Ibrahim S
Selahadin Ibrahim
Associate Scientist
MSc, Statistics, McMaster University
An Associate Scientist at the Institute for Work & Health, Selahadim Ibrahim is a vital member of the Institute’s biostatistics team where he lends his expertise and support to IWH researchers on the design, methods and data interpretation of their research projects.
It will be a surprise to many that Ibrahim’s background is in a discipline that deals with the design, construction and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings: Civil Engineering! He earned his degree in Civil Engineering from Addis Ababa University, in Ethiopia in 1983.
When he came to Canada in 1988, he changed his area of focus altogether and earned an Honours B.Sc. in Actuarial Science and Statistics, from the University of Toronto in 1994, then a Masters in Statistics from McMaster three years later.
Ibrahim’s research interests include longitudinal analysis and multilevel modeling, social inequalities and health, and work stress and its adverse health consequences.
Bio Sketch
Selahadin Ibrahim an associate scientist at the Institute for Work & Health and a lecturer at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto.
Ibrahim holds a master’s degree in statistics from McMaster University in Hamilton.
Ibrahim’s research interests include longitudinal analysis and multilevel modeling; structural equation modeling, latent growth curve modeling, growth mixture modeling; social inequalities and health; and work stress and its adverse health consequences.
Current Projects
Co-investigator on project on geographic variations in health with Curtis Breslin
Co-investigator on project on aging workforce with Peter Smith
Selected Publications
Ibrahim S, Smith P, Muntaner C. A multi-group cross-lagged analyses of work stressors and health using Canadian National sample. Social Science and Medicine, 2009: 68(1): 49-59.
Davis AM, Perruccio AV, Ibrahim S, Hogg-Johnson S, Wong R, Streiner DL, Beaton DE, Côté P, Gignac MA, Flannery J, Schemitisch E, Mahomed NN, Badley EM. The trajectory of recovery and the inter-relationships of symptoms, activity and participation in the first year following total hip and knee replacement. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 2011; 19(12):1413-1421.
Franche R-L, Murray E, Ibrahim S, Smith P, Carnide N, Côté P, Gibson J, Koehoorn M. Examining the impact of worker and workplace factors on prolonged work absences among Canadian nurses. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2011; 53(8):919-927.
Steenstra IA, Ibrahim SA, Franche RL, Hogg-Johnson S, Shaw WS, Pransky GS. Validation of a risk factor-based intervention strategy model using data from the readiness for return to work cohort study. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 2009; 20(3):394-405.
Cole D, Koehoorn M, Ibrahim S, Hertzman C, Ostry A, Xu F. Regions, hospitals, and health outcomes over time: a multilevel analysis of repeat prevalence among a cohort of health-care workers. Health & Place, 2009; 15(4):1046-1057.