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United States

United States

- Perform Data Review and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) in several Electronic Data Capture (EDC) systems (iMedNet, Castor, RedCap, and Zelta) - Contribute to documentation (Annotated/Case Report Forms, CRF Completion Guidelines, etc.)- Use SAS and Power BI to find and resolve problems as well as present relevant information to sponsor/other Avania Data Analysts, Statisticians, and Project Managers

United States

- Produce, validate, and update deliverables with attention to detail and in a timely manner; Tables, Listings, Figures, Analysis Datasets, Power BI Dashboards, Documentation, etc..- Regularly use SAS (proficient with PROC SQL) to create and perform validation of statistical reports and datasets

Remote

Assist SPA team in Phase IIa and IIb studies in creating statistical programming deliverables: SDTM/ADaM specifications and datasets, safety/efficacy TLFs- Improved statistical programming skills in SAS and R by creating datasets, tables, listings, and figures in SAS as well as replicating in-house SAS Macros as R functions - Learned about and implemented CDISC standards while also exploring more about the pharmaceutical industry through immersion in hands-on projects

An applied research project under the guidance of a mentor. The project aimed to assess the effect of access to healthcare on adherence to cervical cancer screening guidelines among women with opioid use disorder.- Created analytic data subset from MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters Data using SAS- Ran descriptive statistics, created tables, and worked with the research team to plan and execute a regression analysis in SAS - Learned about the role of research team biostatisticians

RPI StudySafe is an R Shiny data-visualization project utilized by the RPI community, potentially assisting the university in Coronavirus de-densification efforts (see Projects).- Gained experience with R/RStudio, HTML, CSS, Git/GitHub, presenting to stakeholders, and effectively working remotely with a small team- Confronted logistical problems with the behavior of data and data collection

- Tutored students in-person and virtually in voluntary weekly two-hour sessions while attracting consistent attendance; Calculus II, Multivariable Calculus, Differential Equations, and Linear Algebra

- Prepared presentations to review concepts for mandatory weekly 50 minute sessions and met outside of class to tutor and assist with adjustment to campus; resulted in succesful course completion of Calculus I for about 10 first-year students

Master Of Science - Ms, Applied Biostatistics, 3.72

- Received comprehensive training in biostatistical methods in a variety of applications: Epidemiology, Public Health Surveillance.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mathematics, Minor In Psychological Science, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Pi Mu Epsilon (Math Honor Society)(Treasurer), Active Minds (Club)(Vice President), Club Tennis.