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Dr. Hafiz Khan is a lead biostatistician and a research methodologist in USA, known for his works in cardiovascular disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, obesity, big data analytics, healthcare data analytics, statistical modeling, and Bayesian predictive analysis. He is currently a Full Professor & Associate Chair in the Department of Public Health at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas. He served as an Associate Professor & Graduate Program Director in the Department of Biostatistics, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work at Florida International University (FIU) since Fall 2009. He served as an Acting Chair of Biostatistics on different occasions. He has been recognized at the annual Faculty Convocation and Awards Ceremony 2013 as an excellent teacher and was awarded for the Excellence in Teaching Award by FIU. Prior to joining FIU, he held an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Health Informatics, School of Health Related Professions at Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.

He has contributed more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific research articles in statistics, biostatistics, and biomedical fields. His scholarly articles appeared in numerous reputable journals including: Computational Statistics & Data Analysis; Communications in Statistics-Theory and Methods, Statistical Planning and Inference; Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics; Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention; The Scientific World Journal of Probability and Statistics;  Journal of  Neurotrauma; Neuro Epidemiology; Journal of Clinical Neuroscience; Vaccine; Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice; Journal of American Physical Therapy Association; Atherosclerosis; Diabetic  Medicine; Journal of Clinical Biochemistry; Diabetes Care; Stroke; and International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics.

He has published more than 130 peer-reviewed scientific research abstracts in conference proceedings and has presented 145 scientific research works in biostatistics and biomedical research communities. As a leading statistical methodologist, he has advised more than 100 graduate students on their research projects, thesis, and dissertations. He is also elected as an Editorial Board Member for many internationally recognized professional journals including: American Journal of Biostatistics, American Journal of Health Research, European Journal of Preventive Medicine, American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics, International Journal of Statistics in Medical Research, Journal of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Biomathematics; International Journal of Statistics and Probability; Journal of Biometrics & Biostatistics; Far East Journal of Theoretical Statistics; and  International Journal of Statistics and Systems. He is a member of several professional associations including the American Statistical Association, American Public Health Association, and Royal Statistical Society.

He received his Bachelor and Master’s Degree in Statistics from Chittagong University, his second Master’s Degree in Statistics from Western Michigan University, and his Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Western Ontario. Throughout his academic career, he has received various prestigious scholarships and research awards. He was the recipient of the Robarts Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 2003. He was born in Chandpur, Bangladesh. He showed his talent in receiving first class with distinction at all levels of education in Bangladesh.