Meet Our Expert Team Bridging Data and Insights

Yushuf Sharker

BSc, MS, and MPhil (Statistics), Ph.D. (Biostatistics)

BSc, MS, and MPhil in Statistics, as well as a Ph.D. in Biostatistics with a specialization in infectious disease modeling and causal inference. He is an expert in observational studies and clinical trials in public health, statistical computing in high-performance computing setup, and research database architecture. Dr. Sharker has over 20 years of experience supporting public health research in Bangladesh and the U.S. He has contributed to study design, planning, and statistical analysis in observational and experimental studies related to public health and clinical trials. His primary research interests include survival data, network data, time-series data, functional data, stochastic models, linear and multilevel models, principal component analysis, unsupervised statistical learning, and high-performance computing.Dr. Sharker has held positions as a Statistical manager in Pharmaceutical Industries in the USA, a Faculty Biostatistician at Chaildren’s National Hospital in Washington DC, Visiting Associate (Mathematical Statistician) at the Food and Drug Administration, a Postdoctoral Associate at the Yale School of Public Health, and an Assistant Scientist at the International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh.

Jaynal Abedin

MS in (Statistics) and PhD in (Data Science) specializing in sports analytics

MS in Statistics and PhD in data science specializing in sports data analytics. He has over 10 years of experience providing statistical, research data architecture and management, and data analytic services to public health research organizations, academia, and sports analytic industries in Bangladesh, the USA, and Ireland.He has published multiple research articles and books on R programming and data visualization and has developed numerous pieces of training on research, research data management, and analytics, as well as R packages and end-user products based on open-source platforms that are available for public use. He has strong skills in research data architecture, programming, cloud computing, and research management and is a leading person in Data Architecture and Analytics at CfDRA.

Mizanur Rahaman

MS in Applied (Statistics), Expert in Data journalism and Observational Research

MS in Applied Statistics, Expert in data journalism, observational research, and surveillance and apparel industry. Additionally, he developed a system for conducting nationwide opinion polls. Currently, Mizanur is leading the BAYLA Research and serves as the Executive Editor of BAYLA Magazine. He promotes innovation within Bangladesh's apparel industry. He also plays a critical role as the Chief Product Officer at Merchant Bay, overseeing market research, product development, and cross-functional coordination to guide the company from ideation to realization.