Saaim Khan

A curated selection of what I'm working on.

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Date
Hearing Loss ResearchDecember 2023 – Present

Gene Therapy for OTOF-Mediated Genetic Hearing Loss

The science and story behind the first-ever FDA-approved gene therapy for hearing loss

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NHL analyticsJanuary 2026 – May 2026

Quantifying an NHL Player's "Play Style"

Using game-by-game advanced stats to quantify a player's playing style.

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NHL analyticsNovember 2025 – December 2025

The Faceoff Moment Economy in the 2025-2026 NHL season (so far)

A mid-season(ish) analysis of how faceoffs, turnovers, and restarts shape short-term momentum and shot generation in NHL games.

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Islamic financeSeptember 2025 – November 2025

Halal Alpha

My journey of dipping into the Islamic finance world by attempting to build a fully sharia-compliant novice quant trading algorithm

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AccessibilityNovember 2023 – June 2024

Boston Museum of Science 'Hearing Well' Exhibit

I advised on accessibility features for a new hearing loss exhibit at the Boston Museum of Science, and contributed personal perspective on what helps vs what's performative.

Watch the Museum feature
TeachingJune 2020 – Present

Udemy Course: Structural Biology 101: A Beginner's Guide

A free structural biology course that has reached 3,500+ students and teaches beginners how to analyze protein structures, use tools like Chimera and PyMOL, build homology models, run docking workflows, and shape a disease-focused research project.

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TeachingJuly 2019 – Present

Udemy Course: Conducting Introductory Computational Biology Research

A free, beginner-friendly course that has reached 6,000+ students and walks learners through precision medicine thinking, disease selection, public data, GEO2R, Gene Ontology, KEGG pathways, and research conclusions.

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