Sahir Bhatnagar
Director at 5 Prime Sciences
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolSahir Bhatnagar is a director-level leader and quantitative scientist based in Montreal with over a decade of experience at the intersection of biostatistics, epidemiology, and computational biology. He has progressed from academic roles—earning a PhD in Biostatistics from McGill and serving as Assistant and now Adjunct Professor—to industry leadership at 5 Prime Sciences and a senior scientist role at Deep Genomics, blending rigorous methods with translational impact. Sahir builds and guides teams that translate complex statistical models into actionable insights for diagnostics and genomics, often bridging academic rigor with product-driven timelines. His background in actuarial science and mathematics gives him a rare aptitude for probabilistic thinking and risk modeling applied to biological data. Colleagues know him for bringing both methodological depth and pragmatic leadership to interdisciplinary projects that span research and commercialization.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Actuarial Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Actuarial Science at Concordia UniversityMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Mathematics and Statistics, Specialization in Biostatistics, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Mathematics and Statistics, Specialization in Biostatistics at Queen's UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biostatistics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biostatistics at McGill University
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (63)
sparse10
cox-regression10
visualization10
r-package10
r10
survival-analysis10
statistics10
responsive10
regression-models10
github-pages10
jekyll10
jekyll-theme10
interaction10
data-visualization10
plotly10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
GreenwoodLab/GreenwoodLab.github.io
Mar 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:22 commits, 1 PR, 5 pushes in 1 year 3 months
sahirbhatnagar/EPIB607
Aug 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:89 commits, 108 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
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