harold Bae, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
(Program Director)

Harold's research focuses on statistical genetics and Bayesian statistics aimed at developing advanced modeling to understand the genetic basis of complex polygenic traits.

Adam Branscum, Ph.D.
Professor

Adam's research focuses on bayesian nonparametric and semiparametric modeling, medical test evaluation, bone health, kidney disease.

John Molitor, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

John's research focuses on bayesian methods, latent variable modeling, measurement error models, spatial modeling, genetic epidemiology, and Markov Chain Monte Carol estimation methods.

Adjunct faculty

Claudio Fuentes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Statistics Department, Oregon State University

Research Interests:

  • Clustering and classification problems
  • Post-selection inference
  • Bayesian methods
  • Applied statistics

Katherine McLaughlin, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Statistics Department, Oregon State University

Research Interests:

  • Samping methods
  • Social network analysis
  • Network sampling
  • Respondent-driven sampling
  • Social science applications of statistics