Awards and Honors

Cancer Care Ontario Research Fund (CAD $20,000)
Dec 2016 – Mar 2017

Ontario Graduate Scholarships (OGS) (CAD $30,000)
May 2011 – May 2013

Ontario Graduate Scholarships in Science and Technology (OGSST) (CAD $10,000)
Sep 2010 – May 2011

University of Windsor doctoral tuition waiver scholarship (CAD $15,000)
Jan 2008 – May 2012

University of Windsor International Graduate Student Scholarship (IGSS) (CAD $12,000)
Sep 2007 – Sep 2009

Research Council of Statistical Research and Training Center Grant (for my Masters' thesis), 2006

Ranked 1st among the graduate students of Master’s program at the department of statistics, Allameh Tabatabai University, 2007

Mathematical Reviews® (2013 - 2014)

Role: Reviewer

International Journal of Statistics and Probability (2012 - 2013)

Role: Reviewer

Statistics Department Administrative Council, University of Windsor (2009-2010)

Role: Graduate student representative

Graduate Student Society, University of Windsor (2009-2010)

Role: Department representative

7th Iranian International Statistical Conference, Allameh Tabatabai University (Aug 2004)

Role: member of Executive Committee

1st Statistical Studentship Conference, Allameh Tabatabai University (Apr 2004)

Role: member of Executive Committee

Student Statistical Journal of Allameh Tabatabai University (NEDA) (2003 - 2004)

Role: Editor-in-chief

Academic Services

Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) (2010-2012)

The Association of Public Health Epidemiologists in Ontario (APHEO) (2011-2012)

Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) (2008 - 2011)

Professional Membership

Academic Certificates

Survival Analysis

Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg school of public health, Jun 2016, Baltimore, Maryland

Visualization for Big Data: Strategies and Principles

Fields Institute, Feb 2015, Toronto, Ontario

Spatial Models for Disease Mapping and Methods for Spatio-Temporal Data Analysis

University of Western Ontario, May 2011, London, Ontario

Professional Certificates

Management Skills for First-Time Superviosrs

Rockhurst University Continuing Education Center, Mar 2015, Toronto, Ontario

Proactive and Practical Communication

Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS), Apr 2011, Windsor, Ontario

SAS Certificates

Predective Modeling Using Logistic Regression

SAS Institute, Apr 2017, Toronto, Ontario

Longitudinal Data Analysis with Discrete and Continuous Responses

SAS Institute, Mar 2017, Toronto, Ontario

Advanced Analytics in a Big Data world

SAS Institute, Feb 2017, Toronto, Ontario

Statistical Analysis with the GLIMMIX Procedure

SAS Institute, Dec 2014, Toronto, Ontario

Forecasting Using SAS software: A Programming Approach

SAS Institute, Jun 2014, Toronto, Ontario

Survival Analysis Using the Proportional Hazards Model

SAS Institute, May 2014, Toronto, Ontario