Dr. Sharif’s areas of interest are at the interface of Health Services Research and Computer Simulation Modeling. He is broadly interested in development of data-driven computational tools to aid in health-policy decision making for chronic diseases. He completed his PhD at School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia in 2014 and worked at Statistics Canada-Health Analysis Division, Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute and Community Health Sciences Department at University of Calgary during his postdoctoral years from 2014 to 2017.