Health Data

Zhe Xu

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SUMMARY

. Proficiency with statistical methods and applications.

. Professional SAS skills including SAS/BASE, SAS/MACRO, SAS/SQL,

familiarity with ArcGIS v10.0.

. Experience with data collection, processing and analysis, as well as

managing large datasets.

. Great organizational, analytical and problem solving skills.

. Ability to multi-task with efficiency.

. Ability to work independently, as well as in a team environment.

. Ability to effectively communicate technical concepts, both written

and oral.

EDUCATION

The George Washington University, Washington, DC

August 2013

Master of Public Health in Biostatistics

GPA: 3.79

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN

May 2011

Bachelor of Science in Statistics

CERTIFICATIONS

SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9 SAS Certified

Advanced Programmer for SAS 9

SAS Certified Clinical Trials Programmer Using SAS 9

EXPERIENCE

Safe Kids Worldwide, Washington, DC

Epidemiology Intern

January 2013-June 2013

. Clean observational and survey data collected by coalitions and member

country representatives for a variety of research projects across

injury risk areas, including pedestrian safety and child passenger

safety

. Analyze data using Excel and SAS 9.3

. Generate reports, tables, listings, statistical analyses to fulfill

requirements

. Conduct literature reviews on childhood injury risk areas and update

fact sheets for the Safe Kids website

Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Summer Intern

July 2012-August 2012

. Processed primary data for the project, "National Survey of Six Kinds

of Occupational Poisoning"

. Analyzed web-reported information of patients by using SAS

. Consolidated reports of web-reported information of patients

. Manipulated primary information of malaria patients for the project,

"Malaria Outbreak Investigation in Hebei Province of China" by

inputting data and preliminary analysis of the data

. Logged and graphed data by using SPSS

PROJECT :

An Observational Study of Technological Distraction in School Zones

Safe Kids Worldwide, Washington DC

February 2013-August 2013

. This is a thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the

Masters of Public Health Degree

. Processed data collected by 22 coalitions with 34,032 observations

. Write SAS program for statistical analyses including description

analysis and logistic regression model

. Conduct literature reviews on children's pedestrian safety

DC OSSE Sexual Health Education Curriculum

DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education, Washington, DC

September 2012-December 2012

. Obtained primary articles of evidence-based sexual health curricula

and recommended adaptations

. Attended a Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT) and OSSE

Curricula Review Team training

. Analyzed sexual health curricula using the HECAT tool and aligned

curricula to the OSSE Health Education Standards

. Researched supplemental lesson plans, laws and policies, and

organizations that implemented the curricula in DC

. Assessed best practices of curricula implementation and trainings

. Analyzed and developed a report on collected data and created a

blueprint for implementation

PUBLICATION:

Ferguson RW, Xu Z, Green A, Rosenthal KM. Teens and Distraction: An In-

Depth Look at Teens' Walking Behaviors. Washington, DC: Safe Kids

Worldwide, August 2013

ORGANIZATION:

Friendship Association of Chinese Students and Scholars, University of

Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN

President

May 2010-May 2011

Public Relations

May 2008-May 2010

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