Completed Master's Theses

From fall semester 2025 onwards

Name, Year	Supervisor	Title	Link
Michael Brunner, ongoing	Torsten Hothorn	Implementation of an R Package for Stratified Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Inference in Linear Transformation Models for At Least Ordered Outcomes
Leticia Wüthrich, ongoing	Torsten Hothorn	Multivariate Transformation Models for Inference of Prognostic and Predictive Effects
Pierce Moen, ongoing	Leonhard Held, Katarina Matthes	Analysis on birth-cohort effects by sex during the 2009 influenza pandemic using multi-country mortality data
Ashlesha Sonpar, ongoing	Leonhard Held	Distributive Lag in Epidemic-Endemic Models
Tim Herren, ongoing	Beate Sick	Agent-Augmented Causal Discovery
Martin Quintas, ongoing	Mark D. Robinson, Zoltan Kutalik (UNIL)	Parent-of-origin effect rare variants gene-based burden tests
Jana Mehdy, ongoing	Ulrike Held	Longitudinal statistical models for repeated measurements in a randomized crossover trial
Léon Kia Faro, 2025	Torsten Hothorn	Multivariate Density Estimation - Comparing Transformation Random Forests, Triangular Transport Maps, and Copulas	20.500.14742/238894

Before fall semester 2025

Master's Theses

Damian Brülhart, 2025
Statistical considerations regarding transportability of clinical prediction models Supervisor: Ulrike Held
Pilar Pastor Martinez, 2025
Frequentists and Bayesian methods to incorporate recruitment rate stochasticity at the design stage of a clinical trial Supervisor: Malgorzata Roos
Mike Eric Krähenbühl, 2025
Casual Modeling with Neural Networks and Individualized Treatment Effect Estimation Supervisor: Beate Sick
Holly Vuarnoz, 2025
Toward causality in mobile sensing for depression: Modeling time-varying behavior with functional data Supervisor: Torsten Hothorn
David Kronthaler, 2025
Predictive Distributions for Meta-Analysis using Combined p-Value Functions Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Andrea Barbara Irene Staub, 2025
Selecting data modalities for clinical prediction models using deep neural networks Supervisor: Beate Sick
Rahel Barbara Eberle, 2025
Colocalozation of a COPD lung function GWAS and a single-cell lung eQTL study Supervisor: Mark D. Robinson
Claudia Lourenço Rodrigues, 2025
Point and interval estimation for adaptive trial designs Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Manuel Pfister, 2024
Inferential Seamless Designs for Treatment Selection during a Phase II/III Study in Oncology - PDF Supervisor: Malgorzata Roos
Gabriel Marie Falconer-Stout, 2024
Differentiating large mining projects in SSA to produce varying impacts on measured health outcomes - PDF Supervisor: Reinhard Furrer
Emanuel Mauch, 2024
Treatment and survival of older patients with metastatic breast cancer Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Lillemor Haibach, 2024
Diagnostics, Implications and Handling of Collinearity in Linear Models - PDF Supervisor: Malgorzata Roos
Carolyne Jie Huang, 2024
A simulation study to quantify successful translation of results from preclinical studies to human trials - PDF Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Rubens Mita, 2024
A Bayesian Perspective on Drug Approval Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Roman Stadler, 2024
Maximum Likelihood Inference for Unstructured Gaussian Copulas Supervisor: Torsten Hothorn
Zhixuan Li, 2024
Extending the eggCounts Package for Censored Data Analysis of Anthelmintic Resistance - PDF Supervisor: Reinhard Furrer
Maurice Henri Schneeberger, 2024
Integrating Explainability in Stroke Outcome Prediction: A Multi-Modal AI Approach Based On Deep Transformation Models Supervisor: Beate Sick
Georgy Astakhov, 2024
Sample size calculation: Implementation of different scenarios for the online tool SampleSizeR - PDF Supervisor: Reinhard Furrer
Jonas Raphael Füglistaler, 2023
Estimating the non-reporting rate of animals used in preclinical research using meta-analytical approaches - PDF Supervisor: Reinhard Furrer
Tudor-Andrei Jumuga, 2023
Clinical prediction models for rehospitalization using traditional statistics and machine learning Supervisor: Ulrike Held
Pavel Sirotkin, 2023
Causal effect of initial opioid dose concentration on clinical outcomes using target trial emulation Supervisor: Ulrike Held
Lea Rahel Bührer, 2023
Forecast of nursing cases in the canton of Thurgau until 2040 based on demographic change, nursing level and health characteristics of senior citizens Supervisor: Ulrike Held
Frederik Philipona, 2023
Simulation of Spatial Transcriptomic Data Supervisor: Mark D. Robinson
Lukas Nägeli, 2023
Differential growth analysis of agricultural Aureobasidium pullulas isolates - PDF Supervisor: Reinhard Furrer
Anouk Petitpierre, 2023
Fusion of heterogeneous data sources in preclinical research – evaluation of ordinary and weighted least squares regression and a Bayesian hierarchical modeling approach in R and STAN Supervisor: Reinhard Furrer
Joël Meili, 2023
Differential gene regulation Supervisor: Mark D. Robinson
Victoria Katharina Brügger, 2023
Between- and Within-Person Assessment of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Postprandial Glucose Levels Supervisor: Sabine Rohrmann
Johannes Josi, 2023
Quantifying the uncertainty in the evolution of dolutegravir resistance in the MARISA-DTG model Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Tiziana Errera, 2023
International Comparison of Treatment and Survival of Elderly Patients with GIST - PDF Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Jerome Sepin, 2023
Assessment of the detrimental effects of collinearity in classical and transformation models - PDF Supervisor: Malgorzata Roos
Vithersan Somasundaram, 2023
From a "Spiel Popeye und miss deine Greifkraft" activity to Swiss norms for handgrip strength - PDF Supervisor: Malgorzata Roos
Stefania Iaquinto, 2022
Evidence Synthesis Methods in Observational Studies Supervisor: Ulrike Held
Cornelia Franziska Richter, 2022
Is vagotomy associated with an increased risk of developing psychiatric disorders? Analysis of a nationwide retrospective cohort. Supervisor: Sabine Rohrmann
Felix Hofmann, 2022
Covid-19 in Germany: A multivariate analysis of disease spread across time, space and age groups - PDF Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Andrea Götschi, 2022
Selected Properties of Random Recursive Trees and their Destruction Supervisor: Beate Sick
Georgios Kazantzidis, 2022
Impacts of collinearity on Classical and Bayesian model choice criteria - PDF Supervisor: Malgorzata Roos
Thomas Fischer, 2022
Direct Misspecification Using a Fully Parametrized Generalized Wendland Covariance Function Supervisor: Reinhard Furrer
Flurina Suter, 2022
Alcohol Consumption context and association with mortality in Switzerland Supervisor: Sabine Rohrmann
Klaus Steigmiller, 2022
Shift-scaleTransformationModels Supervisor: Torsten Hothorn
Mei Yee Ng, 2022
A predicitve model to determine future lymphocyte counts and development of lymphopenia in Multiple Sclerosis patients on Dimethyl fumarate Supervisor: Torsten Hothorn
Peiying Cai, 2022
Identification of Spatially Variable Genes: An Approach Based on edgeR and Statial Clusters - PDF Supervisor: Mark D. Robinson
Lisa Hofer, 2022
Interval Score for Comparison of Confidence Intervals - PDF Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Daniel Leibovitz, 2022
Mixtures of Partially Linear Models with Monotone Shape Constraints - PDF Supervisor: Torsten Hothorn
Rasha Aktaa, 2021
Rater training and agreement of ratings in the BIQME study on quality of reporting in biomedical research Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Katrin Petermann, 2021
Prediction of Functional Outcome After Ischemic Stroke Using Deep and Interpretable Regression Models. - PDF Supervisor: Beate Sick
Zhiwei Dou, 2021
Analysis of Multiple Replication Studies Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Deborah Chiavi, 2021
Estimating Covid 19 under-reporting in Switzerland Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Tran Xuan Thanh Elsener, 2021
Hyperparameter tuning in linear anchor regression - PDF Supervisor: Beate Sick
Priska Heinz, 2021
Evidence from Observational Studies: What is the Role of he Matching Algorithm? - PDF Supervisor: Ulrike Held
Oliver John, 2021
Identification of Potential Risk Factors for Back Pain in Horses: An Analysis Using Additive Bayesian Networks - PDF Supervisor: Reinhard Furrer
Christoph Blapp, 2021
Shift-scale Transformation models Supervisor: Torsten Hothorn
Manja Elisabeth Deforth, 2020
Statistical Aspects of Adaptive Pathways in Drug Regulation Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Seraphina Kissling, 2020
Partially Linear Transformation Models Supervisor: Torsten Hothorn
Audrey Yeo, 2020
Clustering analysis of longitudinal data set Supervisor: Reinhard Furrer
Xijin Chen, 2020
Sceptical Confidence Interval for Evidential Assessment of Replication Studies Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Samriddhi Buxy, 2020
Mixed Model for Wound Healing Rates» Supervisor: Torsten Hothorn
Natalia Popova, 2020
Error rates of adaptive power priors - PDF Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Samriddhi Buxy, 2020
Mixed Model for Wound Healing Rates Supervisor: Torsten Hothorn
Maria-Eleni Syleouni, 2020
Use of Historical Data as a Prognostic Score in the Randomized Controlled Trial Design Supervisor: Torsten Hothorn
Uriah Daugaard, 2020
Analysis of Behaviors Affecting Predation Success in a Ciliate Predator-Prey System Supervisor: Reinhard Furrer
Chiara Vanetta, 2020
The Survivor Average Causal Effect for Outcomes Truncated by Death in RCTs - PDF Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Lucas Heinrich Kook, 2020
Regularized Transformation Models Supervisor: Torsten Hothorn
Eleftheria Michalopoulou, 2019
Modeling Competing Risks in Childhood Leukaemia: an Overview and application including a time-dependent exposure Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Sandar Felicity Lim, 2019
Dynamic network analysis on social behavior of wild house mice - PDF Supervisor: Reinhard Furrer
Senait Tekle, 2019
Frailty models for right and interval censored disease-free survival in the German CAO / ARO / AIO-04 study: A comparison of R, Stata and SAS implementations Supervisor: Torsten Hothorn
Michael Hediger, 2019
Urn Models: Towards Applications in Biology - PDF Supervisor: Jean Bertoin
Giuachin Kreiliger, 2019
Statistical Assessment of Publication Bias in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - PDF Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Sandra Siegfried, 2019
Count Transformation Models Supervisor: Torsten Hothorn
Natacha Bodenhausen, 2019
Predicting fungal community composition based on soil properties - PDF Supervisor: Reinhard Furrer
Sascha Stutz, 2019
Exact Non-Parametric Confidence Intervals for Log-Odd Ratios Consistent with the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test Supervisor: Torsten Hothorn
Samuel Pawel, 2019
Predictive Evaluation of Replication Studies - PDF Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Bálint Tamási, 2019
Transformation models for correlated observations using "Template Model Builder" - PDF Supervisor: Torsten Hothorn
Peter Meili, 2019
Random Forests for Estimation of Heterogenous Treatment Effects from Observational Data: An Empirical Comparison of Generalized Random Forests and Transformation Forests - PDF Supervisor: Torsten Hothorn
Charlotte Micheloud, 2019
Sample Size Calculation for Replication Studies - PDF Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Sonja Hartnack, 2019
Confidence, prediction and tolerance intervals in classical and Bayesian settings - PDF Supervisor: Malgorzata Roos
Silvano Sele, 2018
The variable importance metric LMG applied to Bayesian linear regression models - PDF Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Eleftherios Papagiannoulis, 2018
Validation of discrete time-to-event models Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Tasnim Hamza, 2018
Analysis of Credibility for Non-Significant Effects - PDF Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Silvia Panunzi, 2018
Modeling the association between eGFR and survival in kidney research - PDF Supervisor: Torsten Hothorn
Angelo Duò, 2018
Comparison of clustering methods for single-cell RNA sequencing data - PDF Supervisor: Mark D. Robinson
Laura Barras, 2018
Infectious Disease Forecasting: Using Ensemble Models to Improve Predictions - PDF Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Tea Isler, 2018
Small sample considerations for anthelmintic resistance tests - PDF Supervisor: Reinhard Furrer
Ke Li, 2018
Optimism-corrected Treatment Effect Estimates in Subgroups Displayed in Forest Plots for Time-to-event Outcomes - PDF Supervisor: Torsten Hothorn
Amr Abduo Elsayed Elriedy, 2017
A comparison between isoforms clustering methods for PacBio sequencing data and the development of a unique clustering pipeline Supervisor: Mark D. Robinson
Christos Polysopoulos, 2017
Cardiac Surgery and Blood Transfusion Products. What Does Really Matter? - PDF Supervisor: Reinhard Furrer
Roman Flury, 2017
Multiresolution Decomposition of Incomplete Random Signals - A Statistical Application of Sparse Matrix Calculus - PDF Supervisor: Reinhard Furrer
Lisa Herzog, 2017
Image based classification using Convolutional Neural Networks for stroke detection Supervisor: Beate Sick
Marco Reto Schleiniger, 2017
Stan implementation of a parametric bootstrapping procedure for additive Bayesian network analysis Supervisor: Reinhard Furrer
Megan April Payne, 2017
Likelihood-based Booting in Transformation Models Supervisor: Torsten Hothorn
Kelly Reeve, 2017
Spatio-temporal forecasting for infectious disease count data - PDF Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Servan Grüninger, 2017
Does the Blue Bird Get the Flu? - Using Twitter for Flu Surveillance - PDF Supervisor: Reinhard Furrer
Verena Steffen, 2017
Transformation Forests for Right-Censored Data Supervisor: Torsten Hothorn
Andrea Meier, 2017
Risk factor study of pododermatitis in rabbits using additive Bayesian networks - PDF Supervisor: Reinhard Furrer
Thimo Schuster, 2017
mrbsizerR - Scale space multiresolution analysis in R - PDF Supervisor: Reinhard Furrer
Marco Kaufmann, 2017
Mediation analysis of the effect of occupational UGDF exposure on mortality mediated through the lung Supervisor: Milo Puhan
Christian Thomas Benedikt Müller, 2017
The Linear Transformation Model under Test Supervisor: Torsten Hothorn
Zhongxing Zhang, 2016
Residual Analysis for Longitudinal Data Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Yuchen Ling, 2016
Meta-Analytic-Predictive Priors Using Historical Control Information with the Integrated Nested Laplace Approximation Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Muriel Lynnea Buri, 2016
Parametric Bootstrap Inference for Transformation Models - PDF Supervisor: Torsten Hothorn
Burak Kürsad Günhan, 2016
Network meta-analysis with integrated nested Laplace approximations - PDF Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Gilles Kratzer, 2015
Simulation based inference in epidemic models - PDF Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Carlos Ochoa Pereira, 2015
Novel semiparametric estimation method for the analysis of zero-inflated data: an application to the young forest records of the Swiss NFI 3 Supervisor: Reinhard Furrer
Gabrielle Elaine Moser, 2014
Spatial Aspects of Forest Monitoring Data and Surface Estimation: An Analysis of the Swiss NFI Supervisor: Reinhard Furrer
Monika Hebeisen, 2014
Estimation from Interval-censored Time-to-event Data: Method Comparison by Simulation based on Gallium Study for Follicular Lymphoma - PDF Supervisor: Torsten Hothorn
Sabine Güsewell, 2014
Phenological responses to changing temperatures: representativeness and precision of results from the Swiss Phenological Network Supervisor: Reinhard Furrer
Jipcy Carolina Amador Sulbaran, 2014
Disease Progression and Survival in ALS Patients Supervisor: Torsten Hothorn
Sarah Thommen, 2014
Statistical monitoring of condemnation rates from Swiss slaughterhouses - PDF Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Katarina Matthes, 2014
A comparison of count-based and assembly-based methods for differential splice detection Supervisor: Mark D. Robinson
Bledar Baholli, 2014
Reproduzierbarkeit von Überlebenszeitanalysen mittels rekursivem Partitionieren Supervisor: Torsten Hothorn
Lukas Bütikofer, 2014
Influence of ungulate browsing on tree regeneration Supervisor: Torsten Hothorn
Ruizhu Huang, 2014
Evaluation of CD4 and CD8 as progression markers for untreated and treated HIV-I infection Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Isaac Gravestock, 2014
Bayesian Tree Models, Priors and Posterior Approximations Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Maria Sereina Graber, 2013
Phylogenetic comparative methods for discrete responses in evolutionary biology - PDF Supervisor: Reinhard Furrer
Sih-Jing Liao, 2013
Fractional polynomials with test-based Bayes factors Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Florian Gerber, 2013
MSc thesis (Biostatistics, University of Zurich, 2013): Disease mapping with the Besag-York-Mollié model applied to a cancer and a worm infections dataset Supervisor: Reinhard Furrer
Andrea Malaguerra, 2013
Bayesian variable selection based on test statistics Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Almut Scherer, 2012
Treatment Response to Tumor Necrosis Factor-a Inhibiting Substances in Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients: Adjustment for Baseline Differences in the Analysis of Longitudinal Observational Data Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Parvinder Rajesh Singh, 2012
A comparison of bayesian and frequentist inference for cox regression models with random effects Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Rafael Sauter, 2011
Markov Models for Multi-State Smoking Cessation Data Supervisor: Leonhard Held
Rebekka Schibli, 2011
Spatio-temporal homogeneity of a satellite-derived global radiation climatology - PDF Supervisor: Reinhard Furrer