Zelalem Negeri, Ph.D.

I am an assistant professor in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Waterloo. I completed a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship at McGill University before joining the University of Waterloo on July 1, 2022.

• Statistics

• Biostatistics

• Meta-analysis

• Statistical Methods

• Machine Learning

• Diagnostic Test Accuracy

• Computational Statistics

My research interests involve statistical methodology, computational statistics, and biostatistics. As a methodologist and biostatistician, I focus on advancing and validating robust statistical methods for applications in public health research with an emphasis on meta-analysis methods, the gold-standard method for evidence synthesis, using both aggregate and individual participant data. My research uses computational statistics methods, including parametric and non-parametric bootstrap approaches, as well as deterministic and Monte Carlo expectation-maximization (MCEM) algorithms.

I also apply existing statistical methods to real-life datasets to explain trends and test hypotheses. For example, through my national and international collaborations, I have contributed to and coauthored, as lead or co-lead statistician, several articles that applied existing statistical methods to solve important health research questions, such as quantifying the accuracy of depression screening tools.

• 2019, Doctorate, Mathematics(Statistics), McMaster University

• 2015, Master's, Statistics, McMaster University

• 2014, Master's, Statistics, Addis Ababa University

• 2011, Bachelor's, Statistics, Addis Ababa University

• 2024 - present, Library Representative, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo

• 2023-2024, Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo (FAUW) Equity Committee

• 2022 - present, Statistics and Biostatistics Seminar Series Committee, University of Waterloo

• 2024 - present, Committee on New Investigators, Statistical Society of Canada

• 2018, Graduate Student Ambassadors, McMaster University

• Society for Research Synthesis Methods

• Statistical Society of Canada

• American Statistical Association

• Ethiopian Statistical Association

• STAT 230 - Probability
  • Taught in 2024, 2025
• STAT 332 - Sampling and Experimental Design
  • Taught in 2022, 2023
• STAT 947 - Topics in Biostatistics
  • Taught in 2025

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