I grew up across the Indian Subcontinent, the Middle East, and North America, with mixed heritage from the Subcontinent. Living between cultures shaped me more than any single place did. That perspective has quietly shaped how I think about health, access, and who gets seen by the systems we build. 

Much of who I am came from my parents. They championed my academic life and pushed me to build the resilience needed to navigate it. They also taught me the things that don't show up on a CV: that kindness and service matter, and that learning is a lifelong project, most of which happens far outside of school. 

That same perspective carries into my work. I'm drawn to the questions that sit between research and practice and between what the data show and what people experience. My research on health equity and algorithmic fairness is, in part, an extension of this. I care about who's counted, who isn't, and about building tools that take that seriously. 

PhD, Interdisciplinary Studies, Dalhousie University, 2025
Biostatistics Certificate, University of California San Diego, 2019
Master of Health Informatics, Dalhousie University, 2013
MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery), Fatima Jinnah Medical College 

Killam Pre-doctoral Scholarship, Dalhousie University
CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarship, Doctoral Award
Mitacs Accelerate Fellowship
President's Award, Dalhousie University 

Adjunct, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Dalhousie University
Senior Member, IEEE
Fellow, Royal Statistical Society
Affiliate Scientist, Maritime SPOR Unit