Tariq Nisar has a Master's degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from Texas A&M University and a Bachelor's degree in Dental Surgery from College of Dental Sciences & Research Centre in Bhopal, India. He has worked as an epidemiology and biostatistics intern at the Department of State Health Services in Austin, TX and as a biostatistician and bioinformatics data analyst at the Gastrointestinal Lab at Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine, where he conducted statistical analysis and predictive modeling on microbiome and drug trial data. He has published work in Displays and the Journal of Indian Dental Association Bhopal Branch and was selected among 25,000 applicants for

1. TARIQ NISAR
4302, College Main St. Apt. 359, Bryan TX, linkedin.com/in/tariqnisar (979)-985-0948 tariq566@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Texas A&M University,College Station, TX Aug 2016
Master of Public Health - Epidemiology & Biostatistics, GPA 3.53
College ofDental Sciences& Research Centre, Bhopal, India Jun 2010
Bachelor of DentalSurgery, GPA 4.00
SKILLS
SAS, R, JMP, Stata,Metabolomics Analysis, Statistical Modelling, Tableau, QIIME, Microsoft Access and Excel
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Department ofState Health Services,Austin TX Jun 2016-Current
Epidemiology & Biostatistics Intern
Research Objective: Association between Oil & Gas Activity in Texasand fatal crashes
 Assisted the health department in managing the data bases and retrieving the data from Texas department of
transportation
 Performed data manipulation from long to wide form using R and Performed Predictive Modeling
 Conducted generalized least square regression and constructed negative binomial model using R
 Prepared statistical report for poster presentation in national conference
 Synthesized the data and generated bar plots & 3-D pie charts of total number of deaths in fatalcrashes
conference
Gastrointestinal Lab,Texas A&M College ofVeterinary Medicine, College Station, TX Jun 2015-Current
Biostatistician & Bioinformatics Data Analyst
Treatment - Placebo Drug Trial:
Research Objective:Efficacy of newly formulated drug to treat Alzheimer Disease in animals
 Processed and manipulated the DNA sequencing data and conducted linear & logistic regression analysis
 Performed Predictive Modeling on first 1000 sequences
 Conducted cross validation and lasso for estimating the accuracy of the predictive model
 Uploaded the data into SRA ncbi data base records for research reference
 Prepared the statistical report for metabolomics research &generated 2-d and 3-d plots for rarefaction
indices
Microbiota - Pattern ofMice
Research Objective:Changesin microbial pattern of gastrointestinal tract in mice intervened with Rota Virus
 Processed and manipulated the data from genotyping platform using QIIME and maintained the data bases
 Performed Predictive Modeling on first 20,000 sequences and conducted 5 fold cross validation
 Conducted regression analysis using R and summarized phylogenetic tree of micro-organisms
 Prepared statistical report for research publication and uploaded the data into SRA ncbi for reference
Treatment - Control Drug Trial (In collaboration with Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany)
Research Objective: Drug Efficacy forCross- breeds animals
 Filtered and manipulated raw data from Illumina sequencing center using QIIME
 Conducted Non-Parametric-Wilcoxon, Post Hoc analysis using SAS and ANOSIM on O.T.U.
 Conducted GEE model, generated Heat maps, and prepared statistical inferences report for the research
Microbiome Pattern (In collaboration with Ludwig MaximiliansUniversity Munich, Germany)
Research Objective:Differences in microbiome of healthy and diseased cats
 Conducted linear and logistic regression, Post Hoc analysis and ANOSIM on levels of taxa summary.
 Prepared statistical report on levels of phylogenetic tree using SAS and uploaded the data in SRA ncbi
PUBLICATIONS
 Peres,S. C.,Verona, D., Nisar, T., & Ritchey, P. (2016). Towards a Systematic Approach to Real-Time
Sonification Design for Surface Electromyography. Displays.
 Nisar, Tariq (2014). Medical management of oral submucous fibrosis. Journal of Indian Dental Association
Bhopal Branch, (1), 1.
ACHIEVEMENTS
 Abstract selected among 25,000 applicants on “Next Generation Statistics on Genomic Sequences” in TPHA
 National Institute of Health certified public health professional & Applied Statistician from TAMU