Education
Ph.D. in Biostatistics
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2022–2027 (expected)
B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science, Minor in Education
Duke University
2014-2018
Experience
Ph.D. Machine Learning Intern
Biogen, Inc., Cambridge, MA
Jun–Aug 2023
Baseline prediction of non-progressor status from patient data in Biogen Alzheimer’s
disease clinical trials using boosting, random forest, and logistic regression models to
evaluate impact on drug efficacy.
Conference Presentations
“Incorporating LLM Embeddings for Variation Across the Human Genome”
Niu, H., Li, X., Li, D.
(2026). Statistics and Trustworthy AI for Cross Domain Acceleration (STAI-X), Boston, MA. Oral Presentation & Stellar Abstract Award
“Incorporating LLM Embeddings for Variation Across the Human Genome”
Niu, H., Li, X., Li, D.
(2026). Joint Statistical Meeting (JSM), Boston, MA. Poster Presentation
“Spatial Clustering to Identify NC Census Tracts with Delayed Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Care”
Niu, H., Dunn, M. R., Li, D., Troester, M. A.
(2026). Innovate Cancer Data Science Symposium, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, NC. Poster Presentation
“Spatial Clustering for Carolina Breast Cancer Study”
Niu, H., Troester, M., Li, D.
(2025). Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing (PSB), Kona, HI. Oral Presentation & Travel Award
“Deep Generative Models: Complexity, Dimensionality, and Approximation”
Wang, K., Niu, H., Wang, Y., Li, D.
(2024). Joint Statistical Meeting (JSM), Portland, OR. Oral Presentation
“Gaussian Process Spatial Clustering”
Niu, H., Troester, M., Li, D.
(2023). Symposium for Data Science and Society (SDSS), St. Louis, MO. Poster Presentation & Travel Award
“Computational Methods for the Structure Determination of Symmetric Homo-Oligomer Proteins”
Niu, H., Huynh, K., Martin, J., Donald, B. R.
(2019). Duke Dept. of Biochemistry Annual Retreat. Poster Presentation
Awards & Fellowships
STAI-X 2026 Stellar Abstract Award
“Incorporating LLM Embeddings for Variation Across the Human Genome”
Duke University & Chen Institute Joint Boot Camp for AI & AI Accelerated Medical Research
May 2025