Backgroud

Dr. Das pursued his bachelor's and master's degrees in Statistics at the Indian Statistical Institute, graduating in 2013. He subsequently pursued a doctoral degree in Statistics at North Carolina State University under the supervision of Subhashis Ghoshal, while concurrently completing a master’s degree in Mathematics. He earned both degrees in 2016. 

Motivated by a strong interest in Biostatistics, Dr. Das undertook a postdoctoral fellowship at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2017, under the joint supervision of Christine Peterson, Veera Baladandayuthapani, and Kim-Anh Do. Dr. Das later served as a Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School under the supervision of Tianxi Cai from 2019 to 2022. He joined Virginia Commonwealth University as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biostatistics in 2022. 

Positions

Aug, 2022 - Assistant professor, Dept. of Biostatistics, Virginia Commonwealth University

2019-2022: Research fellow, Dept. of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School

2017-2019: Postdoctoral fellow, Dept. of Biostatistics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

2013-2016: Ph.D. (Statistics), Dept. of Statistics, North Carolina State University

2013-2016: MS (Mathematics), Dept. of Mathematics, North Carolina State University

2011-2013: M.Stat., Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India

2008-2011: B.Stat., Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India

Current Research Interests

1. Black-box optimization

2. Scalable Bayesian methods in high-dimensions

3. Markov models in EHR

4. Distribution-free classification

5. Best subset selection

6. Non-convex models in bioinformatics

7. Dynamic treatment regime

8. Graphical models in cancer proteomics

9. Simultaneous Quantile regression

Disease modelling specialties

1. Multiple Sclerosis 

2. Sickle Cell Disease

3. Lung cancer

4. Cancer prevention

5. Rheumatoid Arthritis

6. Alzheimer's disease

Professional memberships

• IISA - International Indian Statistical Association (lifetime)

• ICSA - International Chinese Statistical Association (lifetime)

• ISBA - International Society for Bayesian Analysis (+ Bayesian Computation Section)

• ASA - American Statistical Association (+ Virginia chapter)