Assistant ProfessorDepartment of BiostatisticsSchool of Public HealthBoston University

Faculty AffiliateRafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering

Core FacultyCenter for Brain Recovery

CV

Email

shariqm at bu dot edu

Office

Crosstown Center
Room CT303
801 Massachusetts Ave
Boston, MA 02118

I develop statistical models and software for high-dimensional biomedical data with complex structure, with the aim of producing results that are useful in the clinic.

My group’s methods draw on hierarchical Bayesian modeling, variable selection, functional and geometric data analysis, spatial statistics, and network models. We work with data from digital cognitive tests, spatial omics, geospatial surveys, and biomedical imaging, mainly in neurodegenerative disease (especially Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias) and in cancer. We look for features that can be interpreted, prediction models that hold up on new data, and explanations that make biological sense, so that the results can inform decisions in patient care and public health.

Education and training

• 2018–2021Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan
• 2018Ph.D. in Statistics, University of Connecticut
• 2017M.S. in Statistics, University of Connecticut
• 2014M.Sc. in Applications of Mathematics, Chennai Mathematical Institute
• 2012B.Math. (Hons.), Indian Statistical Institute

News

• Oct 2026I joined the Boston University Center for Brain Recovery as core faculty.
• Sep 2026Daniel Cho started the PhD program in Biostatistics and Lin Tang the MS program in Biostatistics.
• Sep 2026Abhi Jain’s paper on modeling bounded well-being indices with Bayesian beta regression was accepted in Spatial Statistics.
• Sep 2026A new NIH/NIA R01, DS-TO-THE-MAX, will follow the health of people with Down syndrome using Medicaid data. I am a co-investigator (PI Eric Rubenstein).
• Sep 2026Two new R packages, clocknet for networks from digital clock drawings and BayesBadger for spatio-temporal beta regression.
• Sep 2026I joined the editorial board of Scientific Reports.

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Current funding

• NIH/NIAR03AG098551, PI Shariq Mohammed
• NIH/NIAR01AG073179, PI Eric Rubenstein
• NIH/NHGRIR01HG014487, PI Ruben Dries
• NIH/NIGMSR01GM127430, PI William E. Johnson

Service

• Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports
• Associate Editor, Sankhyā B: The Indian Journal of Statistics (Official Journal of Indian Statistical Institute)
• Vice-President, Conferences Committee, New England Statistics Society (NESS)