Reza's research interests are broadly in the fields of information privacy and security, health data management, Semantic web and ontology engineering. Reza has published multiple articles in the areas of health data analytics and information privacy. For his research on information privacy Reza received the Privacy Technologies Research Award from the IBM Center for Advanced Studies and the Privacy By Design Research Award from the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. He is holding the title of Privacy by Design Ambassador granted by the Privacy Commissioner of Ontario.