Meet Our Principal Investigator
Dr. Farouk Nathoo, PhDCV
Dr. Nathoo is a Professor (Canada Research Chair Tier 2, 2013 - 2023) in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Victoria. His research interests have emphasis on biostatistics and Bayesian methods broadly with specific emphasis on the analysis of spatial, temporal and spatiotemporal data. His teaching interests have emphasis on interdisciplinary training of graduate students, Bayesian statistics and data analysis.
Our Research Interests
Our group has primary interests in in biostatistics and Bayesian methods broadly with specific emphasis on the analysis of spatial, temporal and spatiotemporal data, including neuroimaging data and spatial omics data. Application areas include neurodegenerative disorders (Alzheimer's disease, Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) and cancer (ovarian cancer).
Bayesian Statistics
Integrating Prior Information; Hierarchical Modelling; Probabilistic Interpretations
Biostatistics
Solving statistical problems, developing new modelling and computational methods and analyzing data motivated by biological and medical research towards advancing human health.
High Dimensional Statistics
More unknown parameters than number of data points.
Spatial Statistics
The analysis of data with a location attribute. These could be geographical areas (disease mapping; brain mapping), point locations (trees), random locations (cell locations on a tissue sample; animal movements).
Department of Mathematics and Statistics,University of Victoria
David Turpin Building A418 | nathoo at uvic dot ca