Conference Committees

Organizing Committee

  • Shariq Mohammed, Co-Chair, Boston University, contact
  • Daniel Sussman, Co-Chair, Boston University, contact
  • Yuwen Gu, University of Connecticut, Deputy Secretary of NESS
  • Jianan Hui, Servier Pharmaceuticals, Secretary of NESS
  • Xiaojing Wang, University of Connecticut, Treasurer of NESS
  • Yuanye (Vickie) Zhang, Servier Pharmaceuticals, Deputy Treasurer of NESS

Program Committee

  • Shariq Mohammed, Co-Chair, Boston University, contact
  • Daniel Sussman, Co-Chair, Boston University, contact
  • Satwik Acharyya, University of Michigan
  • Yves Atchade, Boston University
  • Joshua Cape, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Julio Castrillon, Boston University
  • Seung Hoan Choi, Boston University
  • Lorin Crawford, Microsoft Research and Brown University
  • Jyotishka Datta, Virginia Tech
  • Proloy Das, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Kimberly Ann Dukes, Boston University
  • Ani Eloyan, Brown University
  • Krista Gile, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Aritra Halder, Drexel University
  • Fotios Kokkotos, Merrimack College
  • Shou-En Lu, Rutgers University
  • Hon Keung Tony Ng, Bentley University
  • Miganush Stepanians, PROMETRIKA
  • Briana Stephenson, Harvard University
  • Elizabeth Sweeney, University of Pennsylvania
  • Neriman Tokcan, University of Massachusetts Boston
  • Ludovic Trinquart, Tufts University
  • Elizabeth Upton, Williams College
  • Gregory Vaughan, Bentley University
  • Jing Wu, University of Rhode Island
  • Qi Zhang, University of New Hampshire
  • Yaohua Zhang, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
  • Yan Zhuang, Connecticut College

Student Research Awards (Sponsored by MassMutual)

  • Alex Baldenko, Co-Chair, MassMutual
  • Ashis Gangopadhyay, Co-Chair, Boston University, contact
  • Bisakha Peskin, Co-Chair, MassMutual, contact
  • Howard Cabral, Boston University
  • Victor Hugo Lachos Davila, University of Connecticut
  • Bianca Dumitrascu, Columbia University
  • Mamikon Ginovyan, Boston University
  • Maryclare Griffin, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Aritra Halder, Drexel University
  • Guanyu Hu, University of Missouri
  • Huaiyu Hu, Boston University
  • Fan Li, Yale University
  • Gen Li, University of Michigan
  • Matthew Neil Moore, Boston University
  • Paula Moraga, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
  • Gemma Moran, Columbia University
  • Daniel Sussman, Boston University
  • Kaizheng Wang, Columbia University
  • Fangfang Wang, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  • HaiYing Wang, University of Connecticut
  • Yun Yang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Haimao Zhan, MassMutual
  • Yaohua Zhang, Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Student Poster Awards (Sponsored by Munich Re)

  • Gina Peloso, Co-Chair, Boston University, contact
  • Yang Lin, Co-Chair, HSB/Munich Re, contact
  • Marie-Abele C Bind, MGH and Harvard Medical School
  • Lelys Bravo de Guenni, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Howard Cabral, Boston University
  • Ming-Hui Chen, University of Connecticut
  • Seung Hoan Choi, Boston University
  • Akshunna S. Dogra, Imperial College London
  • Jeremy Gaskins, University of Louisville
  • Nadeesha Jayaweera, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  • Sayar Karmakar, University of Florida
  • Chi Hyun Lee, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Jung Wun Lee, University of Connecticut
  • Xihao Li, Harvard University
  • Xinyi Li, Clemson University
  • Austin Menger, Menger Analytics
  • Paula Moraga, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
  • Heather Shappell, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
  • Neil Spencer, University of Connecticut
  • Emily Patricia Stephen, Boston University
  • Steffen Ventz, University of Minnesota
  • Wei Wang, Merck & Co., Inc.
  • Ce Yang, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
  • Alex Young, Harvard University
  • Xiaonan Zhu, University of North Alabama
  • Beth Ziniti, Regrow Ag

Statathon (Sponsored by Travelers and HSB)

  • Masanao Yajima, Co-Chair, Boston University, contact
  • Daeyoung Lim, Co-Chair, University of Connecticut, contact
  • Nazli Rafei Dehkordi, HSB
  • Will Jobs, Travelers
  • Fotios Kokkotos, Merrimack College
  • Varsha Kulkarni, Boston University
  • Nathan Lally, HSB
  • Broderick Prows, Travelers
  • Patrick Toman, HSB
  • Elizabeth Upton, Williams College
  • Haviland Wright, Boston University
  • Esha Wang, HSB
  • Peng Xiao, HSB

Technical Support and Student Leads

  • Yelie Yuan, University of Connecticut, contact
  • Simiao Gao, University of Connecticut
  • Abhi Jain, Boston University
  • Min Lin, University of Connecticut
  • Adlin Pinheiro, Boston University
  • Jianing Wang, Boston University
  • Hanfei Xu, Boston University

Boston University Student Volunteers

  • Nimish Adhikari
  • Ante Bing
  • John Cannon
  • Andrew Cogliano
  • Lauren Delp
  • Daniel DiCorpo
  • Michael J. Figueroa Muniz
  • Vindyani Herath
  • Erfan Hossein Khalaj
  • Jaeyoung Kim
  • Evelyn Lauren
  • Stephanie Pan
  • Yinzhu Piao
  • Lucia Vilallonga
  • Dongyu 'Daniel' Wang
  • Yuxuan Wang
  • Manushi Welandawe
  • Sherry Wong
  • Tingting Xi
  • Roman Yan
  • Eukyung Yhang
  • Jingwen Zhang
  • Xiaoyu Zhang
  • Yue Zhang