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BCCC Resources and Environment

The BCCC is located within the Division of Biostatistics in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health. BCCC resources include state-of-the-art research computing equipment to support biostatistical, epidemiologic, basic, clinical and translational health research. All technologies used within the BCCC are production quality and fully supported externally by the respective vendors, ensuring that current technologies are readily available for use on a project, as appropriate.

BCCC Leadership and Personnel

All collaboration and consulting activities involve MS and Ph.D. level BCCC staff statisticians. The members of the BCCC cover a wide range of interests and statistical expertise and have consulting experience in a variety of subject matter areas.

Shari Messinger

Shari Messinger, Ph.D.

Professor

(305) 243-4465
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Dr. Shari Messinger Ph.D. is a Professor and Director of the Division of Biostatistics, as well as Director of the Biostatistics Collaboration and Consulting Core, in the Department of Public Health Sciences. She has been a member of the Biostatistics Faculty at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine since 2002, after earning her...
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Maria Jimenez-Rodriguez

Maria Jimenez-Rodriguez

Sr. Manager, Research Support (A)

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Maria Jimenez-Rodriguez received a Masters of Arts in Liberal Studies (M.A.L.S.), and a Bachelors of Arts in Sociology, with minors in Business Administration and Management, from University of Miami. She has over twenty years working at the University. Along with her experience in office procedures, management and administration, her forte is...
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Hua Li

Hua Li

Lead Research Analyst

(305) 243-2206
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Dr. Hua Li joined University of Miami as a Lead Research Analyst (Biostatistician) in August 2010. He received his M.D. and Ph.D. from Tongji Medical University, a MS in Computer Information Systems and a MS in Applied Statistics from the University of Miami. He has worked in medical (basic and clinical) and healthcare research fields for many...
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Lauren Nahodyl

Lauren Nahodyl

Lead Research Analyst

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Yalda Zarnegarnia

Yalda Zarnegarnia

Lead Research Analyst

(305) 972-1841
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Dr. Yalda Zarnegarnia joined the University of Miami, Biostatistics Collaboration and Consulting Core in April 2022. She earned her Ph.D. in Biostatistics from the University of Miami's Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Biostatistics. While studding at the University of Miami, Dr. Zarnegarnia developed innovative ROC curve...
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Alberto Cruz

Alberto Cruz

Biostatistician 1

(305) 243-9519
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Alberto Cruz received his Master of Public Health degree in Biostatistics from Florida International University, in Miami, FL. He joined the Biostatistics Collaboration and Consulting Core (BCCC) in April 2022. He has over 7 years of experience in upper-level statistical methodologies, including survey validation techniques, and Bayesian...
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Guertson Jean-Baptiste

Biostatistician 1 (A)

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Ruixuan Ma

Ruixuan Ma

Biostatistician 1

(305) 243-2506
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Ruixuan (Mavis) Ma joined the University of Miami, as a Biostatistician in February 2020. She received herMaster of Science degree in Biostatistics from Department of Public Health Science at University of Miami.Ruixuan possesses more than 3 years of experiences with modern statistical methodologies such as regression analysis, longitudinal data...
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Sarah W. Metalonis

Sarah W. Metalonis

Biostatistician 1

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Sarah Wishnek Metalonis received her Masters of Public Health in Epidemiology, from Columbia University, New York, NY. Sarah has joined the Biostatistics Collaboration and Consulting Core (BCCC) in August 2020 and has been assisting with COVID-19 research studies. She brings with her experience in clinical and population-based...
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Valeria Aguilar

Valeria Aguilar

Biostatistician 2 (A)

(954) 646-5702
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Valeria Aguilar received her Master of Science in Biostatistics from the University of Miami, as well as an Advanced Professional Certificate in Project Management from Florida International University. She has a background in Electrical Engineering. She joined the Biostatistics Collaboration and Consulting Core (BCCC) in 2023. Valeria is fluent...
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Xuan Chen

Biostatistician/Ph.D. Candidate

xxc730@miami.edu

Xuan Chen is a fourth-year Ph.D. student in Biostatistics in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami. He earned his M.S. in Biostatistics from the University of Michigan and his B.S. in Biological Sciences from Tsinghua University. He joined the Biostatistics Collaboration and Consulting Core (BCCC) in September 2024. His areas of expertise include statistical modeling, machine learning, Bayesian statistics, and survival analysis. Xuan has extensive experience in diabetes research, genomic studies, and high-dimensional data analysis. He is also proficient in advanced programming languages such as R and SAS. He is dedicated in providing statistical support to the UM research community.

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TianHao Liu

Biostatistician/Ph.D. Candidate

txl646@med.miami.edu

TianHao Liu received his Master of Science degree in Biostatistics from the University of Miami. He is currently a first-year PhD student in the Biostatistics program in the Department of Public Health Sciences. TianHao has been in the Biostatistics Collaboration and Consulting Core (BCCC) team since January 2022. He has worked as a research volunteer to assist in COVID’s future long-term projections. TianHao is fluent with R, and has been working in COVID modeling, also fluent in Python, C++, SAS and SQL. He is dedicated in providing statistical support to the UM research community.

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Mengxue Zhang

Biostatistician/Ph.D. Candidate

mxz497@miami.edu

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