Publications
* Trainee I supervised. Citations on Google Scholar.
Talks & Tutorials
Invited talks
- What a 180-Year-Old Clinical Algorithm Teaches Us About Evaluating Foundation ModelsAlsentzer Lab, StanfordOct 2026
- Looking Under the Hood: From Model Training to Failure Modes in Large Language ModelsDivision of Respiratory Medicine Rounds, UBCMay 2026
- When LLMs Fail: Bias, Flattery, and False ConfidenceCanadian Nursing Informatics AssociationJan 2026
- Problems with LLMs — An Incomplete AnthologyUBC AI & the Future of MedicineTutorialNov 2025
- Collaborative Evaluation of LLMsUBC AI & the Future of MedicineWorkshopNov 2025
- From Jefferson's Notes to George Floyd: Race and Lung Function TestingMIT Critical DataSep 2025
Conference talks
Panels
In the Media
DASH Spotlight Series: Amin Adibi
Apr 2026
Racial bias in breath testing and underdiagnosing Black people
Mar 2025
How Racial Bias Affects Asthma Testing
Mar 2025
Comparing a race-specific and race-neutral lung equation
Mar 2025
Demand for AstraZeneca vaccine spikes in B.C.
Apr 2021
Vaccinate More Essential Workers to Save Lives, Study Finds
Apr 2021
Awards
- Graduate Student Research AwardAssociation of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada2026
- Mitchell-Dwivedi Graduate Award for Best Paper in Pharmaceutical SciencesUniversity of British Columbia · $15,000 CAD2026
- Emerging InvestigatorAmerican Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine2024
- Public Scholars Initiative AwardUniversity of British Columbia · $16,000 CAD2024, 2025
- RespNetBC Salary Stipend AwardUniversity of British Columbia · $5,000 CAD2024
- Four-Year Doctoral FellowshipUniversity of British Columbia · $95,304 CAD2023 – 2026
- Future Leaders in Epidemiology and Health Outcomes (FLIGHT) AwardUniversity of British Columbia · $10,000 CAD2023 – 2024
- Designing for People (HCI) NSERC CREATE FellowshipUniversity of British Columbia2023
- Christopher C. Getch Chair of ResearchBrain Aneurysm Foundation and AANS/CNS Joint Sections · $10,000 USD2015
- Engineers-in-Scrubs NSERC CREATE FellowshipUniversity of British Columbia · $22,000 CAD2015
Service
Conference leadership
- Communications ChairCHIL 2027, Chicago2027
- Communications ChairML4H 2026, Sydney2026
- Area Chair, Impact and SocietyML4H 2026, Sydney2026
- Communications ChairML4H 2025, San Diego2025
- Area Chair, Impact and SocietyML4H 2025, San Diego2025
- Organizer, AI & the Future of Medicine Summit and Collaborative LLM Evaluation DatathonUBC2025
- Outreach SubchairML4H 2024, Vancouver2024
Committees
- Advisory CommitteeGlobal Lung Function Initiative2025 – present
- Graduate Student SenatorUBC Senate · Teaching & Learning, Research & Scholarship, and Admissions committees2025 – 2026
- Student Artificial Intelligence Advisory CouncilUniversity of British Columbia2025 – present
- Rising Stars Trainee CommitteeshAIRe Study2025 – present
Policy work
- Health Economics Modelling ConsultantCanada's Drug Agency2021 – 2025
- Health Economics Modelling ConsultantBC Ministry of Health · QuitNow smoking cessation program evaluation2025
Mentoring
- Supervised 5 students in directed study, research, co-op, and Work-Learn rolesUBC Pharmaceutical Sciences, Computer Science, Statistics, and Mathematics2017 – 2026
- Capstone supervisor for 3 Master of Data Science studentsUniversity of British Columbia2021
Peer review
- Conferences & workshopsMLHC (2025, 2026) · SD4H at ICML (2026) · GenAI4Health at NeurIPS, program committee (2025) · TS4H at NeurIPS (2025) · NeurIPS ethics review (2024) · ML4H (2023, 2024)2023 – 2026
- JournalsMedical Decision Making (2019 – 2025) · European Respiratory Journal (2020 – 2025) · AJRCCM (2024) · PharmacoEconomics (2022) · Critical Care Medicine (2020) · Scientific Reports (2019)2019 – 2025
Education
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University of British ColumbiaPhD, Health Outcomes and EpidemiologySupervisor: Mohsen SadatsafaviVancouver, BC2023 – 2027 (expected) -
University of CalgaryMSc, Biomedical EngineeringCalgary, AB2013 – 2015 -
Sharif University of TechnologyBSc, Chemical & Biochemical EngineeringTehran, Iran2007 – 2012