Meet the biostatisticians, postdoctoral fellows, and research and administrative staff of NYU Langone’s Division of Biostatistics.

Biostatisticians

Yibeltal Ashebir,PhD
Research Scientist
Yibeltal.Ashebir@NYULangone.org
Yibeltal received a PhD in Bioinformatics from Huazhong Agricultural University in China in 2021.

Weixi Chen, MS
Associate Research Scientist
Weixi.Chen@NYULangone.org
Weixi received an MS from Vanderbilt University in 2023.

Steven Friedman, MS
Associate Research Scientist
Steven.Friedman2@NYULangone.org
Steven received an MS from George Washington University in 2018.

Fei Guo, MS
Research Scientist
Fei.Guo@NYULangone.org
Fei received an MS from Columbia University in 2017.

Tsivia Hochman, MS
Research Scientist
Tsivia.Hochman@NYULangone.org
Tsivia received an MS from Columbia University in 2004.

Jiyu Kim, PhD, MS
Senior Research Scientist
Jiyu.Kim@NYULangone.org
Jiyu received a PhD from NYU Grossman School of Medicine in 2023.

Wen-Yu Lee, MS
Associate Research Scientist
Wen-Yu.Lee@NYULangone.org
Wen-Yu received an MS from Washington State University in 2020.

Benjamin A. Levinson, PhD
Research Scientist
Benjamin.Levinson@NYULangone.org
Benjamin received a PhD from NYU Grossman School of Medicine in 2015.

Xiaochun Li, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Xiaochun.Li@NYULangone.org
Xiaochun received a PhD from NYU Grossman School of Medicine in 2011.

Xiyue Li, MS
Associate Research Scientist
Xiyue.Li@NYULangone.org
Xiyue received an MS from NYU School of Global Public Health in 2020.

Yue Pan, PhD
Research Scientist
Yue.Pan2@NYULangone.org
Yue received a PhD in Biostatistics from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2022.

Elizabeth Pirraglia, PhD
Research Scientist
Elizabeth.Pirraglia@NYULangone.org
Elizabeth received a PhD from NYU Grossman School of Medicine in 2025.

Aurora Scotti, MS
Assistant Research Scientist
Aurora.Scotti@NYULangone.org
Aurora received an MS from Universita Degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca in 2024.

Eunsil Seok, PhD
Research Scientist
Eunsil.Seok@NYULangone.org
Eunsil received a PhD from University of Georgia in 2021.

Katherine Siu, MS
Associate Research Scientist
Katherine.Siu@NYULangone.org
Katherine received an MS from NYU School of Global Public Health in 2021.

Alberta Twi-Yeboah, MS
Assistant Research Scientist
Alberta.Twi-Yeboah@NYULangone.org
Alberta received an MS from Middle Tennessee State University in 2021.

Manuel Vazquez-Sanchez, MS
Assistant Research Scientist
Manuel.VazquezSanchez@NYULangone.org
Manuel received an MS from NYU School of Global Public Health in 2022.

Ziyue Wang, PhD
Research Scientist
Ziyue.Wang@NYULangone.org
Ziyue received a PhD from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2020

Yuhe Xia, MSc
Research Scientist
Yuhe.Xia@NYULangone.org
Yuhe received an MS from Columbia University in 2017.

Yifan Xu, MPH
Associate Research Scientist
Yifan.Xu@NYULangone.org
Yifan received an MPH from NYU School of Global Public Health in 2019.

Wenqing Yang, MA
Associate Research Scientist
Wenqing.Yang@NYULangone.org
Wenqing received an MA from Columbia University in 2022.

Sallie Yassin, MS
Associate Research Scientist
Sallie.Yassin@NYULangone.org
Sallie received an MS from NYU School of Global Public Health in 2021.

Boyan Zhou, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Boyan.Zhou@NYULangone.org
Boyan received a PhD from Fudan University in 2019.

Research Staff

Antonia Polyn
Senior Project Manager, PE-TRACT
Antonia.Polyn@NYULangone.org

Patrick Dote
Research Coordinator, WTC Project
Patrick.Dote@NYULangone.org

Administrative Staff

Roxana Damian, MBA
Division Administrator
Roxana.Damian@NYULangone.org

Bernice Townsend
Administrative Coordinator to to CTSI BERD, PCC Biostatistics Core and Assistant to Judith D. Goldberg, ScD
Bernice.Townsend@NYULangone.org

Iuliia Smerechynska
Administrative Coordinator
Iuliia.Smerechynska@NYULangone.org

Post Award Support

Lizzy Vargas
Grants Manager, Post Award
Elizabeth.Vargas@NYULangone.org

Pamela Suman
Grants Manager, Post Award
Pamela.Suman@NYULangone.org

Sarah Handley, MPH
Grant Manager, Population Health, Sponsored Research Operations – Integrated Support
Sarah.Handley@NYULangone.org