Biography

Spring 2024 - Class Schedule
24803 - MATH 03612-1      MASTER THESIS     
21879 - STAT 02284-2      STAT FOR BIOMED SCIENCES      TR 9:30-10:45      Science 128
21887 - STAT 02320-2      CONCEPTS OF DATA ANALYSIS      TR 2:00-3:15      James 3117
21893 - STAT 02513-1      APPLIED STOCHASTIC PROCESSES      TR 11:00-12:15      James 2103

Spring 2024- Office Hours
TR 12:30-2:00, or by appointment at bendjilali@rowan.edu 

Education:
BS (Applied Mathematics), University of Petra, Amman, Jordan
MS (Mathematics), Lehigh University
PhD (Applied Mathematics), Lehigh University
Postdoctoral (Center for Cerebrovascular Research), University of California, San Francisco

Research Expertise:
Multiple testing procedures and their applications in biomedical research | Statistical methods for genetic mapping of human traits | Genetic risk factors contributing to development of complex human diseases

My research focuses on identifying genetic risk factors contributing to complex human diseases including cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, in addition to designing and analyzing high-throughput genomic data. I am also interested in developing statistical procedures motivated by questions arising in biological research; in particular, developing multiple testing procedures to address the problem of multiplicity in high-dimensional data analysis.

Member of:
American Statistical Association; Mathematical Association of America; American Society of Human Genetics; European Society of Human Genetics.

Recent Academic Projects:
Gene-diet interaction and risk of cardiovascular diseases.

Recent Publications:
Bendjilali N, MacLeon S, Kalra G, Willis SD, Hossian AK, Avery E, Wojtowicz O, Hickman MJ (2017) Time-course analysis of gene expression during the saccharomyces cerevisiae hypoxic response. G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics. 7:221-31.

Weinsheimer S, Bendjilali N, Nelson J, Guo D, Zaroff J, Sidney S, McCulloch E, Salman R, Berg J, Koeleman B, Simon M, Bostrom A, Fontanella M, Sturiale C, Pola R, Puca A, Lawton M, Young W, Pawlikowska L, Klijn CJ, Kim H (2016) Genome-wide association study of sporadic brain arteriovenous malformations. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 87:916-23.

Kremer PH, Koeleman BP, Pawlikowska L, Weinsheimer S, Bendjilali N, Sidney S, Zaroff JG, Rinkel GJ, van den Berg LH, Ruigrok YM, de Kort GA, Veldink JH, Kim H, Klijn CJ (2015) Evaluation of genetic risk loci for intracranial aneurysms in sporadic arteriovenous malformations of the brain. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 86:524-9.

Bendjilali N, Nelson J, Weinsheimer S, Sidney S, Zaroff JG, Hetts SW, Segal M, Pawlikowska L, McCulloch CE, Young WL, Kim H (2014) Common variants on 9p21.3 are associated with brain arteriovenous malformations with accompanying arterial aneurysms. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 85:1280-3.

Bendjilali N, Hsueh WC, He Q, Willcox DC, Nievergelt CM, Donlon TA, Kwok PY, Suzuki M, Willcox BJ (2014) Who are the okinawans? Ancestry, genome diversity, and implications for the genetic study of human longevity from a geographically isolated population. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 69: 1474-1484.