With my strong background in the combined fields of Econometrics, Health Economics and Healthcare Systems, my primary interests include data analytics, data design, data management, EMR system usages in healthcare research and healthcare research. I have expanded experience in SAP analytics, Business intelligence, and SQL platform. My current research focuses on optimizing information systems utilized by researchers within the Brown community as well as by various local and national agencies specifically related to infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS, TB, and Hepatitis B and C. In addition, I collaborate with research teams to create HIV care systems to help control the epidemic at both national and international levels. In early 2019, I started an HIV awareness and prevention program in Pakistan focusing on preventing HIV transmissions via increasing awareness.  

I started my career conducting macro-level research that focused on government tax policies and their impact on the general population and later became involved with international organizations in creating micro-level field survey tools for households and small business level data collection. As a result, I examined household altruistic vs. risk sharing behaviors using longitudinal panel data for my doctoral dissertation in Economics. At the end of my PhD program, my research interests focused more on Health Economics with a heavy concentration on programming of econometric models for various government agencies.

Currently, I provide expertise on the design, implementation, and development of computerized systems for research and government reporting. Particularly, I am responsible for designing and maintaining an electronic integrated system for HIV surveillance in Rhode Island. These systems are integral for sustaining a comprehensive method of reporting HIV and other infectious disease information to local and federal agencies. My main focus is to design models that integrate data from different sources to facilitate healthcare research and reporting environments. I have been involved in healthcare research in infectious diseases, especially HIV, TB, and viral Hepatitis from last 17 years.     

I would like to expand my research to implement the these integrated models in the developing world which can help control epidemics and understand the socio-economic effects of global diseases, especially HIV/AIDS, TB, and Hepatitis B and C. 

Not Applicable at this stage.

Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI

The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI