Staff profile

I am graduated with a PhD degree in statistical science working on brain signals and their mathematical geometry in the brain-computer interface and relevant analysis in the machine learning context. Since 2018, I am one of the research staff members in bio-statistics based in Anthropology department at Durham University.

I am now following my interest in public health. I have been involved in several (cluster) randomised controlled studies in clinical trials (details in CV) as statistician in which I have been responsible for the design of studies, analyses and interpretations. I have experience in taking lead and responsibility of the day-to-day running of work package on analysing in long term research grants mainly funded by National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). I am sitting in NIHR Research Design Service North East and North Cumbria (RDS-NENC) meetings to offer specialist advice for researchers who wish to design their studies for the purpose of grant applications. Similarly, I am a memebr of Durham Biostat Unit and one of the research fellow at Durham Research Methods Centre (DRMC) at Durham University and I have been in a position to offer statistical consultations and advises on post-graduates and academic staff’s projects.

• statistical methodology in public health
• Public health and social care including design and analysis of clinical trials
• Linear models and generalised linear models
• Generalised linear mixed effect models and generalised estimating equations
• Longitudinal data analysis
• Machine learning and signal processing
• Big data analysis and data mining

Available for media contact about:

• Medical and health research topics:
• Statistics:

Conference Paper

• Vahabi, S, Kharati, E, Norouzi, M, Maddox, J, Hancock, H, Zaman, A & Austin, D (2021), Atrial mechanics in anthracycline chemotherapy: insights into a prospective study, Annual congress of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI). Berline, Germany.
• Vahabi, S, Kharati, E, Norouzi, M, Maddox, J, Hancock, H, Zaman, A & Austin, D (2021), Right ventricular mechanics in anthracycline chemotherapy: insights into the PROACT PLUS study, Annual congress of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI). Berline, Germany.
• Vahabi, S, Kharati, E, Norouzi, M, Maddox, J, Hancock, H, Zaman, A & Austin, D (2021), Anthracycline chemotherapy and its effects on left ventricular mechanics: insights into the PROACT PLUS study, Annual congress of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI). Berline, Germany.
• Kharati, Ehsan, Wagnild, J, Catlow, J, Lu, L, Sharp, L Rutter, M & Kasim, A (2021), Understanding Variations in Mean Polyps Detection as a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) for endoscopists in England: A Simulation Study, 8th Channel Network Conference. Paris, France.
• Vahabi, S, Kharati, E, Norouzi, M, Maddox, J, Hancock, H, Zaman, A & Austin, D (2020), The effects of doxorubicin on left and right atrial mechanics in patients with lymphoma, ESC Congress 2020 - The Digital Experience. Amsterdam, Netherlands..

Journal Article

• Dudley, Robert, Dodgson, Guy, Common, Stephanie, O'Grady, Lucy, Watson, Florence, Gibbs, Christopher, Arnott, Bronia, Fernyhough, Charles, Alderson-Day, Ben, Ogundimu, Emmanuel, Kharatikoopaei, Ehsan, Patton, Victoria & Aynsworth, Charlotte (2022). Managing Unusual Sensory Experiences in People with First-Episode Psychosis (MUSE FEP): a study protocol for a single-blind parallel-group randomised controlled feasibility trial. BMJ Open 12: e061827.
• Grahame, V., Dixon, L., Fletcher-Watson, S., Garland, D., Glod, M., Goodwin, J., Grayson, Z. Heron, S., Honey, E., Iversen, R., Kasim, A. S., Kernohan, A., Kharatikoopaei, E., Le Couteur, A., Mackie, L., Mathias, A., Probert, H., Riby, D. M., Rob, P., Rogan, L., Thompson, S., Vale, L., Walls, E., Webb, E. I., Weetman, E., Wolstenhulme, F., Wood, R. & Rodgers, J. (2021). A clinical and cost effectiveness trial of a parent group intervention to manage challenging restricted and repetitive behaviours in young children with autism spectrum disorder: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 22: 240.
• Congedo, Marco, Barachant, Alexandre & Kharati koopaei, Ehsan (2017). Fixed Point Algorithms for Estimating Power Means of Positive Definite Matrices. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 65(9): 2211.
• Kharrati-Kopaei, Mahmood & Kharati Koopaei, Ehsan (2016). A note on the multiple comparisons of exponential location parameters with several controls under heteroscedasticity. Hacettepe Journal of Mathematics and Statistics 46(127): 1.