Prof. Asoc. Eliana Ibrahimi
- eliana.ibrahimi@fshn.edu.al
- Building B, Room 108
- Faqe Personale
Eliana Ibrahimi is a multidisciplinary scientist with expertise in statistics and biological sciences. She has been working as a Lecturer and Researcher in Biostatistics at the Department of Biology, University of Tirana, since June 2012. She holds a master's degree in Statistics from Hasselt University, Belgium, and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Tirana, Albania.
Her research projects focus on computational methods for omics data analysis to find biomarkers related to human health. One of the main areas of expertise is microbiome data science.
She supports students, researchers, and NGOs in finding the best solutions for their data analysis and assists them in producing high-quality research that meets their objectives.
For more visit: BioData Analysis Lab
University Teaching
10/2014 - present: Lecturer of Biostatistics - Bachelor in Biology, University of Tirana
10/2016 - present: Lecturer of Applied Statistics in Biology - Master in Environmental Biology, University of Tirana
10/2019 - present: Lecturer of Use of ICTs in Teaching - Master in Teacher of Biology, University of Tirana
10/2014 - 07/2020: Lecturer of Biostatistics - Bachelor in Biotechnology, University of Tirana
10/2014 - 07/2020: Lecturer of Statistical Methods - Master in Molecular Biology, University of Tirana
10/2013 - 07/2016: Lecturer of Biology - Pharmacy and Dentistry program, University of Medicine Tirana
10/2013 - 07/2016: Lecturer of Human Biology - Bachelor in Psychology, University of Tirana
10/2010 - 07/2012: Assistant Lecturer in Biology - Medicine program, University of Tirana
Trainer
18-20/10/2023: Modern Statistics for Biology Training School 2023 - University of Tirana - Organizer and trainer
6-8/03/2023: ML4Microbiome Training School 2023 - Utrecht University, Netherlands - Organizer and trainer
5-8/10/2022: ML4Microbiome Training School 2022 - Barcelona, Spain - Trainer
6-9/09/2021: ML4Microbiome Training School 2021 - Online training school - Trainer
15/10/2021: ML4Microbiome Workshop 2021 - Online workshop - Organizer and trainer
07/2020, 07/2021: Hands-on Biostatistics Workshops 2020, 2021 Online two-day workshops - Organizer and trainer
03/2016-05/2016: Exploring Statistics with SPSS course - Tirana Center of Technology - Course Instructor
Projects
2024-2025: Optimizing Machine Learning Models for Enhanced Prediction of Cardiometabolic Diseases from Multiomics Data. Funding: COST - European Union. E-COST-GRANT-CA21153-bfcf1e65. Research institution: Cardiovascular & Hypertension Unit, KULeuven, Belgium.
2024 -2028: International networking on in vitro colon models simulating gut
microbiota mediated Interactions (Infogut), CA 23110.
2023-2025: Matrix factorization-based models for detecting the cell groups and explaining intra-tumoral heterogeneity of glioblastoma using single-cell RNA-seq data.
2022 - 2024: Regularized generalized linear models to analyze the association of microbiome with colorectal cancer. Funding: COST - European Union. Research institution: NOVA MATH, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal.
2022-2026: Information, Coding, and Biological Function: the Dynamics of Life (DYNALIFE), CA21169.
2023-2024: Life on Drugs: A Scientific Approach to Identify Potential Impact of Pharmaceuticals in Albanian Marine Environments and its Biota Health (PHARMATOX).
2022-2026: Network for implementing multiomics approaches in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease prevention and research (AtheroNET), CA21153.
2019-2023: Statistical and machine learning techniques in human microbiome studies (ML4Microbiome), CA18131.
2020-2024: Information and Communication Technologies in Teaching and Learning.
2020-2024: Researcher Mental Health (ReMO), CA19117.
2021: “Survey of Public Opinions on Source Separation of Household Waste in the Municipality of Berat” between EDEN Center, Albania and Brooks Hannas and Partners, Serbia under contract no: 2019/413-950.
2020-2021: Paving the way towards a sustainable Natura2000 network in Albania; the case of the Narte-Pishe-Poro complex site. PPNEA (Albania). Supported by the European Union and EuroNatur.
2019-2022: Towards personalized medicine: predicting disease progression of MS patients from trajectory data (R-9635). Research Stay Grant, Biomedical Research Institute, Hasselt University, Belgium.