Leila obtained her MA in Applied Statistics from the University of Malaya in 2017. She also earned her MEd in Measurement, Evaluation, and Research Methodology from the University of British Columbia in 2024. During her study, she applied various methodological approaches in educational, psychological, health, and social contexts. In 2022, she started working as a Statistician Research Assistant at Educational Studies Department, and gained hands-on experience in applying advanced statistical and methodological techniques in a comprehensive project on School Principals` Well-being supported by the Humanities and Social Science Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Since, her primary interest was on working within the Health Departments, she joined the Implantable Biosensing Laboratory (IBL) in January 2024 as Biostatistician Research Assistant. In this position, she contributes to the laboratory’s research data analysis and advise on methodological and analytical approaches.
Education
- MA in Applied Statistics from the University of Malaya, 2017
- MEd in Measurement, Evaluation, and Research Methodology from the University of British Columbia, 2024
Current Projects
- Enhancing Upper Extremity Muscle Strength in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury Using Low-Intensity Blood Flow Exercise
Previous Work Experience
- Statistician Research Assistant (Feb 2022- Sep 2023): Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver Campus.
- Statistician Research Assistant (Dec 2014- May 2015): University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Research Statistician (Nov 2011- Apr 2013): Tara Tadbir Research Institution, Tehran, Iran
- Biostatistician (Jan 2011 -Oct 2011): Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center (ICRC), Isfahan, Iran
- Statistical Consultant (Oct 2009 – Dec 2010): Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran.
Publications
- Baktash L., Wang F., 2024, Validation Study: Overall Well-being Measurement among School Principals, Educational Side Effects Review of Research in Education (RRE), The American Educational Research Association (AERA), Volume 48
- Baktash, L & Wang, F. 2024. A critical analysis of school principals’ wellbeing and its
- dimensions. the Annual Meeting of Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE), McGill University, Montreal, QC., Canada.
- Baktash, L & Wang, F. 2024. Validation study: Overall well-being measurement among
- school principals. the Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), Philadelphia, PA., U.S.
- Baktash L., Can Ph., Niu M., Odic D., Liu Y., 2021. A Longitudinal Study: Investigating How Robotics Education Improve Children`s Computational Thinking Skills, STEM Conference, University of British Columbia.
- Baktash, L., & Talib, M. A. 2019. Green marketing strategies: Exploring intrinsic and extrinsic factors towards green customers’ loyalty. Calitatea, 20(168), 127-134.
- Alireza, A., Baktash, L., Rohollah, M., & Gholam-Abbas, A. (2011). Analysis of knowledge management within five key areas. Journal of Knowledge Management, Economics and Information Technology, 1(6)
- Master’s Thesis (2015): The Determinants of Green Products Consumption: An Empirical Study in Malaysia. (2015). MA Thesis, Department of Applied Statistics, Faculty of Economics & Administration, University of Malaya.
- Bachelor’s Thesis (2009): Developing a Logistic Regression Model for Predicting Risk Factors of Pelvic masses among Iranian women in Shahid Sadooghi Hospital. (2009). BA thesis, Department of Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics, Yazd University.