Sahir Bhatnagar
Charith Mendis
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I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health , and the Department of Diagnostic Radiology at McGill University . I am broadly interested in developing statistical methods for high-dimensional data using penalized regression methods. My current work is focused on penalized mixed models and non-linear interactions . I previously developped a methodological approach for identifying clusters of features that are sensitive to environmental exposures . I'm a
My research is partially supported by NSERC through a Discovery Grant and a Discovery Launch Supplement Grant, by CIHR through a Project Grant, by the McGill Initiative in Computational Medicine through a Research Match Grant, by CANSSI through the Collaborative Research Teams Program, and by Mitacs through an Accelerate Grant.
I have opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students to assist with various research projects related to high-dimensional data, statistical genetics, imaging analysis and software development. I am looking for students with a background in (bio)statistics and/or computer science and knowledge of at least one of the following programming languages: R, Python, Julia, C++, shell scripting, PLINK. I am also open to co-supervise epidemiology students and medical residents who are seeking to answer clinic
Sahir Bhatnagar
Charith Mendis