MIND Lab

Methods for INcomplete Data (MIND)

MIND Lab

Lab Leaders

Tanya
Tanya P. Garcia
Director
Associate Professor of Biostatistics
UNC-CH
Yanyuan
Yanyuan Ma
Associate Director
Professor of Statistics
Penn State University
Karen
Karen Marder
Associate Director
Sally Kerlin Professor of Neurology
Columbia University
Sarah
Sarah C. Lotspeich
Associate Director
Assistant Professor of Statistics
Wake Forest University

Current Lab Members

Kyle
Kyle Grosser
Biotatistics PhD Student at UNC-CH
(2020-Present)
Jesus
Jesus Vazquez
Biotatistics PhD Student at UNC-CH
(2021-Present)
Abby
Abby Foes
Biotatistics PhD Student at UNC-CH
(2023-Present)
Emmanuel
Emmanuel Rockwell
Biotatistics PhD Student at UNC-CH
(2023-Present)
Madhuri
Madhuri Raman
Biotatistics PhD Student at UNC-CH
(2024-Present)
Dewei
Dewei Lin
Biotatistics MS Student at UNC-CH
(2024-Present)
Sophia
Yajie He
Biostatistics MS Student at UNC-CH
(2024-Present)
Stellen
Stellen Li
Biotatistics and Mathematics Undergraduate at UNC-CH
(2024-Present)
Sophia
Sophia Chen Cross
Biostatistics and Mathematics Undergraduate at UNC-CH
(2024-Present)
Aditya
Aditya Krishnan
Neuroscience Undergraduate at UNC-CH
(2024-Present)
Taryn
Taryn Carter
Biology and Neuroscience Undergraduate at UNC-CH
(2024-Present)
Vraj
Vraj Parikh
Health Policy and Management, Statistics, and Analytics Undergraduate at UNC-CH
(2024-Present)

Lab Alumni

Brian
Brian Richardson
Biotatistics PhD Student at UNC-CH
(2022-2024)
Ben
Benjamin Bodek, M.S.
Biotatistics MS Student at UNC-CH
(2022-2024)
Marissa
Marissa Ashner, Ph.D.
Biotatistics PhD Student at UNC-CH
(2020-2023)
Next position: Biostatistician III and Graduate Instructor at BERD, Duke University
Sarah
Sarah Lotspeich, Ph.D.
T32 Postdoctoral Associate at UNC-CH
(2021-2022)
Next position: Assistant Professor at Wake Forest University
Rakheon
Rakheon Kim, Ph.D.
Statistics PhD Student at TAMU
Co-advised with M. Pourahmadi
(2018-2022)
Next position: Assistant Professor at Baylor University
Unkyung
Unkyung Lee, Ph.D.
T32 Postdoctoral Associate at TAMU
(2017-2020)
Next position: Researcher at Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Chen
Chen Lin, B.S.
Visiting Undergraduate Research Scholar (2019-2020)
Next position: Statistics PhD Student at Yale

Support Lab Members

Sylvain
Sylvain Marcel
Director's husband
Sasha
Adeline and Sasha Marcel
Director's kids, July 2023
Sasha-Addie
Adeline and Sasha Marcel
Director's kids, January 2021

Lab Adventures!

cox May 2024: Tanya delivers her keynote talk at the 2024 Washington Statistical Society Gertrude M. Cox Lecture and Reception! Check it out on YouTube.

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May 2024: What a joy to hood Dr. Marissa Ashner, Ph.D.! She'll always be a rising star, and the world will continue to see her amazing-ness!

May 2024: Loving the tag-team celebrations for MS graduates at UNC-CH and Wake Forest University! Big shoutout to Jesus Vazquez (UNC-CH), Ashley Mullan (Wake Forest; supervised by Sarah Lotspeich, Ph.D.), and Ben Bodek (UNC-CH) for crushing it and earning those MS degrees!

enar204 March 2024: Fun times in Baltimore, the Charm City, for ENAR 2024!

lumberjack January 2024: The lab goes to Banff!

lumberjack January 2024: Lumberjack party!

marissa July 2023: Celebrating Marissa's PhD defense. Congratulations Dr. Ashner!!

golf April 2023: Celebrating our team paper with mini golf at ParTEE Shack!

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March 2023: Sharing our research at ENAR 2023.

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February 2023: Celebrating our first R01!

escape January 2023: Totally nailed it: we escaped the escape room with a few minutes to spare!

bbq November 2021: Labsgiving!

bbq October 2021: Having fun at the Lab BBQ!

professional-development September 2021: Working with a coach to learn professional development skills.

lunch August 2021: Hanging out at the first lab lunch at UNC-CH!