Ali Turfah
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolAli Turfah is a Biostatistics PhD student and Graduate Student Research Assistant at the University of Michigan with a decade of experience applying statistical methods and machine learning to medical data. His work spans clinical and biomedical informatics—from mining and automated annotation of medical literature at Columbia to COVID-19 vaccine adverse event research and imaging analysis at Michigan and Mount Sinai. He combines rigorous statistical theory (multiclass Bayesian classifiers for high-dimensional, low-sample problems) with practical data science roles in industry and academia, bridging methodology and translational impact. Known for tackling noisy, small-sample biomedical datasets, he emphasizes interpretable models that inform clinical questions. Based in Ann Arbor, he leverages a strong academic foundation (MA Statistics, Columbia; BE Data Science) to move research toward real-world medical applications.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biostatistics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biostatistics at University of MichiganMaster of Arts - MA, Statistics, 3.93, Master of Arts - MA, Statistics, 3.93 at Columbia University in the City of New YorkBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Data Science, 3.31, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Data Science, 3.31 at University of Michigan College of Engineering
English, Arabic, French
Github Skills (11)
agent-based-simulation10
calculator8
javascript6
simulation4
simulator4
react3
protocols2
editor2
scraper1
linkedin1
protobuf1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
aturfah/PHM
Nov 2024 - Jul 2026
Contributions:4 PRs, 103 pushes, 11 branches in 1 year 8 months
aturfah/eou-grimoire-editor
May 2022 - Jul 2022
Grimoire Editor for Etrian Odyssey Untold Save Files
Contributions:3 releases, 169 commits, 9 PRs in 2 months
grimoireeditorsave-filesodyssey
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