Nicholas Anthony Stewart

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Cary, North Carolina 27519

jo8o6o@r.postjobfree.com

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Skills

SAS (UNIX and PC); R; and Java 2 all of which I have used for the past 15 years. My work generally includes cleaning large data sets (typically over 20 million records) followed by statistical analysis using a variety of statistical models, and most recently has included web-based research (NCBI) in Statistics and Bioinformatics. I have worked with Database Management Systems (MSACCESS/Visual Basic and Oracle with a JDBC frontend).

Work History

Statistical/Bioinformatics Contractor, September 2011 – Present

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Toxicity Assessment Division, Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina.

Using principal component analysis, factor analysis and discriminant analysis to determine the ability of biomarkers to discriminate between chemicals with different modes of action. Library and web-based research using resources such as NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) are also part of this job as well as molecular database searches. SAS and R are both used approximately equally.

Statistical Contractor, November 2010 – September 2011

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Human Subjects Facility, Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Data management and statistical analysis for the MASAES (Asthma focus) human subjects study. Cleaning data, producing files for longitudinal data analysis (files included up to 20 million records), data validation, data entry of questionnaire and table data, and some statistical analysis using R and SAS.

Statistical Consultant, Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis (LISA), August 2008 -- May 2010

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia.

Consulting on a wide range of projects from different schools and colleges within Virginia Tech and the Edward Via School of Medicine (Blacksburg). Extensive work on the Math Emporium project at Virginia Tech (statistical analysis, generation of tables in 3rd Normal Form for 275,000 records).

Teaching Assistant, Department of Statistics, Virginia Tech, August 2008 -- May 2010

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia.

Responsible for a recitation section of STAT 2004 (Introductory Statistics), grading, leading a weekly discussion of the main lecture’s material covered that week, presenting background material for a weekly assignment and grading the assignment.

Statistical Contractor, March 2007 -- July 2008

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Exposure Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina.

Data management and statistical analysis for the DEARS study. Responsibilities primarily included data validation, data entry of questionnaire and table data and basic statistical analysis using SAS.

Educational Background

Master of Science in Statistics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. August 2008 – January 2012 (completed). GPA 3.66. Coursework in Design of Experiments, Linear Models, SAS, R, Java, Data Mining, Regression, Topics in Regression, Stochastic Processes, Longitudinal Data Models, Computational Biochemistry, Paradigms in Bioinformatics, and Mathematical Statistics (Probability Theory and Statistical Inference).

Professional Courses in Bioinformatics, Statistics and Computer Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. September 2001-- June 2008 (part-time registration). Coursework included RDMS, Software Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Java programming, Bioinformatics, Genetics, Population Genetics and Statistics. Became versed in PHYLIP, BLAST, PSI-BLAST and PHI-BLAST and NCBI as Bioinformatics resources.

Graduate Fellow.

Master of Science in Computational Science. SUNY Brockport, Brockport, New York. September 1999 -- August 2000 (completed). GPA 3.45. Completed courses in Computer Architecture, Advanced Data Structures, Operating Systems, Advanced Theory of Programming Languages, and Theory of Computation. Languages mastered HASKELL and Swing Java. Final Project in Molecular Dynamics completed (Summer 2000).

Graduate Fellow.

Master of Science in Biometry and Statistics, School of Public Health, SUNY Albany, New York. September 1993 -- December 1998 (completed). GPA 3.60. Supported by University Fellowship, I have completed courses in Mathematical Statistics, Clinical Trials, Data Analysis, Survival Analysis, Medical Informatics, and Stochastic Processes, Computer languages mastered C++, SAS (SAS/BASE, SAS/STAT, SAS MACROS), JMP SAS, MINITAB, S-Plus, COBOL, Lisp, Prolog and PASCAL. Final Project utilized Categorical Data Analysis Techniques to estimate the number of diabetics in New York State prisons. SAS was used extensively.

Bachelor of Science with major in Mathematics and minor Chemistry, SUNY Brockport, Brockport, New York. August 1979 (completed). GPA 4.00. Earned 60% of college expenses. Graduated Summa Cum Laude. Dean’s List 1976-79.

High School Graduate. 4 Advanced levels (The Perse School, Cambridge, England 1973-75) nominated for Scholarship level examination in Chemistry (1975), 11 Ordinary levels (Eton College, Eton, England 1971-73). Distinction in History (1973), School Latin Prize (1972), Common Entrance Examination (1971).

HONORS : Eastman Kodak Scholarship (1979), Dean's List (1976-2000), accepted at NYU School of Medicine and University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School (1982), offered Stanford University Fellowship (1979), President SUNY Brockport Math Club (1976-77), Received Honors for B.S. degree (Summa cum laude), in charge of Freshman Chemistry (SUNY Brockport) laboratories (summer, 1977), nominated to take Putnam Examination (Mathematics) in 1978 as part of a team of 3 students. Inducted Statistics National Honor Society, Mu Sigma Rho (November, 2009).

REFERENCES:

Professor David R. Bevan, Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, email jo8o6o@r.postjobfree.com

Professor Yili Hong, Department of Statistics, Virginia Tech, email jo8o6o@r.postjobfree.com

Professor Marlow Lemons (my teaching supervisor), Department of Statistics, Virginia Tech, email jo8o6o@r.postjobfree.com

Professor John P. Morgan (advisor), Department of Statistics, Virginia Tech, email jo8o6o@r.postjobfree.com

Dr. Ana Rappold, Principal Investigator MASAES Study, US Environmental Protection Agency, Human Subjects Facility, 104 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, email jo8o6o@r.postjobfree.com

Mr. Ronald Williams, Principal Investigator DEARS study, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina, email jo8o6o@r.postjobfree.com

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