
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science. I completed a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship at McGill University before joining the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ on July 1, 2022.
Education
- Ph.D. (2019), Statistics, McMaster University
- MSc (2015), Statistics, McMaster University
- MSc (2014), Statistics, Addis Ababa University
- BSc (2011), Statistics, Addis Ababa University
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My research interest focuses on developing and validating statistical methods for applications in public health research, emphasizingÌýboth aggregate data and individual participant data meta-analyses of diagnostic and screening test accuracy studies.ÌýMy research uses computational statistics methods such as parametric and non-parametric bootstrap approaches and deterministic and Monte Carlo expectation-maximization (MCEM) algorithms.