Sonia Jain

Dr. Sonia Jain is a Professor of Biostatistics at the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health & Human Longevity Science, UC San Diego. She holds a PhD and MSc in Statistics from the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on Bayesian biostatistics, adaptive clinical trial design, and correlative studies, with applications in infectious diseases, pediatric cardiology, PTSD, and TBI. She leads collaborative projects across disciplines, including clinical trials and population health studies.

Education:

• PhD in Statistics, University of Toronto
• MSc in Statistics, University of Toronto

Research Interests:

• Bayesian methods for clinical trials
• Nonparametric Bayesian models
• Public health applications in infectious diseases and trauma
• Statistical computing and machine learning

Key Publications:
Her work spans PTSD biomarkers, sepsis management, HIV treatment adherence, and polygenic risk analysis. Recent studies include adaptive trial designs for rare diseases (MISTIC trial) and machine learning models for PTSD prediction in military populations.

Advising & Grants:
Dr. Jain collaborates on grants involving trauma outcomes, HIV care, and pediatric cardiology. She mentors students in biostatistical methodologies and interdisciplinary research.

Labs/Teams:
She is part of the Division of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics and the TRACK-TBI consortium, focusing on traumatic brain injury outcomes.