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