2026 BDS PhD Student Cohort

The Biomedical Data Science PhD Admissions Committee, with significant support from Shelley Maxted, successfully recruited 8 new students for the BDS PhD Program. These students will begin their programs in the 2026 fall semester. Please give everyone a warm welcome to the department.

The Fall 2026 cohort includes:

  • Sumin Park
  • Jake Jasmer
  • Turbo Du
  • Xuerou Li
  • Katrina Bargender
  • Yiming Dong
  • Yunfei (Edward) Peng
  • Wen Yuan

Thank you to the members of the admissions committee, Anoop Mayampurath (Chair), Daifeng Wang, Daniel Pimentel-Alarcon, Guanhua Chen, Jiwei Zhao, Qiongshi Lu, Sunduz Keles, and Sushmita Roy. This committee could not complete its important work without the amazing support of Shelley Maxted, Graduate Program Manager.