Amir Nikooienejad
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- School: Texas A&M University
- Campus: College Station
- Department: Statistics
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College Station, TX - Dates at Texas A&M University: May 2016 - August 2016
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Biography
Texas A&M University College Station - Statistics
Research Scientist | Statistician
Pharmaceuticals
Amir
Nikooienejad, Ph.D.
Carmel, Indiana
I am currently a research scientist in Diabetes group at Eli Lilly and Company working on early phase clinical trials.
During my Ph.D. years, I developed significant expertise in various statistical topics including: High Dimensional Variable/Feature Selection, Bayesian Hierarchical Models, Bayesian Data Analysis, Survival Data Analysis, Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, Exploratory Data Analysis, etc. while exploiting R, Rcpp, C++ and Parallel Programming tools in clusters to implement relevant methodologies.
I am a hard worker, fast learner, enthusiast in learning new materials and an experienced computer programmer. I consider those as my strong capabilities which help me perform at my best in accomplishing any assigned job. My expertise in computer programming is rooted back to my engineering years where I got my Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering/Signal processing.
Experience
Texas A&M University
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Statistics
Amir worked at Texas A&M University as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Statistics
Eli Lilly and Company
Research Scientist | Clinical Statistician
Amir worked at Eli Lilly and Company as a Research Scientist | Clinical Statistician
Eli Lilly and Company
Statistics Intern in Oncology
I worked as statistics intern at Lilly Corporate Center in the GSS group under the oncology department, working on missing data recovery in real world evidence data.
I used Bayesian multiple imputation technique to perform missing data recovery which enhanced the performance of survival data analysis compared to traditional methods.Texas A&M University - Statistics Department
Course Instructor
Instructor for the undergraduate course, STAT 301, in the Department of Statistics in TAMU. This course covers various topics in statistics from introduction to statistics to test of hypothesis, sampling methods, inference and one way ANOVA.
Texas A&M University - Statistics Department
Graduate Research Assistant
Amir worked at Texas A&M University - Statistics Department as a Graduate Research Assistant
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Graduate Research Assistant
During the collaboration I had with MDA, I worked on an application of Bayesian variable selection method for binary outcome in cancer genomic data. This type of problems are in the category of high or ultra high dimensional settings where the traditional methods seem impractical. We exploit non-local prior for regression coefficients to solve this problem in the context of generalized linear model. This shows improvement in precision of classifier as well as reduced error in estimating regression coefficients.
Education
Texas A&M University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Statistics
Texas A&M University
Master of Science (MSc)
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Texas A&M University
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Statistics
Sharif University of Technology
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Positions
SGSA (Statistics Graduate Student Association in TAMU)
Vice President
SGSA (Statistics Graduate Student Association in TAMU)
Treasurer
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SGSA (Statistics Graduate Student Association in TAMU)
President
SGSA (Statistics Graduate Student Association in TAMU)
Vice President
SGSA (Statistics Graduate Student Association in TAMU)
Treasurer
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SGSA (Statistics Graduate Student Association in TAMU)
President
American Statistical Association (ASA)
Member
SGSA (Statistics Graduate Student Association in TAMU)
Vice President
SGSA (Statistics Graduate Student Association in TAMU)
Treasurer
urn:li:fs_education:(ACoAAA5g0AEBoxGfqs1X0oE5X1aUKRBygFckIaI,213505281)
SGSA (Statistics Graduate Student Association in TAMU)
President
American Statistical Association (ASA)
Member
SGSA (Statistics Graduate Student Association in TAMU)
Vice President
SGSA (Statistics Graduate Student Association in TAMU)
Treasurer
urn:li:fs_education:(ACoAAA5g0AEBoxGfqs1X0oE5X1aUKRBygFckIaI,213505281)
SGSA (Statistics Graduate Student Association in TAMU)
President
American Statistical Association (ASA)
Member
SGSA (Statistics Graduate Student Association in TAMU)
Vice President
SGSA (Statistics Graduate Student Association in TAMU)
Treasurer
urn:li:fs_education:(ACoAAA5g0AEBoxGfqs1X0oE5X1aUKRBygFckIaI,213505281)
SGSA (Statistics Graduate Student Association in TAMU)
President
American Statistical Association (ASA)
Member
