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Noor Abbas

@noorabbas1

Research scientist and educator specializing in evolutionary anthropology, sleep science, and quantitative research methods.

Canada

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What I'm looking for

I am looking for research-focused roles that combine data stewardship, ethical protocol management, and mentorship in collaborative, interdisciplinary teams with opportunities for impact and professional growth.

I am a research scientist and educator with a strong background in evolutionary anthropology, sleep research, and applied quantitative methods. I have led interdisciplinary projects, secured competitive funding, and authored peer-reviewed publications in high-impact journals.

In operational roles I manage survey infrastructure, REB protocols, and data pipelines using REDCap, Qualtrics, R, and SPSS, and I have delivered training and capacity-building workshops for faculty and students. I also serve as an account manager for EEG research clients, supporting technical implementation of wearable neurotechnology.

As an instructor I design and teach undergraduate courses, mentor students to publication, and create engaging course materials. I seek roles that value rigorous data stewardship, ethical research practices, and collaborative, impact-driven scholarship.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

EEG Research Sales Manager

Current

InteraXon

Feb 2026 - Present (1 month)

Serve as primary liaison for global EEG and sleep research clients, supporting sales, onboarding, and technical implementation of Muse research hardware and AI-enabled tools to improve study adoption and deployment.

EEG Sleep Wearable Technology Sales Enablement Client Onboarding Technical Implementation Stakeholder Management Product Demonstrations CRM

Current

Research Assistant

Current

University of Toronto

Aug 2025 - Present (7 months)

Manage the Faculty of Medicine Longitudinal Survey including REB renewals, survey design, data extraction and statistical analysis; led migration from Qualtrics to REDCap and delivered REDCap training to faculty and staff.

REDCap Qualtrics Survey Design REB TCPS Compliance R Data Management Statistical Analysis Training

Current

Course Instructor

Current

Conestoga College

Jan 2024 - Present (2 years 2 months)

Design and deliver undergraduate courses in Environmental Sciences and interdisciplinary life sciences across multiple sections, developing assessments and maintaining high teaching evaluations.

Instruction Assessment Development Student Engagement Remote Teaching

Current

Sessional Instructor & TA

Current

University of Toronto

Sep 2020 - Present (5 years 6 months)

Supervised exams and delivered guest lectures on research design and statistics; mentored 20+ undergraduates, contributing to multiple student publications and developed course materials via Quercus LMS.

Teaching Curriculum Development Quercus LMS Statistics Mentorship Assessment Design Academic Writing

Research Assistant

University of Toronto Mississauga

Jul 2025 - Dec 2025 (5 months)

Built and maintained a data repository for the Nutrition North Canada Retail Subsidy Program, calculated and imputed missing estimates, and developed data models and figures using Excel, SPSS, and R within six months.

Repositories Excel SPSS R Imputation Data Visualization Quantitative Analysis

Research Officer

University of Toronto

Jan 2024 - Aug 2025 (1 year 7 months)

Drafted REB protocols achieving expedited approvals, designed and administered surveys in REDCap and Qualtrics, and conducted systematic reviews supporting peer-reviewed publications and grant applications.

REB Protocols REDCap Qualtrics Prisma Grant writing R Excel

Research Assistant

The College of Family Physicians of Canada

Mar 2023 - Dec 2023 (9 months)

Processed 1,000+ survey responses, designed Tableau dashboards for stakeholders, created a centralized tracking system improving response time by 30%, and contributed to manuscript development.

Qualtrics Excel Tableau Data Processing Dashboarding Project Tracking Manuscript Support

Graduate Research Fellow

Sleep & Human Evolution Lab

Sep 2020 - Aug 2022 (1 year 11 months)

Authored three manuscripts (two in peer-reviewed journals), secured $20K+ in funding, presented at national conferences, and led R workshops on mixed effects and regression analyses while mentoring 20+ undergraduates.

R Grant writing Mixed Regression ANOVA Mentorship Presentation

Research Assistant

Humber River Hospital

May 2022 - Jul 2022 (2 months)

Coordinated multiple clinical research studies, recruited and consented 50+ participants, managed REDCap data collection, and performed quantitative and qualitative analyses using SPSS and NVivo.

REDCap SPSS NVIVO Data Analysis