Azhar Nizam

Research Professor
Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Azhar Nizam

Bio

Mr. Nizam has worked at Emory as a collaborative biostatistician since 1988.  He currently serves as the Director of the Biostatistics Collaboration Core.  He has experience in the analysis and management of data from clinical trials and observational studies and in infectious disease modeling. He also has taught numerous courses in applied biostatistical methods and received RSPH Professor of the Year awards in 1991, 1992, 2000 and 2017 as well as Emory University's Crystal Apple Award for excellence in teaching in 2002.

Areas of Interest

  • Infectious Disease
  • Statistical Modeling
  • Vaccines
  • Biostatistics
  • Clinical Trials
  • Infectious Disease Dynamics
  • Clinical Research
  • Neuroscience
  • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Education

  • MS, University of South Carolina
  • BA, Grinnell College

Courses Taught

  • BIOS 580 - Statistical Practice I