Statistician
United Nations
Total years of experience :19 years, 6 Months
Build Indicators and Indices:
- an index measuring justice in the Arab world
- indices measuring multi-dimensional poverty in the Arab world.
Courses taught:
- Credibility Theory ( MSc Actuarial Science)
- Fundamental Mathematics for Financial Risk Management ( MSc Statistics )
- Property and Casualty (MSc Actuarial Science)
- Member of the jury evaluating admissions (once a year)
- Member of the jury evaluating masters theses (once/twice a year)
Courses taught:
- Introduction to Probability and Statistics (Undergrad university requirement for Engineering and Sciences)
- Business Data Analysis (BA Business School)
- Quantitative Methods of Finance (MSc Finance)
- Meet clients and discuss their needs
- Convince clients with the best approach for solutions tailored to their needs
- Write proposals and quotations
- Determine the research frame when needed
- Participate in training field workers when needed
- Manage the statistical lab, carry data analysis, write reports and recommendations
- Build questionnaires
- Create products
Courses tought:
- Assurance Santé Individuelle (MSc Mathématiques Actuarielles)
Health Insurance (MSc Actuarial Mathematics)
- Régimes de Rentes (MSc Mathématiques Actuarielles)
Pension Funds (MSc Actuarial Mathematics)
- Modeles de survie (MSc Mathématiques Actuarielles)
Survival Models (MSc Actuarial Mathematics)
- Démographie et Actuariat (BS Mathématiques Actuarielles)
Demographics and Actuarial Science (BS Actuarial Mathematics)
- Contrats d'assurance (BS Mathématiques Actuarielles)
Insurance contracts (BS Actuarial Mathematics)
Course taught:
- Econometrics of Insurance (MSc Finance and Insurance)
- Project Advisor for students
- Research and Thesis Advisor for students
Course taught:
- Applied Statistics (University requirement for undergrads)
- Research Assistant at Olayan School of Business
- Assisted in research
- Worked as an external consultant for the Research Department
- Dealt with small time series
- Built a database for proxy components of the Lebanese GDP
- Disaggregated the GDP time series (13observations -> 52 obs.)
- Developed a model to forecast of the Lebanese GDP
Courses taught:
- Credibility Theory (BS Actuarial sciences)
- Probability and Statistics For Engineers (Bachelor of Engineering)
- Met clients and determined the problem they are facing
- Determined the theoretical frame for each study
- Analyzed data using SAS, SPSS, Maple or R (depending on the client's preference)
- Built expertise in experimental design, parametric and non-parametric regression, repeated measures, GLM and mixed models
- Resolved experimental designs and statistical analysis problems in various research fields: sociology, psychology, animal sciences, economics, business and marketing, biochemistry, medicine, etc.
- Manage the statistical laboratory (small team for data entry)
- Implement the data analysis to be included in the final reports
- Participated in the creation of databases used for risk analysis & counterfeit control
- Participated in the selection of relevant risk information to collect for the database
- Participated in a qualitative analyze for forging cases
Faculty of Media
Course: Introduction to Applied Statistics
Adapted the course material to each major of the following: Journalism / Information management / Archiving and Documentation.
Project title: "Iraqi Refugees in Lebanon"
- Data entry, coding & recoding of variables
- Data analysis and representation (cross tabulation, ANOVA, graphs)
- PhD candidate (2007-2009) - INCOMPLETE DEGREE - Distinction Scholarship from the Canadian International Development Agency - 3rd cycle scholarship from the Faculty of Science and Engineering- Université Laval - President elect of the graduate association - Faculty of Science and Engineering - Member of the Strategic Planning Committee - Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Thesis title: Comparing Different Statistical Analysis Techniques: "Application to the GHQ-28" - Graduate Representative - Faculty of Health Sciences
- Dean's honor list when my cumulative average was above 85/100 - Secretary of the Math Society - Faculty of Arts and Sciences - Treasurer of the UNESCO Club - Guide at the Visitor’s Bureau - Mentor - New-Students’ Orientation Program