Iskandar Rowan, PhD, MA

Education

M.S. in Applied Mathematics May 2022-June 2024
Columbia University, NY, USA
Focus on Computational Mathematics, Computational Learning Theory, part-time

Ph.D. in Health Service Research, Policy, and Administration (Health Decision Science) September 2016
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Thesis: A population-based model of breast tumor metastasis in the context of tumor dormancy
(Defense date: 27th September 2016; Conferral date: 30th September 2016)
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Karen M. Kuntz

B.A., M.A. in Economics January 2004
Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Thesis: A discrete choice model for outpatient visit in Indonesia: A framework for welfare analysis
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Randall Ellis

Employment History

July 2019 – Present
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy, and Practices
Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

2020 – Present
Head and Founder September
Center of Excellence in Decision-Analytic Modeling and Health Economics Research
sitem-insel, AG, Bern, Switzerland

February 2020 – Present
Mathematical Modeler in IeDEA-SA (supervised by Prof. Dr. Matthias Egger and Dr. Eliane Rohner)
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Universität Bern, Bern, Switzerland

September 2019 – August 2020
Research Fellow - HEOR (supervised by Prof. Dr. Rudolf Blankart)
Kompetenzzentrum für Public Management, Universität Bern, Bern, Switzerland

October 2016 – June 2019
Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy, and Practices
Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

July 2013 – February 2014
Head of Biomathematics Research Program (supervised by Prof. Dr. Uwe Siebert).
The Tyrolean Private University UMIT, Hall in Tirol, Austria

June 2004 – May 2007
Senior Analyst (Health Economics and Outcomes Research)
i3 Innovus, an Ingenix Company, Medford, MA, USA