Sara Lasheen Awarded PhD for Research on Smoothing Mortality Curves for Forecasting

Researcher Sara El Sayed Ahmed Lasheen has been awarded a doctorate following an extensive academic discussion of her dissertation at Cairo University.

Lasheen is affiliated with the Department of Insurance and Actuarial Sciences at the university’s Faculty of Commerce.

Her dissertation focused on smoothing mortality curves for forecasting purposes, a topic relevant to the study of mortality patterns and their use in actuarial projections.

Smoothing techniques help researchers identify underlying patterns in mortality data rather than short-term fluctuations. Such analysis can inform forecasts used in insurance and actuarial work.