Dananji Shashiprabha
About Me
Canadian-qualified statistician with over 2 years of professional experience as a data scientist and statistical programmer. Experienced in statistical inference, machine learning, Bayesian statistics, and clinical trial analysis. As a Data Scientist and Junior Analyst, I delivered actionable insights through cross-functional collaboration and mentored students as a Teaching Assistant. Currently developing an R package for the diagnosis of Bayesian hurdle models as part of MSc research in Statistics.
Work Experience
- University of Saskatchewan - Saskatoon, Canada
- Teaching Assistant (Sep 2023 - Aug 2025)
- Stax - Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Senior Associate Data Science (Sep 2022 - Jul 2023)
- Syneos Health - Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Statistical Programmer I (Jun 2021 - Sep 2022)
- Medfuture - Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Junior Data Anlyst (Dec 2020 - Jun 2021)
- University of Peradeniya - Kandy, Sri Lanka
- Teaching Assistant (Mar 2020 - Dec 2020)
Projects
- Component-wise Z-residual Diagnosis for Bayesian Hurdle Models
- Meta-analysis of Quantitative Trait Loci associated with Disease resistance in rice
Eduction
- University of Saskatchewan - Saskatoon, Canada
- M.Sc. in Statistics (Sep 2023 - Aug 2025)
- University of Peradeniya - Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
- B.Sc. in Statistics (Jan 2016 - Mar 2020)
Skills
- Languages - R, Python, SAS, SQL, C, JAVA
- Technologies - Git, Tableau, Power BI, QGIS, ArcGIS
- Expertise - Statistical Inferences, Machine Learning, Bayesian Statistics, Technical Writing