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SELIM KHAN

Ottawa,ON

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Passionate about community engagement, implemented mixed methods research, skilled in both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, generated evidence through the implementation of health programs and projects; trained in analyzing health systems and worked to strengthen health systems with the WHO and partners of Health Canada. Applied knowledge translation theories and frameworks to develop and deliver IEC material through national and international media.

Expertly use quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods analytic software for multidimensional data analysis, visualized on the dashboards, designed infographics; secured millions in grants; Canadian Citizen and Bilingual (English, French).

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

09.2019 - 08.2023

Received CIHR Healthy Cities Research Initiatives, CMHC and Eyes High Postdoctoral Awards
Co-designed and implemented an interdisciplinary (Medicine-Engineering-Social Sciences) and international (Canada-Sweden) cancer prevention research project and established myself as a focal person for data analytics; analyzed big data, explored evidence on the determinants of health (social, environmental, behavioral, structural), fit data into machine learning (NLP, deep neural network), time-series (ARIMA), geospatial(Random forest), and econometric(Markov, ICER) models, collaborated with a largely distributed team of 10 collected, processed, and analyzed data using advanced analytic software; generated evidence, developed policy briefs, health education, risk communication material, raised public health awareness in cancer prevention
Engaged with diverse communities, worked in partnership with academia (other universities), interdisciplinary researchers, governments (federal, provincial, local), donors (CIHR, CHMC), industries, communities, and beneficiaries, and advocated and supported policy for health equity
Taught, mentored, and coached graduate-level (masters and Ph.D.) students on research projects designing methodologies, analyzing data, and writing grant applications
Wrote research grant applications, secured external grants, prepared scientific reports, presented at national and international conferences, and published scientific articles on cancer control policy in peer-reviewed international high-impact journals.

Principal Investigator, Research Assistant

University of Ottawa

09.2015 - 08.2019

Identified, analyzed, critically appraised, and synthesized scientific and grey literature using Sysrev, CMA (comprehensive meta-analysis) and reference management software (EndNote) and the best practice methodologies and published (scoping, rapid framework, and systematic reviews following registered systematic review protocols) and presented at national and international conferences
Designed and conducted mixed methods research on healthy housing and cancer prevention in lower socioeconomic including Indigenous people of Canada, formulated hypotheses, designed protocols, and implemented data collection procedures; gathered and analyzed complex data to generate evidence to answer research questions, wrote scientific articles, and published in peer-reviewed journals
Translated evidence into actionable information for Cancer Screening, developed and tested the tools with clients and beneficiaries for user compliance.

Program Coordinator and Consultant

World Health Organization

01.2013 - 08.2015

Designed and conducted health services research with a focus on primary care, conducted complex web surveys, and bilingual interviews to gather a wide array of inputs and sources and recommended solutions
Established and maintained surveillance systems, collected and analyzed data, trained staff on statistical concepts, measured performance, prepared clean concise situational, assessment evaluation reports, designed dashboards, and infographics, and presented to a diverse audience including government, donors, and members of the public with strong diligence
Identified areas of training need and facilitated training and capacity building to strengthen health systems and services
Led UN interagency assessment missions, jointly interpreted complex data and situations, ambiguous information, and develop strategic solutions to problems; co-created interventions, monitored and evaluated; prepared periodic technical reports.

Health Program Coordinator

Merlin-UK; Johanniter-Germany; IRC-USA

01.2001 - 08.2008

Assessed needs, designed health information systems; collected data, conducted epidemiological and operation research on varied and complex issues, conducted complex web surveys, and interviews to gather data
Processed and analyzed data, generated evidence, and provided recommendations to support program and policy.
Designed and implemented public health programs and projects.
Coordinated with other healthcare providers to refer patients with special needs.
Conducted routine facility inspections, identifying areas needing improvement and eliminating hazards posed to staff and residents for continued compliance with associated regulations.

Education

Post-Graduate Diploma - AI- Predictive Machine Learning Applications

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

12.2021

Ph.D. - Population Health

University of Ottawa

Ottawa

08.2019

Master of Science - Epidemiology, Health Informatics

Walden University

Minneapolis, MN

08.2010

Bachelor - Medicine

University of Dhaka

2001

Skills

Expertly use qualitative (NVivo, Atlas ti), mixed (MAXQDA), quantitative (SAS, SQL, SPSS, MATLAB, Excel, Visual Basic, Access, Visio), and Geospatial (ArcGIS Pro) analytic software
Proficient in data visualization, reporting, and presentation tools (Tableau, GraphPad, Rstudio, D3js, Power BI, IBM Cognos, HIVE, PPT, Prezi, etc)
Strong grasp of programming languages (HTML, CSS, SVG, Java, Python, R)

Competently applied AI -predictive machine learning models in population health research
Soft skills: Empathetic communicator, ardent collaborator, detailed oriented project manager, effectively manage multiple priorities; trained and led multicultural teams by example, supervised students’ research, quick problem solver, take calculated risks to work out challenges, step out of my comfort zone frequently, meet deadlines, and customer-first approach

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PUBLICATIONS AND SUPPORTED GRANTS RECEIVED

Referred Journal Articles:

· Khan S, Gomes J and Nicol A (2022) Residents’ perception and worldview about radon control policy in Canada: A pro-equity social justice lens. Front. Public Health, published on 23, August 2022. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.946652

· Khan SM, Gomes J, Chreim S. A Mixed Methods Population Health Approach to the Radon Health Risk: Perception of Ottawa-Gatineau Residents. Cancer Control. (October 22). 28 (1-15) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34634922/ Funding: Health Canada, Telfer School of Management (#602733): McLaughlin Centre for Population Health, U. of Ottawa (#389969).

· Khan SM, Pearson DD, Rönnqvist T, Nielsen ME, Taron JM, Goodarzi AA. Rising Canadian and falling Swedish radon gas exposure as a consequence of 20th-21st century residential build practices: Deep Learning AI Time Series Modeling. Nature’s Scientific Reports. 11, 17551 (Sept 02, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96928-x Funding: Canada Research Chairs program, Alberta Real Estate Foundation, Health Canada, Robson DNA Science Centre Fund at the Charbonneau Cancer Institute, Eyes High Scholar Award, University of Calgary, NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship, Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship, Radonova, and Rejeanne Taylor Research Prize.

· Khan SM, Taron JM, Goodarzi AA. AI Machine Learning as a Next-Generation Tool for Indoor Air Radon Exposure Prediction. Published in SAGE Research Methods Cases: Medicine and Health on June 25, 2020. Available: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781529743708. Shared funding: Health Canada, CIHR (#1054440), NSERC (#1040751), Alberta Real Estate Foundation (#1049464).

· Khan SM, Gomes J, Krewski DR. Radon interventions around the globe: A systematic review. Elsevier: Heliyon. (May 2019). 5(5): 01737. doi 10.1016/Helion. 2019.01737. URL: https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2405844019336813. Funding (#389969). from McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment.

· Khan SM, Gomes J. Drought in Ethiopia: A Population Health Equity Approach to Build Resilience for the Argo-Pastoralist Community. Canadian Center of Science and Education: Global Journal of Health Science (Jan 2019). 11(2): 42-54. doi:10.5539/gjhs. v11n2p42. URL: http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/gjhs/article/view/0/38133. Funding from WHO.

· Khan SM. Critique of a Community-Based Population Health Intervention in a First Nations Community: Public Health and Medical Anthropology Perspectives. Interdisciplinary Journal of Health Sciences (Nov 2016). 6(1): 53-61. URL: https://ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/35360?mode=full

· Khan SM, Chreim, S. Residents’ perception of radon health risks: A qualitative study. BMC Public Health (Aug 2019). 19:1114. doi 10.1186/s12889-019-7449-y. URL: https://rdcu.be/bOVt5. Funding -Telfer School of Management, Grant number 602733, University of Ottawa

· Khan SM, Krewski D, Gomes J, Deonandan R. Radon, an invisible killer in Canadian homes: Perceptions of Ottawa-Gatineau residents. Quantitative Study. Canadian Journal of Public Health (Nov 2018). 110(2):139-148. URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.17269/s41997-018-0151-5. Funding from Health Canada.

· Khan SM, Gomes J. An Interdisciplinary Population Health Approach to the Radon Health Risk Management in Canada. Interdisciplinary Journal of Health Sciences. (March 2017). 8(1): 32-43. URL: https://doi.org/10.18192/riss-ijhs.v7i1.1872. Funding from the McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment and U. of Ottawa (#389969).

· Bergen, N., Hudna, A., Khan, SM., Montgomery, N. D., & Sullivan, T. (2020). Practical considerations for establishing writing groups in interdisciplinary programs. Palgrave Communications, 6(1), 19. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-0395-6 (publication with students)

FORTHCOMING PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:

· Begum M, Khan, SM, Kumarathasan P, Gomes J. Exposure to Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether (PBDE) and Adverse Pregnancy Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review. Under review at Environmental Pollution.

· Khan SM, Taron JM, Goodarzi AA. Machine Learning Multivariate Cluster and Outlier Analysis of Indoor Radon in Urban-Rural Alberta: A Geospatial Analysis. Internal review, Environmental Health.

Book Publication:

· Khan SM. Cancer Screening: How to Stay Safe from Cancer? eBook. Amazon Kindle (in press).

· Khan SM et al. Book name: Current Advances in Geography, Environment and Earth Science. Chapter title: Radon Interventions around the Globe: A systematic review. Vol. 5

2022-06-30 | DOI: 10.9734/bpi/cagees/v5/3034b Published: 2022-06-30.

· Khan SM. Artificial Intelligence in Public Health Information and Health Systems’ Efficiency. eBook: IOPScience (in progress). https://iopscience.iop.org

· Khan SM. Current Overview on Disease and Health Research. Book Chapter: Drought in Ethiopia: A Population Health Equity Approach to Build Resilience for the Agro-Pastoralist Community. Publisher: SD International. Vol. 1, 24 June 2022, Pages 34-48
https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/codhr/v1/3052B Published: 2022-06-24

Online/Newspaper Publication:

· Khan SM. An economic evaluation: radon mitigation for the vulnerable Canadian homes to prevent lung cancer. Online publication, May 5, 2016. doi 10.13140/RG.2.2.23017.08807.

· Khan SM. Pandemic Flu: The facts not told. Environmental Public Health Today – online publication, 2013. URL: http://environmentalhealthtoday.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/pandemic-flu-the-factsnot-told/

· Khan SM. Public health hazards of radon: community remediation. Environmental Public Health Today - Online publication 2012. URL: http://environmentalhealthtoday.wordpress.com/2009/05/16/the-hazards-of-radoncommunity-remediation 3/

· Khan SM. Media effects and health: Safe water for a healthy life in Gonaives: Online publication, 2008: MINUSTAH, UN intranet.

KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION: Media Releases based on my research.

· CTV. New homes in Canada have 467% higher radon levels than in Sweden: researchers. https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/new-homes-in-canada-have-467-higher-radon-levels-than-in-sweden-researchers-1.5678080 Nov 23rd, 2021

· Radio-Canada.ca Plus votre maison est récente, plus son taux de radon risque d’être élevé. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1842117/radon-universite-calgary-etude-suede-maisons Nov 2021

· UCalgary News. New Canadian houses were found to have much higher radon gas levels than those in Sweden. Nov 22nd, 2021

· Ittefaq: Prevention and treatment of COVID-19. A public health awareness article on COVID-19 appeared in Bengali as the longest-running national daily on June 23, 2020. https://tinyurl.com/yblrjned

· Geological Science, July 11, 2022Editor Digiwire, A Systematic Review on Radon Interventions around the Globe. https://digiwire.co.in/a-systematic-review-on-radon-interventions-around-the-globe/

· Science News Online. Editor NetKumar,  July 11, 2022. https://netkumar1.co.in/a-systematic-review-on-radon-interventions-around-the-globe/

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

· Canadian Radiation Protection Association. Annual Conference in Halifax. Oral Presentation: Health Promotion and Prevention of Cancer from Indoor Radon Exposure. May 2023.

· International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP): 5th International Symposium on the system of radiological protection. Vancouver, Nov 2022. Title: Health Promotion and Cancer Prevention in Canada: Applying AI-Deep Learning Models in Digital Surveillance in Canada.

· Canadian Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists (CARST), 8th Annual Conference April 2021, Virtual. Title: AI in Radon Health Risk Mapping: Canada vs Sweden.

· International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP): 5th International Symposium on the system of radiological protection. Adelaide, Australia, Nov 2019. Radon: How Big Is the health risk for Canadians?

· Canadian Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists (CARST), 7th Annual Conference April 2019, Saskatoon. Title: Residents’ Perception of radon health risk: A qualitative study.

· Joint Annual Conference of the International Society of Exposure Science and the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISES-ISEE), Ottawa, Canada, August 2018. Title: An interdisciplinary population health approach to radon health risk management in Canada.

· Population Health: Environment (s) & Health: Second students’ conference at the University of Ottawa, May 2016. An economic evaluation: Radon mitigation in Canadian homes.

· WHO and Royal Tropical Institute, Netherlands, Amsterdam. Nov 2014. Analysis of disruptive health systems: Data needs in a humanitarian health crisis. Fund: WHO: - 14-WHO-099

POLICY BRIEFS:

· Social, economic, and health effects of petroleum projects in Canada: Health Canada, 2021

· Health effects of climate change: Public Health Agency of Canada, 2020

· Public Health Interventions to Reduce Alcohol-Related Harms in Canada: Submitted to the Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Canada, 2019

· Public health hazards from consumer products used in Canada: Prepared for Health Canada contracted by Risk Science International, 2018

· Cost-effective radon mitigation in Canada. Prepared for Health Canada, 2015

· Emergency ambulance services in Haiti, Ministry of Public Health and Population, Haiti, 2012.

· Schistosomiasis prevention project in Gode, Ministry of Health, Ethiopia, 2011

TECHNICAL REPORTS:

· CERF Support for Access to Timely and Quality Primary Health Care and Referral Services with a Focus on Maternal and Child Health for the Newly Displaced People in North, South, and Central Darfur States, Sudan. WHO, 2015? Fund: CERF- 14-RR-WHO-072

· CHF 2013: Support for access to quality health services including communicable disease control and prevention in Darfur, (With Shankiti, I). Fund: CHF, UNOCHA: SUD- 13/H / 54396

· Outline of Health Resource Availability Monitoring Systems (HeRAMS), Sudan. WHO, 2014 (with Sharief BE, Mahboob AM, & Sayeed BK). Fund: WHO-14-WHO-091

· Interagency Emergency Health and Nutrition Needs Assessment, Darfur, Sudan. WHO, 2014 (With Sharief BE, Mahboob AM, & Sayeed, BK) Fund: UNOCHA, SD-061

· Emergency Health and Nutrition Needs Assessment in Aden, Yemen (With Iman A.). UNICEF, 2012. Fund: UNICEF: -12/unicefyemen/hac20

WORKING PAPERS:

· Ali M, Sayeed A, Khan SM. (2015). Health Roadmap of the South Darfur State Ministry of Health, Sudan. Funding Sources: World Health Organization (WHO) - 15 WHO SMoH SD/34

· Khan SM, Carolina H, Bazurco E. (2010). Establishing an ambulance service with the Ministry of Public Health of Haiti.

TRAINING MANUALS:

· Khan SM. (2014). Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition in Darfur

· Khan SM. (2012). Child and Maternal Health: IMNCI Training curriculum for the Health Extension Workers in Ethiopia, 2012.

· Khan SM. (2012). Community Mobilization by the Community Health Volunteers: A Package of Primary Health Care, Reproductive Health, Essential Nutrition & Env. Health in Yemen.

· Khan SM. (2012). Basic Emergency Reproductive Health Training: A Curriculum for the Health Extension Workers in Ethiopia.

· Khan SM. (2011). Community-Based Management of Acute Watery Diarrhea in Haiti.

· Khan SM. (2011). Training of Trainers: Disaster Risk Reduction- A curriculum for field staff.

CLINICAL CARE GUIDELINES:

· Khan SM. (2012). Integrated Management of Childhood Illness: Manual for the Health Extension Workers, Ethiopia. An 11-day training, developed for the Health Extension Workers in Ethiopia with support from the Ministry of Health, UK. Fund: GB/HRF/0031845141

· Khan SM. (2012). Basic Emergency Reproductive Health Training Curriculum for the Health Extension Workers in Ethiopia. A clinical care guide for the Health Extension Workers in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Fund: Humanitarian Response Fund, GB - GB-1-202235/2012/Eth2.

SEMINAR ORGANIZED/HOSTED:

· i) Why Indoor Air Quality is so Important: Organized at University of Ottawa jointly with Radon Health Education Dept. of Health Canada- April 2018

· ii) Interdisciplinary research on healthcare: University of Ottawa, April 2017

· iii) Association for interdisciplinary studies: Interdisciplinary approaches to health, wellness, and sustainability. Telfer School of Management, October 2016

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES: AI-BASED APPLICATION COMMERCIALIZATION

· Risk meter (Internet of things): Submitted for a patent to CIPO (Canadian Intellectual Property Office): Health Futurist’s Innovation for Cancer Prevention. APPL'N No./No DEM. 2 150 809 (www.healthfuturist.net)

· Smart digital surveillance sensor for seniors-Gaitonomics project awarded under “Best in Healthcare Systems” category in the Innovation for Health (I4H) 2022 competition: In process of patent registration.

Affiliations

• World Health Organization, Evidence-informed Policy Network (EVIPNet) – Since 2013

• Project Management Institute - since 2008

• Global Public Health - Social Determinants of Health -Since 2015

• Council on Education for Global Public Health and Development-2008
• Leadership Development institute-2008

• American Public Health Association, 2010

• Canadian Artificial Intelligence Association (CAIAC)-2020

• International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ)-2018

• Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)-2018

• Statistical Society of Canada - 2016

• Canadian Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists -2016

• Canadian Public Health Association -2015

•American Evaluation Association, Evaluators Group- 2009
• International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B)-2008

•Monitoring and Evaluation Professionals-2008

Certification

· Interactive visualization-D3.js, viz hub-applied bubble charts to postdoc research data 2023

· DevOps, Modeling, and Simulation— MathWorks 2022-2023

· AI-Predictive Machine Learning Analytics: PG Program in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning; Large Language Models: MIT, MA, USA 2019-2021

· Geospatial Analyst licensed with ArcGIS, Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI): Specialized in Geo-Artificial Intelligence (Forest Based Classification and Regression, Kriging, Interpolation, Mapping, and 3D web map applications). 2020-2021

· Certified Analytics Professional (CAP): Pennsylvania State University 2020-2021

· Advanced Research Computing: Compute Canada and AWS: Large-scale deep neural networks analyses using remote server and cloud computing 2019-2021

· MATLAB- Expert User Certificate, IBM Watson Research Centre 2019-2020

· Programming languages (HTML, CSS, SVG, Java, Python): Data analysis, visualization. Udemy 2015-2018

· Qualitative Analysis with Atlas.ti: School of Management, University of Ottawa 2017-2018

· Big Data Analysis with SAS, SQL, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute 2016-2017

· Mixed Methods Research with MAXQDA, Faculty of Sociology, U. of Ottawa 2015-2016

· Database Management, Data Modeling, and Visualization, Palisade, and JMP 2015

· Trained in reference software: EndNote, Ref Works 2014-2015

· Integrated Project Management: Project Management Institution, PA, USA 2013

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, OUTREACH, VOLUNTEERING ACTIVITIES

· Dementia Society of Ottawa, Canada, Health Education to Caregivers- Delivered health education materials to the community caregivers to improve outcomes of patients with brain-heart interconnected conditions- 2018-19

· Indigenous Community Engagement: Sandy Lake band government, elder’s council, and health authority in evaluating a community health project (publication#5) in Northern Ontario

· Evict Radon, Canada, and Radonova, Sweden, 2019 (Cancer risk communication and prevention)

· Lung Cancer Society, Ontario, Cancer Awareness Campaigns – 2017-18

· Health Canada, Healthy Community Campaign- 2016-17

· Pollution Probe and Lung Cancer Society of Ottawa, Radon Action Challenge- 2015-16

· United Nations Volunteers in Haiti, Earthquake and Cholera responses – 2010-11

· Humanity First International in Bangladesh, the Republic of Congo, and Kenya – 2001-07

· Red Cross in Bangladesh, Multiple disaster responses – 1990-2000

· Humanity First, Emergency response & community service- 1995-2000

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