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Data Science Faculty

	Keith Dillon, PhD Associate Professor Phone: (601) 815-5497 Office: TR536 E-mail: kdillon@umc.edu Faculty Profile
Research Interests: Multimodal and Multi-omic data, using Novel Imaging Systems and Sensors, Microscopy, Medical imaging, Ophthalmology, Machine learning, Artificial Intelligence
	William "Bill" Hillegass, MD, PhD, MPH Professor Phone: (601) 815-3479 Office: TR533 E-mail: whillegass@umc.edu Faculty Profile
Research Interests: Telehealth for Remote Patient Management, Cardiometabolic Disease, Health Disparities, Interventional Cardiovascular and Anti-thrombotic Therapies, Clinical Trial Methodology, Indirect Treatment Comparison Methods, and Health Economics Methods
	Seth Lirette, PhD, MS Associate Professor Phone: (601) 815-8127 Office: TR535 E-mail: slirette2@umc.edu Faculty Profile Video Profile
Research Interests: Biomarker Validation, Advanced Statistical Models, Multi-Reader-Multi-Case Trials, Survival Analysis, and Bootstrapping
	Hao Mei, PhD, MS Professor Phone: (601) 815-8130 Office: TR539 E-mail: hmei@umc.edu Faculty Profile
Research Interests: Statistical Genetics including the Identification of Genetic Variants, Function Genes, and Pathways Associated With Complex Human Diseases, Omics Data Analysis Systems for Heterogeneous Data, Causal Analysis, and Multivariate Genetic Analysis
	Jeannette Simino, PhD, MS Associate Professor Phone: (601) 815-8128 Office: TR540 E-mail: jsimino@umc.edu Faculty Profile
Research Interests: Genetic Epidemiology including the Genetic Cause of Dementia and Dementia-Related Traits, the Relationship of Biomarkers, Demographics, and Lifestyle with Dementia, and Sex- and or Race-Specific Risk Factors for Dementia
	Wondwosen Kassahun Yimer, PhD, MS Associate Professor Phone: (601) 815-8129 Office: TR538 E-mail: wyimer@umc.edu Faculty Profile Video Profile
Research Interests: Secondary Data Analysis With Emphasis on Longitudinal/Correlated Data, Survival Data Modeling, Joint Modeling, Bayesian Statistics, Semi-continuous/ Zero-inflated Models, and Missing Data
	Yunxi Zhang, PhD, MS Associate Professor Phone: (601) 815-3477 Office: TR537 E-mail: yzhang4@umc.edu Faculty Profile
Research Interests: Missing data analysis, high-dimensional data analysis, variable selection, Bayesian methods, causal inference, graphical models, health service research, health economics, and telehealth
	Yufeng Zheng, PhD, MS Associate Professor Phone: (601) 815-7908 Office: TR532 E-mail: yzheng@umc.edu Faculty Profile Video Profile
Research Interests: Image Analysis, Pattern Recognition, Deep Learning, AI, and Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD)

Secondary Faculty

	Mike Griswold, PhD Professor Phone: (601) 984-4933 Email: mgriswold@umc.edu Faculty Profile
	William Andrew "Drew" Pruett, PhD Instructor of Physiology & Biophysics Phone: (601) 815-1316 E-mail: wpruett@umc.edu Faculty Profile
	Lei Zhang, PhD, MSc, MBA Associate Dean for Research & Scholarship, Professor of Nursing Phone: (601) 815-9780 E-mail: lzhang2@umc.edu Faculty Profile

Instructors

Xiaoqian Jenna Zhu 2024

Xiaoqian "Jenna" Zhu, PhD
Biostatistician IV-Analytics
Phone: (601) 984-2744
Office: TRC524
E-mail: xzhu3@umc.edu