About Us

Our Consultant Team

Our consultation team consists of graduate students from across Yale University.

Each consultant is able to discuss basic statistical and data analytic techniques. However, when you are looking for help with a specific program or topic, we encourage you to find the right consultant and check our schedule before you visit.

What expertise are you looking for?

Our consultants have a working knowledge of many techniques and tools. However, they also have expertise on specific tools and methodologies, do their own research in particular academic fields, and provide consultation services at different locations across campus.

Because of this, we suggest you find the best match for your particular needs before coming to one of our walk-in sessions.

Please email statlab@yale.edu with questions about meeting with a specific consultant. Direct emails to consultants will not get a prompt response.

Ryan Carlson

Department: Psychology
Software and Computing Topics: R, Python, MATLAB, SPSS
Methodological Topics: Data wrangling, data visualization, data analysis, linear regression, mixed-effects/hierarchical models, power analysis, survey design, basic commands and wrangling in Python and MATLAB
Research Interests: Social psychology, moral psychology, cognitive science
Spoken Languages: English

Samantha Dean

Department: Biostatistics
Software and Computing Topics: R, Python for data science, basic HPC / parallelization
Methodological Topics: Causal inference, generalized linear models, survival analysis, data wrangling and visualization, simulations
Research Interests: Causal inference, policy evaluation, methods for infectious disease epidemiology
Spoken Languages: English

Jinge Li

Department: Yale School of the Environment
Software and Computing Topics: R, Stata, Python
Methodological Topics: Statistical analysis and interpretation, data visualization (ggplot, levelplot), GIS, data wrangling
Research Interests: Environmental and resource economics
Spoken Languages: English, Chinese

Polina Ovchinnikova

Department: Yale School of Public Health (Health Informatics)
Software and Computing Topics: R, SAS, MATHLAB, Python, LaTex, Excel
Methodological Topics: data analytics, statistical analysis, data visualization (ggplot, adobe), simulations
Research Interests: Data Compression and error-correction, as well as health information exchange
Spoken Languages: English, Russian

William Pang

Department: Yale School of Public Health (Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases)
Software and Computing Topics: R, Python, MATLAB, JavaScript
Methodological Topics: Data Visualization, Statistical Analysis, as well as Basic Parametric Tests
Research Interests: Machine Learning, Image Analysis, Disease Modelling
Spoken Languages: English, Chinese, Cantonese

Lucinda Sisk

Department: Psychology
Software and Computing Topics: R, Python, MATLAB, SPSS
Methodological Topics: Data wrangling, data visualization, data analysis, linear regression, linear mixed-effects models, lasso and ridge regression, machine learning techniques
Research Interests: The effects of childhood environment on structural and functional brain development
Spoken Languages: English

Zhe (Gigi) Zheng

Department: Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
Software and Computing Topics: R, rjags, SAS, LaTex, Excel, Matlab, Python
Methodological Topics: Bayesian meta-regression, mathematical models, generalized linear models, mixed-effects/hierarchical models, spaciotemporal analysis, multivariate statistics, cost-effectiveness analysis, cluster computing, Yale HPC
Research Interests: Respiratory diseases, transmission dynamics models, spatiotemporal models, disease burden analysis, emerging infectious diseases, vaccine prioritization
Spoken Languages: English, Chinese, Cantonese

Zili Zhou

Department: Yale School of Public Health (Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Modeling Concentration)
Software and Computing Topics: R, SPSS, Prism
Methodological Topics: statistical analysis and interpretation (biomedical research), data visualization (ggplot)
Research Interests: translational immunology, respiratory infectious diseases, infectious disease modeling
Spoken Languages: English, Mandarin