Western University (Western) ranks within the top 10 research intensive universities in Canada and top 200 in the world (The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023).
Dr. Hu has excellent experience in mentoring trainees at different levels. Many of his trainees have received international and national awards, accepted into top graduate schools (like Oxford, Cambridge, UCLA, CMU, Toronto, UBC, McGill), and employed in high-tech companies (like Google, Microsoft, Amazon).
Dr. Hu is currently recruiting two postdoctoral fellows and multiple MSc and PhD students in 2023. All accepted full time postdoctoral fellows and PhD and MSc students will be provided with full funding. Please send your CV, transcripts and publications if you have to phu49@uwo.ca. Please check our research here!
Graduate Students
Dr. Hu is accepting graduate students from the below four departments:
1. Department of Biochemistry
For applicants with human genetics, bioinformatics and/or (bio)chemistry background and strong programming skill, you can apply for graduate student positions with Collaborative Specialization in Machine Learning in Health and Biomedical Sciences (https://uwo.ca/sci/datascience/graduate/collaborative-specialization-ml-health-biomedical.html) in my lab through the Department of Biochemistry (https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/biochem/graduate/future_students/application_process.html).
2. Department of Computer Science
For applicants trained in computer science, you can apply for graduate student positions in my lab through the Department of Computer Science (https://www.csd.uwo.ca/graduate/future/admission.html).
3. Department of Statistics
For applicants trained in statistics, you can apply for graduate student positions in my lab through the Department of Statistics (https://www.uwo.ca/stats/graduate/application-procedure.html).4. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
For applicants trained in quantitative sciences (e.g. biostatistics, mathematics, electrical and computer engineering, etc.)., you can apply for graduate student positions in my lab through the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/epibio/graduate/future_students/application_information.html).
For all applicants, you should have a GPA >3.5 of 4
