Conference Committees

Organizing Committee

  • Gavino Puggioni, Chair, University of Rhode Island, Vice President for Scientific Program of NESS, contact
  • Jing Wu, Co-Chair, University of Rhode Island, contact
  • Beth Larimer, University of Rhode Island
  • Ming-Hui Chen, University of Connecticut
  • Kun Chen, University of Connecticut
  • Daeyoung Lim, University of Connecticut
  • Wenlin Yuan, University of Connecticut
  • Simiao Gao, University of Connecticut
  • Yiming Zhang, University of Connecticut
  • Md Tuhin Sheikh, University of Connecticut

Scientific Program Committee

  • Gavino Puggioni, Chair, University of Rhode Island, contact
  • Rajarshi Guhaniyogi, Texas A & M University
  • Guangyu Zhu, University of Rhode Island
  • Hou-Cheng Yang, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • Naitee Ting, Boehringer Ingelheim
  • Jon Steingrimsson, Brown University
  • Oleksii Mostovyi, University of Connecticut
  • Aleksey Polunchenko and Soumik Banerjee, Binghamton University
  • Bodhisattva Sen, Columbia University
  • JooChul Lee, University of Pennsylvania
  • Chongliang Luo, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
  • Ying Lu, Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Ludovic TRINQUART, Tufts Medical Center
  • Donghui Yan and Aiyou Chen, UMass Dartmouth and Google Inc
  • Yan Zhuang, Connecticut College
  • Ashley Buchanan, University of Rhode Island
  • Jeffrey W. Miller, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  • Yuan Ji, The University of Chicago
  • Joseph Squillace, University of Rhode Island
  • Tian Zheng, Columbia University
  • Elizabeth ML Upton, Williams College
  • Luis Carvalho, Boston University
  • Yunju Im, Yale University
  • Maryclare Griffin, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Kun Chen, University of Connecticut

Student Paper Committee

  • Xiaojing Wang, Chair, University of Connecticut, contact
  • Yao Zheng, University of Connecticut
  • Jeff Miller, Harvard University
  • Erin Conlon, University of Massachuesetts Amherst
  • Guangyu Zhu, University of Rhode Island
  • Ta-Hsin Li, IBM, Co-Chair
  • Luis Carvalho, Boston University
  • Yuqi Gu, Columbia University
  • Yuwen Gu, University of Connecticut
  • HaiYing Wang, University of Connecticut
  • Jing Wu, University of Rhode Island
  • Jian Zou, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Student Poster Committee

  • Xiaojing Wang, Chair, University of Connecticut, contact
  • Tang Yue, Co-Chair, HSB, contact
  • Luis Carvalho, Boston University
  • Forrest W. Crawford, Yale University
  • Jeff Miller, Harvard University
  • Yuqi Gu, Columbia University
  • HaiYing Wang, University of Connecticut
  • Jing Wu, University of Rhode Island
  • Yao Zheng, University of Connecticut
  • Guangyu Zhu, University of Rhode Island
  • Jian Zou, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  • Ming-Hui Chen, University of Connecticut
  • Kun Chen, University of Connecticut
  • Lynn Kuo, University of Connecticut
  • Lally Nathan, HSB
  • Gavino Puggioni, University of Rhode Island

Fundraising Committee

  • Ming-Hui Chen, Co-Chair, University of Connecticut, Past President of NESS, contact
  • Gavino Puggioni, Co-Chair, University of Rhode Island, Vice President for Scientific Program of NESS, contact
  • James McDougall, Statistical Consultant, Vice President for Strategies & Development of NESS
  • Lei Wang, the Lotus Group LLC, Member of NESS Committee on Strategies and Development
  • Yang Song, Vertex, Co-Chair of 2019 NERDS Organizing Committee
  • Chun Wang, Liberty Mutual
  • Nathan Lally, Hartford HSB, Vice President for Education of NESS
  • Jianan Hui, Servier, NESS Secretary

Statathon Committee

  • Emmanouil Anagnostou, University of Connecticut
  • Diego Castillo, Eversource
  • Diego Cerrai, University of Connecticut
  • Jaydeep S. Deshpande, Eversource
  • Aolan Li, University of Connecticut
  • Daeyoung Lim (Chair), University of Connecticut
  • Tuhin Sheikh, University of Connecticut
  • Meiruo Xiang, University of Connecticut
  • Haiwei Zhou, University of Connecticut
  • Kathy Ziff, Travelers

Short Course Committee

  • Jing Wu, Chair, University of Rhode Island, contact
  • Yichi Zhang, University of Rhode Island
  • Guangyu Zhu, University of Rhode Island
  • Nathan Lally, Hartford HSB, Vice President for Education of NESS

Technical Support

  • Daeyoung Lim, University of Connecticut