Sorif Hossain

Sorif Hossain

MSc, PhD Candidate
Pronouns: He/Him

Affiliations

Graduate Teaching Assistant

University of Calgary

Graduate Research Assistant

University of Calgary

PhD Candidate, Biostatistics

University of Calgary

Contact information

Email

sorif.hossain@ucalgary.ca

Web presence

Linkedin

Location

2500 University Drive NW Calgary Alberta T2N 1N4 CANADA: Math Science Building, MS 356

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Background

CV

Biography

My background includes public health research, medical statistics, and extensive use of R software for data analysis. Given the opportunity, I am eager to deepen my expertise in Biostatistics and further sharpen my skills. I believe that success mostly comes from failure, and we learn more from failure.

Research

Areas of Research

Medical Statistics, Public Health, Disease Mapping, Infectious Disease Modelling, Clinical Trials

Participation in university strategic initiatives

Health and Life

Projects

Infectious Disease Modelling

Simulating infectious disease data under various alarm functions using a population-level SIR model and fitting these models to real-world datasets such as COVID-19, Influenza.

Awards

  • Biostatistics, Statistics and Actuarial Science Graduate Scholarship, University of Calgary. 2026
  • Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarships 2025, Alberta Government. 2025
  • Faculty of Graduate Studies Doctoral Scholarship, University of Calgary. 2025
  • Eyes High International Doctoral Scholarship, University of Calgary. 2024
  • Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES) - International, University of Calgary. 2024
  • International Graduate Tuition Award, University of Calgary. 2024
  • SSC Travel Award (14th annual Canadian Statistics Student Conference), SSC. 2026
  • ICSA-Canada Chapter Symposium Student/Postdoc Travel Scholarship Award, ICSA. 2026
  • 2026 UCVM Graduate Student Travel Award, Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Calgary. 2026
  • Conference Fund for developing countries, ISCB40. 2019
  • Kazi Motahar Hossain Foundation Award, University of Dhaka. 2019
  • Deans Award, University of Dhaka. 2018
  • Amar Ekushey Hall Merit Scholarship, University of Dhaka. 2017

Publications

Google Scholar

ResearchGate

Orcid