New Accreditations of the SSC
It is with great pleasure that the Board of the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) awarded the P.Stat. or A.Stat. designation to the following individuals.
Two levels of accreditation, the Professional Statistician (P.Stat.) and the Associate Statistician (A.Stat.), are offered by the SSC. The qualification of A.Stat. is intended to indicate that the holder has completed a course of study equivalent to a major or honours degree in statistics, or in exceptional instances, has otherwise demonstrated an advanced understanding of statistical theory and its application. The qualification of P.Stat. is intended to indicate that the holder has the necessary academic qualifications and a minimum of six years of professional experience in the application of statistics. See also: How to apply.
P.Stat. #179
Jill Vandermeerschen
Jill has been the statistician and coordinator of the Service de consultation en analyse de données (SCAD) of the University of Québec in Montréal (UQAM) since 2013. She was previously working as a statistician for the drug addiction service at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Sherbrooke where she specialized in statistical consultation, biostatistics and applied statistics in an academic research environment. She collaborates with researchers and students from numerous fields including biology, earth sciences, psychology, didactics, linguistics, etc.
Education:
2009, MSc Statistics, University of Montréal
2005, BSc Actuarial Mathematics, Concordia University
Current Position:
Statistician and coordinator, Service de consultation en analyses de données (SCAD), University of Québec in Montréal (UQAM)
P.Stat. #180
Chetan Adhikari
Chetan is currently working as a Data Analyst in the Linear Property Assessment Unit, Assessment Service Branch, Municipal Affairs. Besides MSc degrees in Applied Statistics and Biostatistics, he has earned a Master’s degree in Geo-Informatics. He also possesses SAS basic and advanced certifications as well as the ArcGIS Technology Specialty Certificate and the Geographical Information Systems Certificate. Having work experience on different kinds of data, he also has experience in teaching and consulting.
Education:
2013, MSc Biostatistics, University of Alberta
2009, MSc Applied Statistics, Wright State University
2006, MSc Geo-Informatics, International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
(ITC)
1999, BSc Statistics, Tribhuvan University
Current Position:
Data Analyst, Assessment Service Branch, Municipal Affairs, Government of Alberta
chetan.adhikari@gov.ab.ca
A.Stat #123
Nidhi Patel
Nidhi Patel attained her BSc degree in Mathematics and Statistics at McMaster University and recently finished her MSc degree in Statistics at McMaster University. Nidhi's Masters' thesis topic was longitudinal clustering via multivariate power exponential distributions.
Education:
2016, MSc Statistics, McMaster University
2015, BSc Mathematics and Statistics (statistics specialization), McMaster University
Current position:
Recent MSc graduate
A.Stat. #124
Bingying Li
Having diligently studied statistics for six years, Bingying has developed profound and extensive understanding of statistical inference, models and methods. Her Master's thesis focuses on biomarker evaluation and explores new threshold methods to evaluate medical tests with censored data. These methods show exceptional results in medical diagnoses, especially when the disease is rare, which can also be applied to censored data. She is now working as a data analyst at BC Safety Authority; her responsibilities include using traditional statistical techniques and advanced statistical techniques to analyze data and identify trends in complex datasets.
Education:
2015, MSc Statistics, Simon Fraser University
2011, BSc Statistics, North Carolina State University
Current Position:
Data Analyst, BC Safety Authority