Abderrahim Oulhaj PhD

Dr. Abderrahim Oulhaj is an associate Professor in Biostatistics at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University. He holds a Ph.D. in biostatistics from the UCL University in Belgium. Before joining the UAE, he worked as a senior medical biostatistician at the University of Oxford for almost 10 years. He was the lead medical biostatistician for the Oxford Project to Investigate Memory and Ageing cohort study (OPTIMA) and for the EXCEL study at the Diabetes trial Unit, University of Oxford.

Dr. Abderrahim Oulhaj divides his time in teaching undergraduate and graduate programs at the UAEU, supervising PhDs and Master students, and working on many research activities as well as consulting with healthcare professionals. He received many awards from the UAE University for publishing in top peer-reviewed scientific journals and bringing recognition to the United Arab Emirates University. His research field is statistical modeling in the medical field especially Diabetes, cardiovascular, and Alzheimer’s diseases. He established very strong collaborations with many international universities including the University of Oxford (UK), the UCL University (Belgium), Graz medical school (Austria), and the University of Oslo (Norway).