PhD Student in Statistics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
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.
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 & Preprints
A. Kaazempur-Mofrad, A Statistical Analysis on COVID-19 Pandemic in the City of Toronto, 2022. doi:10.1101/2022.12.28.22284001
A. Kaazempur-Mofrad, A Statistical Inquiry into Gender-Based Income Inequality in Canada, 2022. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2212.13622
A. Kaazempur-Mofrad, Basketball Players’ Long Wingspan Enhances Defensive Upside but Hinders Shooting Capabilities, 2022. doi:10.51224/SRXIV.238
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, 2019. doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2018.11.1121
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:
Teaching Assistant for STATS 10: Introduction to Statistical Reasoning
Teaching Assistant for STATS 13: Introduction to Statistical Methods for Life and Health Sciences
Teaching Assistant for STATS 100B: Introduction to Mathematical Statistics
Teaching Assistant for STATS 102A: Introduction to Computational Statistics with R
Reader/Grader for STATS 12: Introduction to Statistical Methods for Geography and Environmental Studies
Reader/Grader for STATS 100B: Introduction to Mathematical Statistics
