On June 9, 2025, Dr. Yang defended his dissertation titled: “Holistic Integration of Deep Learning Models for Mass Spectrometry-Based Peptide Identification.” His mentor was professor Alexey Nesvizhskii.

Joel Eliason, Ph.D., developed Bayesian statistical tools to analyze and interpret the spatial relationships between the different types of cells present in a tumorous environment. His results were presented in his Ph.D. dissertation, titled “Multiscale statistical models for understanding tumor microenvironment heterogeneity,” and defended on May 28, 2025. His mentor was Arvind Rao, Ph.D., DCMB, and he also worked closely in collaboration with Michele Peruzzi, Ph.D., a biostatistician in the School of Public Health and a CCMB member.

Thursday, May 15, 2025, Yueyang Shen defended his Ph.D. dissertation titled “Complex time representation and observability of repeated measurement processes with applications of spacekime analytics.” His mentor was professor Ivo Dinov.

Thomas Chen, M.S., graduated in Spring 2025 from the Gilbert S. Omenn Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics (DCMB) with a Master's in Science degree. He started his bioinformatics studies at U-M as a senior student majoring in Microbiology, and attended DCMB’s Accelerated MS program. In June 2025, he will pursue his training to become a scientist-physician at the Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program.

Remembering Roger F. Meyer, M.D. (Residency 1971).

Updates from graduates of the U-M Medical School.