I am a PhD graduate in Survey and Data Science from the University of Michigan. My research focus is mainly concerned with robust Bayesian methods of finite population inference for Big Data as large-scale non-probability samples. I was honored to be supervised by Professors Michael R. Elliott and Carol A. C. Flannagan over my doctoral program. Currently, I work as a Research Scientist at
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Research Interests
- Design and Analysis of Complex Sample Surveys
- Calibrating Big Data for Finite Population Inference
- Causal Inference for Observational Data
- Bayesian computations and Bayesian Machine Learning
- Infectious Disease Modeling and Early Detection of Outbreaks
- Cancer Epidemiology and Cancer Survival Analysis
Selected Articles
- Rafei, A., Flannagan, C. A., West, B. T., & Elliott, M. R. (2022). Robust Bayesian inference for big data: Combining sensor-based records with traditional survey data. The Annals of Applied Statistics, 16(2), 1038-1070. [Abstract]
- Rafei, A., Elliott, M. R., Jones, R. E., Riosmena, F., Cunningham, S. A., & Mehta, N. K. (2022). Obesity Incidence in US Children and Young Adults: A Pooled Analysis. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 11(1), 51–59. [Abstract]
- Rafei, A., Flannagan, C. A., & Elliott, M. R. (2020). Big Data for Finite Population Inference: Applying Quasi-Random Approaches to Naturalistic Driving Data using Bayesian Additive Regression Trees, Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, 8(1):148–180. [Abstract]
- Rafei, A., Pasha, E., & Jamshidi Orak, R. (2015). A Warning Threshold for Monitoring Tuberculosis Surveillance data: an Alternative to Hidden Markov Model, Tropical Medicine and International Health, 20(7):919–929. [PubMed][PDF]
- Asgari, F., Majidi, A., Koohpayehzadeh, J., Etemad, K., Rafei, A.* (2015). Oral Hygiene Status in a General Population of Iran, 2011: A Key Lifestyle Marker in Relation to Common Risk Factors of Non-Communicable Diseases, International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 4(6):343–352. [PubMed][PDF]
- Rafei, A., Pasha, E., & Jamshidi Orak, R. (2012). Tuberculosis Surveillance using a Hidden Markov Model, Iranian Journal of Public Health, 41(10):87–96. [PubMed][PDF]
- Two other papers pertaining to my doctoral research are now published
- Associate editor of the Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology
- Edward C. Bryant Scholarship for an Outstanding Graduate Student in Survey Statistics
- Our recent paper published in the Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology
- SRMS/GSS/SSS Student Paper Award
- Allan L. McCutcheon Award for the best methodology paper
- SAMSI Transportation Workshop
- Michigan Student Symposium for Interdisciplinary Statistical Sciences 2020
- Symposium on Data Science and Statistics
- 2019 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) – American Statistical Association
- AAPOR’s 74th Annual Conference will take place Thursday, May 16 through Sunday, May 19, 2019 Sheraton Centre Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Measurement Error in Longitudinal Data Workshop