Nelofar Kureshi

I am an interdisciplinary PhD Candidate within the Faculty of Medicine (Department of Surgery), Faculty of Computer Science, and Department of Community Health & Epidemiology at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I work under the advisement of Dr. Raza Abidi (NICHE Research Group) and Dr. Cindy Feng. 

My research interests lie at the intersection of public health informatics and computational epidemiology, with a focus on spatial epidemiology of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the development of machine learning models for TBI outcomes.

Studies within my dissertation serve an overarching research theme: generating real-world evidence to support risk stratification of  traumatic brain injury (TBI). 

Under this overarching theme, my research examines three broad areas: 

(1) Geospatial injury surveillance– the examination of spatial and socioeconomic risks of TBI.

(2) Health services research – the epidemiology, analysis, and prediction of mental health service utilization among TBI patients.

(3) Clinical phenotyping – the identification of TBI sub-populations for the purpose of risk stratification of injury outcomes.

As a Research Associate and Data Analyst for the Neurotrauma Research Program at Nova Scotia Health, I am involved in several injury projects.

PhD in progress (Dalhousie University)
Biostatistics Certificate (University of California, San Diego)
Master of Health Informatics (Dalhousie University)
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (FJ Medical College)