{"id":3525,"date":"2019-05-01T15:05:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T19:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/?page_id=3525"},"modified":"2024-05-06T13:53:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T17:53:45","slug":"mzhu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/people\/mzhu\/","title":{"rendered":"Mengdan Zhu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3527 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/05\/P1010632-e1556737593372.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3264\" height=\"1819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/05\/P1010632-e1556737593372.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/05\/P1010632-e1556737593372-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/05\/P1010632-e1556737593372-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/05\/P1010632-e1556737593372-1024x571.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/05\/P1010632-e1556737593372-99x55.jpg 99w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/05\/P1010632-e1556737593372-1600x892.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/05\/P1010632-e1556737593372-800x446.jpg 800w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/05\/P1010632-e1556737593372-580x323.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mengdan-zhu-b814a4172\/\" class=\"wpz-sc-button large\" style=\";background:#dedede\"><span><i class=\"fa fa-linkedin\" style=\"padding-right:6px;\"><\/i><strong>LinkedIn<\/strong><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/mengdanzhu\" class=\"wpz-sc-button large\" style=\";background:#dedede\"><span><i class=\"fa fa-gears\" style=\"padding-right:6px;\"><\/i><strong>GitHub<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"threecol-one\">\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;font-size: 12pt\">HOMETOWN<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\"><strong>Shanghai, China<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;font-size: 12pt\">LANGUAGES<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\"><strong>English, Mandarin<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;font-size: 12pt\">FAVORITE ALGORITHM<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\"><strong>Least Absolute Shrinkage &amp; Selection Operator (LASSO)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"threecol-one\">\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;font-size: 12pt\">UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Fudan University<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"threecol-one last\"><div class=\"wpz-sc-box normal large rounded \"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;color: #008000\"><strong>DARTMOUTH QBS PROFILE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;font-size: 12pt\">ACADEMIC TRACK<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><strong>Health Data Science<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;font-size: 12pt\">CAREER TRACK(S)<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><strong>Data Science<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;font-size: 12pt\">TECHNICAL EXPERTISE<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><strong>Python, R, C++, Tableau, SQL, LaTeX<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;font-size: 12pt\">EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><strong>Member of Dartmouth Machine Learning Club<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><strong>Member of Dartmouth Analytics Club<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><strong>Member of Dartmouth Graduate Consulting Club<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><div class=\"wpz-sc-box normal large rounded \"><span style=\"color: #008000;font-size: 24pt\"><strong>QBS MS Experience<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;color: #808080\">QBS Electives<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dartmouth.smartcatalogiq.com\/en\/2018s\/Supplement\/New-Undergraduate-Courses\/Computer-Science\/COSC-89-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>COSC 189<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <span style=\"color: #000000\">Data Mining &amp; Knowledge Discovery<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/qbs-195-independent-study\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QBS 195<\/a>: <span style=\"color: #000000\">Independent Study<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;color: #808080\">Capstone<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;font-size: 24pt\"><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><div class=\"threecol-one\"><div class=\"wpz-sc-box normal large  \">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\">My Interests<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\"><em>\"I am interested in leveraging statistical modeling and machine learning to address real-world challenges.\"<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"threecol-one\">\n<div class=\"wpz-sc-box normal large  \">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\">Why QBS?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">\"I chose QBS because the program offers a systematic training in statistics, computer science and medicine with substantial research opportunities and great sense of community.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">\"<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;font-size: 12pt\">FAVORITE QBS CLASS<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b style=\"color: #000000\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/qbs-108-applied-machine-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QBS 108<\/a>: Applied Machine Learning<\/b><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div> <div class=\"threecol-one last\">\n<div class=\"wpz-sc-box normal large  \">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\">Life @ Dartmouth<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808080;font-size: 12pt\">WHEN I AM NOT IN LAB<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\"><em>\"When I am not in lab\/at school, I enjoy reading and outdoor activities in New Hampshire and Vermont.\"<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3550\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3550\" style=\"width: 3024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3550\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/05\/meng1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/05\/meng1.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/05\/meng1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/05\/meng1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/05\/meng1-41x55.jpg 41w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/05\/meng1-1600x2133.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/05\/meng1-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/qbs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/05\/meng1-580x773.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3024px) 100vw, 3024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At the Graduate Student Gala night 2019 with friends!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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