The Hu Lab
Bioinformatics and Statistical Genetics
Dr. Pingzhao Hu
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics (BMG), UM
Data Science Platform of George and Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation, UM
Adjunct Scientist
Research Institute in Oncology and Hematology at CancerCare Manitoba
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) (Adjunct), UM
Department of Computer Science (CS) (Adjunct), UM
Assistant Professor (Status)
Division of Biostatistics, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Associate Investigator
The Centre for Applied Genomics (TCAG), The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Training of Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP)
Graduate Students
Fei Zuo
B.S. in Genetics, University of Toronto
MSc. in Biostatistics, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Co-supervisor: Dr. Wei Xu
Yong Won Jin
B.S. with high distinction in Science, University of Toronto
MSc. Candidate in Bioinformatics in Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba
Shuo Jia
B.S. in Life Science, Sichuan University, China
MSc. Candidate in Bioinformatics in Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba
Jiahui Zhang
B.S. in Mathematics and Statistics, University of Waterloo
MSc. in Biostatistics, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Co-supervisor: Dr. Wei Xu
Nikta Feizi
B.S. in Cell & Molecular Biology, University of Tehran, Iran
MSc. Candidate in Bioinformatics in Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba
Rayhan Shikder
B.S. in Computer Science & Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
MSc. Candidate in Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba
Co-supervisor: Dr. Pourang Irani
Qian Liu
B.S. in Medical Imaging, Sichuan University, China
MSc. Candidate in Bioinformatics in Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba
Ye Tian
B.S. in Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba
MSc. Candidate in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba
Co-supervisor: Dr. Bob McLeod
Md. Mohaiminul Islam
MSc in Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba
PhD Candidate in Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba
Co-supervisor: Dr. Yang Wang
Shujun Huang
PhD candidate in Pharmacy, University of Manitoba
Supervisor: Dr. Ted Lakowski
My role is in project-based supervision on bioinformatics
Chris Walsh
PhD candidate in Medicine, University of Toronto
Supervisor: Dr. Claudia Santos
My role is in project-based supervision on bioinformatics
Undergraduate Students
BSc Medicine, University of Manitoba
BSc Med Summer Studentship
Qin Kuang
MD in Clinical Medicine, Gannan Medical College
Past Members
Jiaying You
B.S. in Computer Science, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
MSc. Candidate in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba
Co-supervisor: Dr. Bob McLeod
Period: Sep 2016 - Oct 2018. Current Position: Data Scientist, InVivo AI, Montreal.
Dr. Svetlana Frenkel
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD. in Computational Biology, University of Haifa, Israel
Co-supervisor: Dr. Charles Bernstein
Md. Mohaiminul Islam
B.S. in Computer Science & Engineering, University of Chittagong
MSc in Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba
Co-supervisor: Dr. Yang Wang
Period: Aug 2016 - Dec 2017. Current Position: PhD Candidate, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba
Dr. Yan Cheng
PhD. in Medical Genetics, Lanzhou University
Visiting Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba
Period: Aug 2016 - Aug 2017. Current Position: Associate Professor, Northwest University for Nationalities, China.
Rasif Ajwad
B.S. in Computer Science, Islamic University of Technology
MSc. in Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba
Co-supervisor: Dr. Michael Domaratzki
Period: Sep 2015 - Sep 2017. Current Position: Software Engineer in Winnipeg City Hall (City of Winnipeg)
Wenxin Jiang
B.Eng. in Electronic Information Engineering, Bei Hang University, China
MSc. in Biostatistics, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Co-supervisor: Dr. Wei Xu
Period: Sep 2016 - July 2017. Current Position: Analyst in Canadian Institute for Health Information, Toronto
Chen Chi
B.S. in Biology, University of British Columbia
MSc. in Bioinformatics in Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba
Period: May 2015 - June 2017. Current Position: Analyst in Department of Agriculture, Manitoba
Kaiqiong Zhao
B.S. in Statistics, Beijing Institute of Technology
MSc. in Bioinformatics in Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba
Period: Sep 2014 - Aug 2016. Current Position: PhD candidate in biostatistics in McGill University
Bingqing Shen
B.S. in Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
MSc. in Biostatistics, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Research Student. Period: Oct 2015 - Jan 2016. Current Position: Information Management Analyst position in Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto
Liam Grenier
Bachelor of Science, University of Manitoba
Undergraduate Summer Studentship Award
Nikho Hizon
Honours Bachelor of Science in Genetics, University of Manitoba
Period: September 2016 - August 2017. Current Position: MSc candidate in Medical Genetics in University of Manitoba
Xinyu Hou
Automation, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Recipient of Mitacs Globalink Research Internship Award
2018 Summer undergraduate student.
Linfan Zhang
Statistics, Zhejiang University, China
Recipient of Mitacs Globalink Research Internship Award
2016 Summer undergraduate student. Current Position: MSc candidate in Statistics in University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Huyen Le (Co-supervised with Dr. Yang Wang)
Math and Statistics, University of Manitoba
2015 Summer undergraduate student. Now at Field Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, University of Toronto
Jessica Bondoc (Co-supervised with Dr. Kevin Coombs)
Statistics and Computer Science, University of Manitoba
Recipient of CIHR Computational Biology Undergraduate Summer Student Health Research Award, 2015
Period: May 2015 - Apr 2016
Xiaohui Ding
Mathematics and Statistics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Recipient of Mitacs Globalink Research Internship Award
2015 Summer undergraduate student. Current Position: MSc student in Data Mining in Nanjing University, China
Masami Ando Kuri
Genome Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México UNAM
Recipient of Mitacs Globalink Research Internship Award
2015 Summer undergraduate student, Current Position: PhD Candidate, Department of Biology, Emory University, USA
Philippe Simon
PhD in Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba
Supervisor: Dr. Darwyn Kobasa. My role is in project-based supervision on bioinformatics
Period: 2014-2015. Current Position: Medical student at University Laval
Justin Zhang (Co-supervised with Dr. Ron Beavis)
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University
B.S. in Bioinformatics, Simon Fraser University
Bioinformatician. Period: 2014-2015, now at Cancer Care Manitoba
Cynthia Kpekpen (Co-supervised with Dr. Lisa Lix)
MSc. in Statistics, University of Manitoba
Summer Student in 2014