Olzhas Zhorayev
olzhaszhorayev.bsky.social
Olzhas Zhorayev
@olzhaszhorayev.bsky.social
PhD Researcher 🇺🇸 | MA in Public Policy 🇬🇧 | MS in Applied Econ 🇺🇸 | Ex-Gov Official 🇰🇿
✈️ Heading to #INFORMS to present our research and chair a session on #Analytics in #Healthcare. Can’t wait to meet scholars from around the world and exchange ideas on #AI, #MachineLearning, and #HealthTech.

@informs.bsky.social (The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences)
October 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
⚡ Our new publication

Using unique survey data from 519 counties, we show: agencies investing in data capacity & evidence-based practices are more likely to use implementation strategies needed for successful criminal-justice reforms.

Many thanks to Professor Faye Taxman, @scharschool.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
What impressed me most about the #NASA Space Center in #Florida was how the modern, high-tech complex harmoniously coexists with #nature!
August 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
⚡ New Publication in #PublicHealth

🇺🇸 By analyzing data from over 6,000 pediatric patients who underwent liver #transplantation in the US between 2010 and 2024, we found:

#Induction therapy with ATG is associated with a 37% reduction in child #mortality
July 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🌍 Global Network of #IllicitKidneyTrade

Our new collaborative research with Harvard, George Mason University, & the University of Tokyo is now published in the International Journal of Health Geographics.

Full article & study details available below ⤵️

#PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #OrganTrafficking
July 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
A few months ago, a Kz journalist 🇰🇿 asked me which #government agencies could be abolished. I mentioned the #Anti-Corruption Agency first, as its work seemed politicized, unaccountable & raised concerns about its own integrity.

Today, the President of #Kazakhstan officially abolished this Agency.
June 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Thank you so much, @cessnews.bsky.social! It’s an honor to have my study recognized by such a respected community of scholars.
Congratulations to @olzhaszhorayev.bsky.social on being this year's winner of the CESS Graduate Student Award! The title of Olzhas's paper is “The Impact of Cross-Border Migration: Evidence from Russia and Kazakhstan.”
June 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
It was a pleasure to participate in this #Trump 2.0: #Security in #Asia Roundtable discussion at my first alma mater (Narxoz University), reconnect with my former colleagues and meet other experts.

Many thanks for the invitation!

🎥 reposted from Narxoz
January 31, 2025 at 10:42 PM
In 1907, #Einstein got a rejection for #professorship from the University of Bern due to his ‘radical’ #theory, deemed ‘more artistic’ than actual #science. Yet, persistence can defy even the strongest doubts. #NeverGiveUp!
January 15, 2025 at 3:37 AM
#EconSky humor
December 7, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Presented my new #Health project using #ML methods in #Python
December 6, 2024 at 4:18 AM
1/5:👩🏻‍🎓👨🏻‍🎓 How important are non-cognitive #skills in the #labor #market?

Our global evidence, presented at #SEA2024, shows:

✅ A 1 SD improvement in Big Five #personality traits (openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, (dis)agreeableness, and emotional stability) increases #wages by 9%.

#EconSky
November 29, 2024 at 4:39 AM
Shared my perspective on reforming #Kazakhstan's Presidential #Bolashak scholarship, which funds study abroad, to better support #Science and #Education development in #CentralAsia
November 20, 2024 at 11:27 PM