Brown University's School of Public Health Department of Biostatistics is pleased to welcome one of our newest members, Dongliang Zhang, Ph.D. as Postdoctoral Research Associate in Biostatistics, effective August 1, 2024. Zhang obtained his Ph.D. degree in Biostatistics at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland in May 2024, under the supervision of Professor Martin Lindquist. Previously, he obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mathematics and statistics at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, under the joint supervision of Professors. Masoud Asgharian and Abbas Khalili. His research revolves around methodological development to identify influential observations on variable selection under the high-dimensional settings, with application to neuroimaging and physical activity datasets. 

Dongliang will be working with Ani Eloyan, Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Biostatistics on modeling Positron Emission Tomography imaging data to understand brain changes related to Alzheimer’s disease. 

In his spare time, Dongliang enjoys working out at the gym and making airplane or marine models. He is a fan of the Montreal Canadiens.