Yifei Zhang

Yifei Zhang

Incoming Ph.D. student, School of Public Health, Yale University

Welcome to my page!

My name is Yifei Zhang. I am an incoming Ph.D. student at the Yale School of Public Health Biostatistics Department, supervised by Prof Yize Zhao. Before joining Yale, I earned a Master of Science in Statistics and Operations Research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill(UNC) STOR Department, supervised by Prof Zhengwu Zhang. Prior to that, I obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Liverpool.

My research interests include high-dimensional data analysis, computational neuroscience, Bayesian data analysis, network analysis, brain connectomics, and machine learning. I am particularly interested in the application of brain connectomics data in deep learning, specifically with diffusion models. Additionally, I have a strong interest in exploring the relationship between Alzheimer’s disease traits and brain connectomics data.

You can find my CV here: CV.

🔥 News

  • 2025.04:  🎉🎉 I have successfully passed my Master’s thesis defense! Many thanks to Prof Zhengwu Zhang for his careful guidance.
  • 2025.03:  🎉🎉 I am honored to have been admitted to the Yale Biostatistics Program and to join Prof Yize Zhao’s group.
  • 2024.09:  🎉🎉 Excited to join the School of the Data Science and Society Department as a Graduate Teaching Assistant.
  • 2024.07:  🎉🎉 I am honored to participate in the EPIC Summer Camp and Workshop.

    📝 Publications

🎖 Honors and Awards

  • 2024.07 SDSS Departmental and In-State Tuition Award (Fully Funded MS Student), UNC, US.
  • 2023.07 First Honor Class Graduate in Applied Mathematics, University of Liverpool, UK.

📖 Educations

💬 Invited Talks

💻 Internships

  • 2020.05 - 2020.09, China Construction Bank – Data Analyst Intern, Henan, China.