Education

Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences | Masters in Quantitative Methods, Data Science

Columbia University | Bachelors of Arts in Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures, Pre-medical Sciences

Honors & Awards

• Baccalaureate Ceremony Speaker at Columbia University Commencement
• Barnard Student Government Leadership Award
• Marshall Leadership Award
• National Science Foundation Research Grant Recipient

Skills & Interests

Technical Skills

Programming Languages

• R
• SQL
• Python
• SPSS
• SAS

Data Analysis

• Statistical Modeling and Analysis
• Text Analysis
• Web Scraping

Geographic Information System Mapping and Statistical Analysis

• ArcGIS
• QGIS

Data Visualization

• R
• Tableu

Languages

• Hindi/Urdu (Advanced)
• Spanish (Advanced)
• Arabic (Beginner)

Hobbies & Interests

• Classically Trained in Violin and Alto Saxophone
• Drawing, Sketching and Creating Flip books

Professional Experiences

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

• Instructed lab for Quantitative Research Design course in SPSS to public health masters and doctoral students.
• Advised students with coding issues, statistical concepts, research methods and design for thesis projects.
• Revised and updated curriculum and teaching materials.

Graduate Teaching Fellow, Barnard Empirical Reasoning Center

• Instructed courses in Beginner and Intermediate R, Python, Excel and ArcGIS to >50 students and faculty.
• Redesigned and improved curriculum and teaching materials for programming workshops.
• Held weekly office hours for SRI (Summer Research Institute) students and provided guidance on student’s research and projects by assisting them with coding issues, statistical concepts research methods and design.

Research Associate, Yale Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation

• Interpreted, synthesized and analyzed hospital-level data using SAS, R and various statistical techniques.
• Helped design data visualizations for various stakeholders in health policy, government, media and research.
• Developed and coordinated five policy projects on several teams including: health economic and payment models, stakeholder engagement, technical work groups, focus groups and new measure development.

Research Fellow, Veteran Affairs Center for Innovation, Education and Research

• Independently conducted research on economic and healthcare policies relating to the opioid epidemic.
• Presented a talk to physicians and clinical research scientists on ” Federal and State-Level Opioid Policies.”

Research Assistant, Columbia University, Silver Neurobiology Lab

• Innovated and improved experiments on drug anticipation, incurring more efficient results and strategies.
• Awarded prestigious summer fellowship to conduct and present independent Neuroscience research and present to scholars and scientists.

Leadership & Community Service

President, QASR (Society for Quantitative Approaches to Social Science Research ) | Columbia University

• Initiated and designed programs, events, and workshops for my student cohort.
• Organized and led weekly board meetings, community service events and partnerships with other programs/groups on campus.

Data Science Consultant, Obama Scholars Data Science Bootcamp| Columbia University

• Served as a data science consultant for the Obama Scholars cohort by explaining concepts, recommending analytic plans and methods for their projects and teaching them how to use different data science tools (R, python, plotly, etc.).

Spanish Translator, Migrant Worker’s Clinic | University of Connecticut

• Served as a translator between healthcare professionals and Spanish speaking patients  to help improve communication, patient care coordination and treatment implementation.

Treasurer, Student Governing Board | Columbia University

• Managed and allocated over $250,000 of funds to over 200 student groups on campus.