About Me
I am a PhD student in the Department of Statistics & Data Science at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
I am part of the Lab for Statistics, Computing, Algorithms, Learning, and Economics (SCALE), under the guidance of Dr. Xiaowu Dai.
Research
My current research is aimed at evaluating the inequalities of organ allocation policies in existing deceased kidney organ donation programs.
Research Interests
- Fairness in Machine Learning
- Matching Markets
- Data Envelopment Analysis
Publications
Journal Publications
- M. Soheilypour, M. Peyro, H. Shams, S. Rider, A. Kaazempur-Mofrad, and M. Mofrad, Molecular Mechanisms of the Interaction between the RNA-Binding Protein Nab2 and the Nuclear Basket Protein Mlp1 in mRNA Quality Control, Biophysical Journal, 2019. doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2018.11.1121
Preprints
- A. Kaazempur-Mofrad and X. Dai, A data envelopment analysis approach for assessing fairness in resource allocation: Application to kidney exchange programs, 2024.
Conference Publications
- A. Kaazempur-Mofrad, “Blood Flow Patterns in Stenosed Coronary Artery Models,” in Biomedical Engineering Society Meeting (BMES2015), Tampa, FL, 2015.
Teaching
I have taught the following courses at UCLA:
- STATS 10: Introduction to Statistical Reasoning (Teaching Assistant)
- STATS 12: Introduction to Statistical Methods for Geography and Environmental Studies (Reader/Grader)
- STATS 13: Introduction to Statistical Methods for Life and Health Sciences (Teaching Assistant, Reader/Grader)
- STATS 100B: Introduction to Mathematical Statistics (Teaching Assistant, Reader/Grader)
- STATS 102A: Introduction to Computational Statistics with R (Teaching Assistant)