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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

§ Used R and Python to perform quality control and analyzed large clinical data and biological data § Worked collaboratively with biostatisticians, bioinformaticians, and lab technicians to develop and maintain various QC and analytical pipelines using Snakemake which are organized on GitHub § Generated analytical reports including interactive visualizations with R markdown and Latex. Interpreted analysis results in layman’s terms to biologists, clinicians, and principal investigators to help with decision making and project planning § Conducted simulation, applied dimension reduction techniques and clustering methods, and built predictive models with machine learning algorithms

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

§ Acquired and managed data using cloud-based platforms such as Microsoft Azure. Transferred data files between remote machines with Linux/bash command lines § Preprocessed RNA-seq data (FASTQ and bam files) with bash commands and APIs on HPC clusters. Performed differential gene expression analysis and pathway analysis in R § Performed analyses on single-cell RNA seq data with machine learning techniques to identify novel cell types and RNA velocity analysis to explore the cell developing trajectory using Python. Developed and maintained reproducible and automative scRNAseq workflows using Snakemake (code available on GitHub) § Presented analysis results to stakeholders and principal investigators and discussed further research directions during weekly meetings § Organized projects on the JIRA platform and supported documentation on Confluence

Vancouver, Canada Area

§ Independently supervised classes of 40 students, gave brief reviews on lecture materials, introduced new concepts relating to the lab work, demonstrated and explained the use of statistical software R, and helped students conduct lab work in groups.§ Prepared exam materials and solutions; held weekly office hours; assisted with in-class activities by answering students’ questions and engaging them in group discussions.§ Managed a team of four to five TAs and facilitated communication between professors and TAs.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

§ Conducted literature reviews and write academic reports on longitudinal analysis, survival analysis, and Bayesian joint modelling§ Analyzed HIV dataset with Bayesian joint models using R

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

§ Provided statistical consulting services to clients from various academic backgrounds and helped them robustly analyze data to address research questions of their interests§ Worked independently or collaboratively with other statistics graduate students to generate consulting reports (can be found on my GitHub) which are comprised of visualizations, statistical tests/regression models/machine learning algorithms, interpretations of analysis results, and statistical suggestions§ Supervised a group of four undergraduate students and provided guidance in terms of communication with clients, techniques and strategies for the data analysis, and the delivery of statistical reports and final poster presentation

Toronto, Canada Area

§ Analyzed large datasets for an epidemiology publication on tuberculosis§ Collected and processed geospatial data, performed data extrapolation and datavisualization with ggplot2. Conducted literature review on spatio-temporal data analysis and reproduced study results using R

Master'S Degree, Biostatistics

Honors Bachelor Of Science, Biomedical Toxicology, Statistics, Math